Classic Fiction Books
Classic Fiction Books
Bleak House
Dominated by the oppressive force of Chancery, and considered by many to be both Dickens' greatest work and the finest novel of the Victorian age, Bleak House is a dark, complex and intricately plotted mystery that culminates in one of the great chases of the detective genre.
R 144,50
Coming Up for Air : A remarkable true story richly reimagined
'An extraordinary, three-century braid of air and water: the way we float, the way we drown, the way we surface again against the odds.' Francis Spufford
Three extraordinary lives intertwine across oceans and time
On the banks of the River Seine in 1899, a young woman takes her final breath before plunging into the icy water. Although she does not know it, her decision will set in motion an astonishing chain of events. It will lead to 1950s Norway, where a grieving toy-maker is on the cus
R 263,50
R 310,00
Buster
Never before published in standalone volume form since its original publication in the inaugural New Writers anthology in 1961, Buster is characteristically succinct and of huge literary merit, but in its autobiographical and pre-aleatoric style it provides, perhaps more importantly, a key to understanding the rest of Burns's works.
R 199,75
R 235,00
Childhood : Two Novellas
There will be a club. Important messages have been sent already. If anybody wants to ruin it, he will be punished.
Eleven-year-old Elmer inhabits a childhood of superstition, private lore and secret societies. When a new boy, pale, spindly Werther, arrives in the neighbourhood, a subtle game of fascination and persecution begins.
In wartime Amsterdam, a young boy watches as Germans occupy the city. At first his parents' friends, the Boslowits family, think they have little to fear. Then, slow
R 191,25
R 225,00
Christmas Classics
This gifty box set of three mini book classics -- The Night Before Christmas, The Nutcracker, and A Christmas Carol -- is a great value and makes the perfect stocking stuffer!
R 195,50
R 230,00
Diary of a Country Priest
A moving spiritual masterpiece that shows the true meaning of divinity in a hostile world
A young, shy, sickly priest is assigned to his first parish, a sleepy village in northern France. Though his faith is devout, he finds nothing but indifference and mockery. The children laugh at his teachings, his parishioners are consumed by boredom, rumours are spread about him and he is tormented by stomach pains. Even his attempts to clarify his thoughts in a diary fail to deliver him from worl
R 216,75
R 255,00
Animal Farm : The Graphic Novel
The first ever graphic novel version of Animal Farm
Animal Farm is the story of what happens when the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, and how their revolution goes horribly wrong. Now George Orwell's dark, timeless fable has been turned into a graphic novel for the very first time, illustrated in full colour by the renowned Brazilian artist Odyr to bring us a whole new work of art.
R 335,75
R 395,00
Agnes Grey
Anne Bronte's classic debut novel about life as a Victorian governess, with a new introduction by historian and biographer Juliet Barker.
R 161,50
R 190,00
American Classics Collection
A beautiful box set containing four of the most loved American classics: The Beautiful and Damned, The House of Mirth, The Scarlet Letter and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
R 510,00
R 600,00
Amerika
`He is the greatest German writer of our time' Vladimir NabakovAfter an embarrassing sexual misadventure with a servant girl, sixteen-year-old Karl Rossman is banished to America by his parents.
R 178,50
R 210,00
Deep Water : A Virago Modern Classic
To everyone around them, Melinda and Vic Van Allen are the perfect couple - young, wealthy and attractive. But when their love sours, their mind games reach a twisted, dangerous climax. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.
R 204,00
R 240,00
Billy Budd, Sailor
An innocent young man is falsely accused of inciting mutiny in this haunting tale. Melville's final novel offers a profoundly moving examination of the balance between authority and individual rights.
R 55,25
R 65,00
Beauty and the Beast and Other Classic Stories
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
R 44,62
R 52,50
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce's seminal work of modernist fiction.
R 161,50
R 190,00
Aesop's Fables
A collection of 284 animal fables first told by the Greek slave Aesop.
R 255,00
R 300,00
Aesop's Fables
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
R 44,62
R 52,50
Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition
His real problem is not the enemy - it is his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. If Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions then he is caught in Catch-22: if he flies he is crazy, and doesn't have to;
R 195,50
R 230,00
A Tale of Two Cities
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
R 59,50
R 70,00
Around the World in Eighty Days
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
R 44,62
R 52,50
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
R 44,62
R 52,50
Brave New World
Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling' Observer'What Aldous Huxley presented as fiction with the human hatcheries of Brave New World has become fact.
R 178,50
R 210,00
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Both an insight into James Joyce's life and childhood, this novel is about sexual awakening, religious rebellion and the essential search for voice and meaning that every nascent artist must face in order to fully come into themselves.
R 140,25
R 165,00
A Little Princess
Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became "show pupil" - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disappears, and Sara has to learn to cope with her changed circumstances.
R 76,50
R 90,00