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Sisters by a River: A Virago Modern Classic by Barbara Comyns; Barbara Trapido (Introduction by)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
This novel is told through the eyes (and spelling) of a young girl in a vivid and funny evocation of the author's own extraordinary childhood.
Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym
$23.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
INTRODUCED BY MAVIS CHEEK'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman'She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' Anne TylerTogether yet alone, the Misses Bede occupy the central crossroads of parish life. Harriet, plump, elegant and jolly, likes noth ...Show more
Testament Of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 by Vera Brittain
$23.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and, as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of the most famous autobiographies of the ...Show more
The Bay Of Noon by Shirley Hazzard
$24.00 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
The scene is Naples, against whose ancient and fantastic background the modern action takes place. Among the protagonists is Jenny, young and pretty, who has come to Naples in flight from a sombre drama, unaware that a larger drama waits her there. She has an introduction to a Neapolitan woman, and one ...Show more
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley (Virago Modern Classic) by Grace Paley; George Saunders (Introduction by)
$20.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'This is a collection full of energy and stunning, quiet innovation ... it spills over with contempt, raucous humour, sadness and generosity. In it, life and language are synonymous, and there is no higher praise. What a wonderful book' Ali Smith Here are all Grace Paley's classic stories in one volume. ...Show more
The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner; Philip Hensher (Introduction by)
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
In memory of the wife who had once dishonored and always despised him, Brian de Retteville founded a 12th-century convent in Norfolk. Two centuries later, the Benedictine community is well established there and, as befits a convent whose origin had such ironic beginnings, the inhabitants are prey to the ...Show more
The Fran Lebowitz Reader (PB) by Fran Lebowitz
$25.00 AUD
Category: General | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
Acerbic, wisecracking and hilarious, this is the definitive essay collection from New York legend and satirist, Fran Lebowitz, star of Martin Scorsese's hit Netflix series, Pretend It's a City.'The gold standard for intelligence, efficiency and humour. Now and forever' DAVID SEDARIS'She's inexhaustible ...Show more
The Group by Mary McCarthy
$40.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant' COSMOPOLITAN'A brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a tack' SARAH WATERS'Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining' SUNDAY TIMESThis groundbreaking novel celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2023. One of the first novels to frankly depi ...Show more
The Healing by Gayl Jones
$23.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
Gayl Jones's special gift is to shape experience and make it seem unshaped. -John Alfred Avant, The New Republic Gayl Jones's first novel, Corregidora, won her recognition as a writer whose work was gripping, subtle, and sure. It was praised, along with her second novel, Eva's Man, by writers and criti ...Show more
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
$20.00 AUD
Category: Sci Fi/Fantasy | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
Winter is an Earth-like planet with two major differences: conditions are semi artic even at the warmest time of the year, and the inhabitants are all of the same sex. Tucked away in a remote corner of the universe, they have no knowledge of space travel or of life beyond their own world. And when a str ...Show more
The Magic Toyshop: A Virago Modern Classic by Angela Carter
$20.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
This Audible Exclusive adaptation of Angela Carter's The Magic Toyshop, is brought expertly to life by multi-award winning actress, Fiona Shaw. A coming of age tale which extends the nature and boundaries of love, as seen through the eyes of the youthful and na ve Melanie, The Magic Toyshop was enormou ...Show more
The Perpetual Curate by Margaret O. W. Oliphant
$35.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
First published 1864 as part of the "Chronicles of Carlingford" series which first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine.