Short Stories
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Tales of Unrest
These five stories were collected and published as Tales of Unrest in 1898, shortly before Heart of Darkness, the first of Conrad's major novels. Ranging from the faraway and unfamiliar, where the acquisitiveness of colonial adventure is damningly exposed, to an ostensibly ordinary London...- $ 200.00
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The Looking Glass and Other Stories
It is New Year's Eve, and Nellie, the pretty daughter of a landowning general, is sitting in her room looking in the mirror. Although she is tired and her eyes are half closed, she is spellbound as the reflection in the looking glass dissolves...- $ 330.00
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Small Fry and Other Stories
Universally acclaimed as the master of the short-story form, Anton Chekhov began his literary career as the author of brief tales and vignettes of Russian life when he was still a young medical student. Later rejected by the writer in the same self-effacing way...- $ 400.00
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Her Body and Other Parties
A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery within the seams of the store's prom dresses....- $ 350.00
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The Canterville Ghost
Despite multiple warnings, Horace B. Otis and his family move to Canterville Chase, a sprawling English manor with a dark history and a lingering guest. From the brilliant mind of Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost is an irreverent mix of horror and humor. Canterville...- $ 250.00
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Great Short Works
Of all Russian writers Leo Tolstoy is probably the best known to the Western world, largely because of War and Peace, his epic in prose, and Anna Karenina, one of the most splendid novels in any language. But during his long lifetime Tolstoy also...- $ 350.00
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Walking Through Clear Water In a Pool Painted Black
A cult classic of underground literature, is a raw, vivid and unflinching collection of autobiographical stories by writer, actress and counterculture icon Cookie Mueller. Spanning the 1960s to the 1980s, these stories take readers on a wild ride through New York, Provincetown, San Francisco...- $ 400.00
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Dream Angus
Dream Angus comes to you at night and bestows dreams. Just the sight of him may be enough to make you lose your heart, for he is also the god of love, youth and beauty. In this mesmerising retelling of the Celtic myth, Alexander...- $ 350.00
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More Letters of Note
More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our letters. Discover Richard Burton’s farewell note to Elizabeth Taylor, Helen Keller’s letter to The New York Symphony Orchestra...- $ 800.00
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