Rebecca (Film Tie-in) by Daphne du Maurier

$24.99 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics

'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . .' Working as a lady's companion, our heroine's outlook is bleak until, on a trip to the south of France, she meets a handsome widower whose proposal takes her by surprise. She accepts but, whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is for ever kept alive by the forbidding housekeeper Mrs Danvers . . . An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young woman consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity. ...Show more

Orlando (Penguin Modern Classics) by Virginia Woolf; Sandra Gilbert (Introduction by)

$21.00 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.

Virginia Woolf's seductive, provocative masterpiece is a whirlwind adventure through time, gender and identity. Introduced by Tilda Swinton.

Our Game by John le Carré

$37.00 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\Penguin John le Carré Hardback Collection

Le Carré's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama The Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending his days making wine on his Somerset estate. But then he discovers that his former double agent Larry ­- dreamer, diss olute, philanderer and disloyal friend - has vanished, along with Tim's mistress. As their trail takes him to the lawless wilds of Russia and the North Caucasus, he is forced to question everything he stood for. Set in a fragmented, uncertain post-Soviet world, le Carré's brutal story of falsehoods and betrayal shows men playing dangerous games beyond their control. ...Show more

Classic Starts®: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson; Chris Tait (Abridged by); Lucy Corvino (Illustrator); Arthur Pober (Afterword by)

$17.99 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Classic Starts® Ser.

The Age of Innocence (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Edith Wharton; Judith John (Contribution by)

$19.99 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.

Newland Archer, gentleman lawyer and heir to one of New York City's most illustrious families, is happily anticipating a highly desirable marriage to the sheltered and beautiful May Welland. Yet he finds reason to doubt his choice of bride after the appearance of Countess Ellen Olenska, May's exotic and beautiful 30-year-old cousin. Olenska strikes Archer as the opposite of the innocent and ignorant May Welland. Ellen has returned to New York from Europe after scandalously separating herself (per rumor) from a disastrous marriage to a Polish count. At first, Ellen's arrival and its potential taint on the reputation of his bride-to-be's family disturbs Newland, but he becomes intrigued by the worldly Ellen, who brazenly flouts New York society's fastidious rules. ...Show more

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Bernie Wrightson (Illustrator); Stephen King (Introduction by)

$59.99 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction

Enjoy Mary Shelley's groundbreaking science-fiction novel in a colorful graphic edition. Abridged for fast-paced reading, this book features illustrations that vividly tell the tale.   Victor Frankenstein, a gifted medical student, has discovered the secret of bringing dead matter to life. Gathering m aterials from graveyards and slaughterhouses, he creates a giant of superhuman strength. But horrified by what he has done, Frankenstein runs away. Left alone in the world by his creator, the creature's thoughts turn dark and he begins to plan his revenge. ...Show more

The Constant Gardener by John le Carré

$37.00 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\Penguin John le Carré Hardback Collection

'The book breathes life, anger and excitement' Observer Tessa Quayle, a brilliant and beautiful young social activist, has been found brutally murdered by Lake Turkana in Nairobi. The rumours are that she was faithless, careless, but her husband Justin, a reserved, garden-loving British diplomat, refus es to believe them. As he sets out to discover what really happened to Tessa, he unearths a conspiracy more disturbing, and more deadly, than he could ever have imagined. A blistering exposé of global corruption, The Constant Gardener is also the moving portrayal of a man searching for justice for the woman he has barely had time to love.   'A cracking thriller' Economist ...Show more

A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by James Joyce; Judith John (Contribution by)

$19.99 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce This coming of age story charts the growth of Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter-ego of the novelist, James Joyce. As Dedalus grows, so too does the language and the reader is carried from the family home in the suburbs to college to life as a young man in Dublin. As he grows, Dedalus begins to question the strict Catholicism of his native Ireland and feels alienation from both the Church and society. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is James Joyce's first novel and is an excellent example of early modernist prose. ...Show more

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Oscar Wilde; Judith John (Contribution by)

$19.99 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to lo ve and treasure. On its first publication The Picture of Dorian Gray was regarded as dangerously modern in its depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence. In this updated version of the Faust story, the tempter is Lord Henry Wotton, who lives selfishly for amoral pleasure; Dorian's good angel is the portrait painter Basil Hallward, whom Dorian murders. The book highlights the tension between the polished surface of high society and the life of secret vice. Although sin is punished in the end the book has a flavour of the elegantly perverse. With an Afterword by Peter Harness. ...Show more

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

$17.99 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction

Inspired by recent cultural movements, and the newest wave of feminism, these new releases of classic books feature strong female protagonists who must navigate difficult situations involving class and power, love and loss, sex and family, independence and societal norms, and more. From the front flap: Maidish Meg, your girl Jo, quiet Beth, and wild Amy--give it up for the March ladies As the oldest, pretty Meg's trying to hold it all together, especially with their pops at war and their mom at work. Hey, somebody's gotta have some sense and keep things running. Jo's busy too, with her great aunt, but TBH she doesn't have time for that girly stuff and just wants to write. Meanwhile, Beth stays at home to help around the house (she's legit an angel, no joke), and young Amy's at school, just trying to have a good time. The fam bam gets into it sometimes, but it's all good; there's always love at the end. Little Women is all about ultimate squad goals. This book features an eye-catching luxe paperback with flaps to appeal to the Generation Z reader, though these timeless stories will appeal to anyone interested in the female experience throughout history. Other books in the Z Lit Classics series include: The Scarlet Letter, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Sense and Sensibility, Tales from the 1001 Nights, and The Awakening and Other Stories. ...Show more

Committed Writings by Albert Camus; Justin O'Brien (Translator)

$0.00 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.

This volume contains some of Camus's most powerful political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in the world. 'Letters to a German Friend' was Camus' first wartime intervention, written in 1943 in order 'to make our battle more effective'. 'Reflections on the Guill otine' is his impassioned polemic against the death penalty. And in his Nobel Speeches, Camus argues against 'art for art's sake' and brilliantly sets out his vision of the artist's responsibilities. ...Show more

Great Expectations (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Charles Dickens; Judith John (Contribution by)

$19.99 NZD

Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.

Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel; a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens' second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. The nov el was first published as a serial in Dickens' weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. In October 1861, Chapman and Hall published the novel in three volumes.The novel is set in Kent and London in the early to mid-19th century and contains some of Dickens' most memorable scenes, including the opening in a graveyard, where the young Pip is accosted by the escaped convict, Abel Magwitch.Great Expectations is full of extreme imagery-poverty, prison ships and chains, and fights to the death-and has a colourful cast of characters who have entered popular culture. These include the eccentric Miss Havisham, the beautiful but cold Estella, and Joe, the unsophisticated and kind blacksmith. Dickens's themes include wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil. Great Expectations, which is popular both with readers and literary critics, has been translated into many languages and adapted numerous times into various media. ...Show more