Classic Fiction Books
Classic Fiction Books
A House and Its Head
It is Christmas Day, 1885, and the Edgeworths are at each other's throats again. Duncan holds his wife and children captive to his authoritarian whims; every day brings fresh struggles for power. Before breakfast is over, there will be presents in the fire.
When illness strikes the family, volatile tensions are unleashed that result in scandal, adultery and murder, while a crowd of gossiping neighbours watches gleefully on.
A brutally funny demolition of patriarchal authority, A House and Its
R 208,25
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne's most famous adventure, now in a beautiful clothbound edition
One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing a
R 330,00
A Christmas Memory
Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote, the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's, are a captivating tribute to the Christmas season
Selected from across Capote's writing life, they range from nostalgic portraits of childhood to more unsettling works that reveal the darkness beneath the festive glitter. In the Deep South of Capote's youth, a young boy, Buddy, and his beloved maiden 'aunt' Sook forage for pecans and whiskey to bake into fruitcakes, make kites - too broke to buy gifts
R 265,00
Animal Farm : The Graphic Novel
The first ever graphic novel version of Animal Farm - a Times Book of the Year
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.
'This brightly coloured homage to Orwell's timely allegory
R 265,00
A Tale of Two Cities (Seasons Edition -- Winter)
A fine, exclusive edition of one of literature's most beloved stories. Featuring a laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping, all titles in this series will be first editions. Only 10,000 copies will ever be printed, and each will be individually numbered from 1 to 10,000.
R 416,50
R 490,00
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
A Christmas Carol (Legend Classics)
"No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused"
A Christmas Carol is one of the most beloved and heart-warming Christmas tales of all time. Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy and unsympathetic man who has no time for Christmas.
R 199,00
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
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
Anne of Green Gables (Legend Classics)
Since its publication in 1908, Anne of Green Gables has been translated into at least 36 languages and sold more than 50 million copies.
R 199,00
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 59,50
R 70,00
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce's seminal work of modernist fiction.
R 165,75
R 195,00
A Hero of Our Time
Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this edition includes Princess Ligovskaya
R 131,75
R 155,00
Animal Farm : The Illustrated Edition
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which...
R 215,00
Aesop's Fables
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
R 59,50
R 70,00
Brideshead Revisited : The Sacred And Profane Memories Of Captain Charles Ryder
Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and exquisitely beautiful Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian's magnificent family home, Charles welcomes the attentions of its eccentric, aristocratic inhabitants. But he also discovers a world which threatens to destroy his beloved Sebastian.
R 215,00
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.
R 59,50
R 70,00
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
R 59,50
R 70,00
Against Nature
Des Esseintes is a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art, exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise).
R 240,00
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
Anne Green Gables 5 : Anne's House Of Dreams
Anne learns to love her new life as the wife of her one true love, Dr. Gilbert Blythe, living in the white cottage on the harbor shore.
R 110,00
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Join Huck and Jim as their boyhood adventures along the Mississippi River lead them into a world of excitement, danger, and self-discovery. Humorous narrative, lyrical descriptions of the Mississippi valley, and memorable characters.
R 124,10
R 146,00