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The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
A group of liberal-minded intellectuals get together in their youth to subsidize their friend, David Crimond, to write the definitive book about their political beliefs. Now, years later, there is no sign of the book, but Crimond is about to erupt into their lives again.
The Comedians by Graham Greene
$8.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage classics | Reading Level: good - very good
Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Brown the hotelier, Smith the innocent American and Jones the confidence man are the Comedians of Graham Greene's title.
The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics | Reading Level: good
A first-person narrative that depicts a good man's transformation into an avenging angel. A Pulitzer Prize winner. In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. William ...Show more
The Cranford Chronicles by Elizabeth Gaskell
$10.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Based on three Elizabeth Gaskell novels, "The Cranford Chronicles" follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire market town, during one extraordinary year. In this witty and poignant story the railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards t ...Show more
The English Teacher by R. K. Narayan
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Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics | Reading Level: very good
Krishna, an English teacher in the town of Malgudi, nagged by the feeling he's doing the wrong work, is nonetheless delighted by his domestic life, where his wife and young daughter wait for him outside the house every afternoon. Devastated by the death of his wife, Krishna comes to realise what he real ...Show more
The Green Road by Anne Enright
$10.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Irish Classics Ser. (Vintage Enright) | Reading Level: very good
Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell. As the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from Rosaleen - a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her own children - forces them to confro ...Show more
The Haunted House and Other Stories by Virginia Woolf
$10.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Rich in fictional delights, this complete collection of Woolf's shorter fiction ranges from 1906 until the month before she committed suicide in 1941. It offers a valuable insight into the writer's development, demonstrating her evolving characterizations, narrative methods and themes.
The Leopard: Revised and with new material by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
$10.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Vintage Classics
Lampedusa's masterpiece, one of the finest works of twentieth century fiction, is set amongst an aristocratic family facing social and political changes in the wake of Garibaldi's invasion of Sicily in 1860. At the head of the family is the prince, Don Fabrizio. Proud and stubborn, he is accustomed to k ...Show more
The Magus by John Fowles
$12.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics | Reading Level: very good
On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration ...Show more
The Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco
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Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery behind the BBC TV Series The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William t ...Show more
The Painted Veil by W Somerset Maugham
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Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance: Kitty must acco ...Show more
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
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Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In a poor, remote section of southern Mexico, the Red Shirts have taken control. God has been outlawed, and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. Now, the last priest strives to overcome physical and moral cowardice in order to find redemption. Graham Greene explores corruption an ...Show more