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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Text, Criticism, and Notes (Viking Critical Library)
Penguin USA. 06/01/1977. Reprint. Joyce's bildungsroman--his first novel--traces the development of Stephen Daedalus, Joyce's alter ego. In order to pursue his artistic calling, Stephen, like Joyce, must reject his family, religion, and native land. At the end of the novel, Stephen is about to forsake Dublin for Paris. Joyce, in PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, was an early practitioner of the stream-of-consciousness technique, by means of which Stephen's interior life and growing self-awareness are rendered directly, so that the reader has access not only to his conscious thoughts but to his unconscious as well. Originally published at $17.00 You save 94% off the cover price!
$3.49 economy shipping in the U.S. (and only $1.49 for each additional book from this seller)! Penguin (Non-Classics). PAPERBACK. 0140155031 Fast shipping . Good. (more information)
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Sister Hollywood (Large Print Series)
Ulverscroft Large Print Books. 09/01/1991. Large Print. Originally published at $29.99 You save 96% off the cover price!
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This Side of Paradise (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
Penguin USA. 01/01/1996. Reprint. 268 pgs. THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, the novel that established F. Scott Fitzgerald as the voice of his generation, was written while he was in the army, extensively revised, and finally published in 1920 when he was only 23 years old. The young "romantic egoist" Amory Blaine--vain, shallow, and self-absorbed--whose progress from prep school to Princeton frequently parallels Fitzgerald's own life, is the quintessential youth of the postwar "Lost Generation." Fitzgerald's unsparing portrait of a young man who takes himself far too seriously makes THIS SIDE OF PARADISE one of his most endearing and entertaining books. Upon its publication, Fitzgerald became an instant literary superstar, and this early fame--and his inability to mature--helped bring about the downfall, only 20 years later, of a major American writer. Originally published at $11.00 You save 84% off the cover price!
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Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys (Classic, Puffin)
Penguin USA. 05/01/1995. Reissue. 368 pgs. In this sequel to LITTLE WOMEN, Jo and her husband, Professor Friedrich Bhaer, open Plumfield--a boarding school for boys. Louisa May Alcott's story describes the adventures of Plumfield's boisterous but kindhearted students with the entire Bhaer family, including Jo and Friedrich's two young sons. Originally published at $4.99 You save 70% off the cover price!
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Little Women Book One Book and Charm (Charming Classics)
Harpercollins Childrens Books. 01/01/2003. 384 pgs. This story of the four March sisters--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--is based on the author's own childhood. The novel is divided into two parts. During Book One, the women of the family must carry on while Mr. March is off fighting in the Civil War. In Book Two, which takes place after the war has ended, the sisters deal with love, marriage, an unexpected tragedy, and Jo's determination to become a professional writer. Originally published at $6.99 You save 86% off the cover price!
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Kingdom Alliance
Penguin USA. 06/01/1995. Reissue. The tale of the orphan, Pip, and his mysterious benefactor provides a grotesque but pointed comedy that explores the many levels of English society with insight and sympathy as well as a satiric eye. Considered by many to be Dickens's best novel, GREAT EXPECTATIONS is the story of a young man who rises out of a rough, deprived childhood to a life in which his expectations--or some of them--are fulfilled: he is a gentleman and a success, though he soon finds that happiness doesn't necessarily accompany money and position. The novel is full of fascinating scenes and characters, among them the coldhearted Estella, the vengeful and dotty Miss Havisham, Joe Gargery the noble blacksmith, the ever-lovable Herbert Pocket, and of course Magwitch, the grotesque and terrifying but ultimately benevolent convict, one of Dickens's most vital creations. As the compelling plot progresses, Pip's fortunes rise and fall, and he slowly gains in wisdom, learning to value what is important and to abandon most of his illusions. But the moral of the story is never heavy-handed or didactic, and in telling his tale, Dickens epitomizes all the best qualities for which he became famous: a comic vision, an inventive imagination, and a bountiful appreciation for the wonderful variety and boundless possibility inherent in the most ordinary humans. Originally published at $4.99 You save 61% off the cover price!
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Baby Driver: A Story About Myself
Pub Group West. 06/01/1998. Expanded. 258 pgs. Originally published at $13.95 You save 89% off the cover price!
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Demian (Perennial Classics)
Harpercollins. 06/01/1999. The classic coming-of age novel by the celebrated German author and Nobel Laureate. It tells the story of Arthur Sinclair, a young German from a wealthy family. Arthur is a constant target of bullying and abuse at school, until he makes the acquaintance of Max Demian, a mysterious new boy. Demian is at once sensitive and overpowering, and he fascinates Arthur long after they are separated. Many years later they are reunited at the university. Originally published at $12.00 You save 92% off the cover price!
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The Long Way Home
Harpercollins. 01/01/1983. Originally published at $12.95 You save 92% off the cover price!
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The Bridge
Harpercollins. 11/01/2002. Reprint. 400 pgs. In THE BRIDGE, Doug Marlette's first novel, Pick Cantrell and his wife Cameron return to his home town in North Carolina when he loses his job. There Pick comes under the thumb of his tyrannical old grandmother, Mama Lucy, who makes Pick into her man-of-all-work, and in the process tells some tales about the family's history that are news to him. Marlette won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for his political cartoons. Originally published at $14.95 You save 93% off the cover price!
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Collusion: Memoir of a Young Girl and Her Ballet Master
Harpercollins. 01/01/1999. 229 pgs. Originally published at $23.00 You save 96% off the cover price!
$3.50 economy shipping in the U.S. (and only $2.00 for each additional book from this seller)! A nice ex-library copy. Gently used. All pages and cover clear except for a few library markings. Softly worn around edges and corners. Binding solid and tight. (more information)
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Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace [Paperback]
Zondervan. 02/01/2004. Reprint. Originally published at $12.99 You save 89% off the cover price!
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The Web and the Rock
Harpercollins Childrens Books. 03/01/1986. Reissue. This highly autobiographical novel, published posthumously, is about a young man who heads for the city (New York: the "rock") to pursue a literary career. He falls in love with an older woman (the "web" who seeks to keep him entangled), based on Aline Bernstein, the married woman who was Wolfe's long-term lover. In the end, the hero manages to break away from both the web and the rock by fleeing to Europe. Originally published at $10.95 You save 86% off the cover price!
$3.99 economy shipping in the U.S. (and only $2.50 for each additional book from this seller)! New York: Dell, 1963 1963 paperback. Moderate shelf/reading wear, some rubbing to wraps, creasing & light discoloration.. Mass Market Paperback. Fair/n/a. (more information)
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Black Boy (The Restored Text Established by The Library of America) (Perennial Classics)
Harpercollins. 09/01/1998. 419 pgs. Published in 1945, this autobiography--the story of Wright's Southern childhood, up to the time when he left Memphis for Chicago--is considered by many critics to be his most important work. Originally published at $13.95 You save 87% off the cover price!
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Hornito: My Lie Life
Harpercollins. 09/01/2001. Mike Albo looks for love in the gay bars of New York City, while reminiscing about his conventional suburban childhood--during which his eighth-grade science project was a model of a hornito, a particularly destructive volcano, which Mike sees as an emblem of his life. Originally published at $13.95 You save 92% off the cover price!
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Pictures from the Water Trade: Adventures of a Westerner in Japan
Harpercollins. 09/01/1986. Reprint. Originally published at $7.95 You save 87% off the cover price!
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Horse's Neck
Harpercollins. 10/01/1986. Reprint. In this autobiographical novel, Pete Townshend of the Who writes in an experimental style, describing a young man's rebellious drive to success as a songwriter and musician. Originally published at $6.95 You save 72% off the cover price!
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The Runaway Soul
Harpercollins. 11/01/1992. Reprint. 835 pgs. The story of Wiley Silenowicz--a stand-in for Brodkey himself--who explores the varieties of his sexuality in his endless quest for love. Originally published at $15.00 You save 87% off the cover price!
$3.00 economy shipping in the U.S. (and only $1.00 for each additional book from this seller)! Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Perennial. Trade Paperback. 0060975040 Edges of cover slight worn. Corner of cover has a 1 inch crease. . Very Good. 1992. (more information)
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To Sir with Love
Berkley Pub Group. 07/01/1995. Reissue. Originally published at $5.99 You save 83% off the cover price!
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Goodnight! a Novel: A Novel (Penguin International Writers S.)
Penguin USA. 02/01/1991. Reprint. Originally published at $9.95 You save 90% off the cover price!
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Of Human Bondage (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
Penguin USA. 02/01/1992. Reprint. 610 pgs. Philip Carey is an orphan, reared by his aunt and uncle, handicapped by his club foot. When he reaches the age of eighteen, he sets out in the world--first to study at Heidelberg, then to try an accounting job, then trying to launch an artistic career. Finally he returns to London to train as a doctor, and meets Mildred, a young woman with whom he becomes obsessed. He finally gets his M.D. degree and considers traveling the world as a ship's doctor, but falls in love with Sally Athelney and settles down happily to practice medicine in a small fishing village. Maugham said of this highly autobiographical novel, "Turning my wishes into fiction, I drew a picture of the marriage I should like to make." "Of Human Bondage" is considered his masterpiece. Originally published at $11.95 You save 83% off the cover price!
$3.00 economy shipping in the U.S. (and only $1.00 for each additional book from this seller)! Penguin Classics, 1-Mar-92. Ex-Library. Trade Paperback. Good. Clear tape along spine, shelf wear & several bends on cover. Lightly aged pages, library stamps, no writing or markings in text. Review: ""The modern writer who has influenced me the most."" -George Orwell ""One of my favourite writers."" -Gabriel Garcia Marquez ""A writer of great dedication."" -Graham Greene Book Description: It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham,"" wrote Gore Vidal. ""He was always so entirely there."" Originally published in 1915, Of Human Bondage is a potent expression of the power of sexual obsession and of modern man's yearning for freedom. This classic bildungsroman tells the story of Philip Carey, a sensitive boy born with a clubfoot who is orphaned and raised by a religious aunt and uncle. Philip yearns for adventure, and at eighteen leaves home, eventually pursuing a career as an artist in Paris. When he returns to London to study medicine, he meets the androgynous but alluring Mildred and begins a doomed love affair that will change the course of his life. There is no more powerful story of sexual infatuation, of human longing for connection and freedom. ""Here is a novel of the utmost importance,"" wrote Theodore Dreiser on publication. ""It is a beacon of light by which the wanderer may be guided. . . . One feels as though one were sitting before a splendid Shiraz of priceless texture and intricate weave, admiring, feeling, responding sensually to its colors and tones.""With an Introduction by Gore Vidal, Commentary by Theodore Dreiser and Graham Greene ISBN: 0140185224. (more information)
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The Actual A Novella
Penguin USA. 05/01/1998. In this first major work in 10 years from Nobel Prize-winning novelist Saul Bellow, Harry Trellman, the narrator, is an elderly Chicagoan who becomes the uneasy friend of Sigmund Adletsky, an even older millionaire. Adletsky shows Trellman how he must pick up his life with Amy Wustrin, a high school sweetheart he has never forgotten. As the story reaches its intensely poignant climax, we find Trellman in a cemetery in the middle of a Chicago snowstorm, helping Amy to re-bury her ex-husband, and finding a little self-redemption in the bargain. THE ACTUAL (1997), at 112 pages, is actually a novella. And, as in so many of Bellow's later novels, it includes an intense awareness of the approach of death. Originally published at $12.00 You save 83% off the cover price!
$3.50 economy shipping in the U.S. (and only $1.75 for each additional book from this seller)! Penguin (Non-Classics). New 1998. Paperback. May have light shelf wear and ink mark (remainder mark) on outer edge. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! ; 0.4 x 7.5 x 5.4 Inches; 112 pages; 1 . (more information)
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The Way of All Flesh
Penguin USA. 06/01/1966. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH is a thinly disguised account of Butler's own Victorian childhood. Butler began the work in 1872; it was finally published in 1903, a year after his death. With irony and wit, he savaged contemporary values and beliefs, turning the conventional family-history novel inside-out. Originally published at $13.00 You save 85% off the cover price!
$2.75 economy shipping in the U.S. (and only $1.50 for each additional book from this seller)! New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1966. excellent condition with slight yellowing, small bend on top and bottom corner...buying this book supports ART! thanks!. Paperback. Very Good. (more information)
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Agnes Grey (Oxford World's Classics) (Qty: 9)
Oxford Univ Pr. 06/01/1998. Reissue. 211 pgs. This roman-a-clef is a semi-autobiographical depiction of Anne Bronte's life as a governess. In the novel, Agnes, a rector's daughter--like Anne and her sisters, Charlotte and Emily--describes the spoiled children of the Bloomfield family. The outcome of the story, however, bears little resemblance to the author's own experience. Agnes marries the gentle curator, Mr. Weston, with whom she has three children. Originally published at $9.95 You save 80% off the cover price!
$3.50 economy shipping in the U.S. (and only $1.75 for each additional book from this seller)! Oxford University Press, USA. Paperback. 0192834789 Clean, unmarked pages! Unused overstock copy with moderate wear to its edges/cover from shelving. May have a remainder mark. . Very Good. 7/23/1998. (more information)
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A Sentimental Journey (Penguin Classics)
Penguin USA. 04/01/2002. Reissue. 134 pgs. Sterne's famous fictional travelogue was published in two volumes a month before his death in 1768, and is based on his two journeys abroad in 1762-64 and 1765. Sterne called it his "Work of Redemption," presumably for the sins and errors committed in writing the greatest "cock and bull" story ever published in the form of "Tristram Shandy." Through the amiable Parson Yorick, a character familiar to readers of "Tristram Shandy," Sterne parodies the superior tone of the fashionable travel books of his time in which Europe was often compared unfavorably to England. His narrative seems to revere sentiment as the great measure of all experience--from nostalgia and melancholy to romance and extreme tenderness--while at the same time an ambiguous degree of irony wavers somewhere between Sterne and the voice of his narrator. Originally published at $7.00 You save 79% off the cover price!
$3.49 economy shipping in the U.S. (and only $1.75 for each additional book from this seller)! [ Edition: Reprint ]. Excellent Condition. Publisher: Penguin Classics Pub Date: 3/26/2002 Binding: Paperback Pages: 160 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] (more information)
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Welcome to My Planet : Where English Is Sometimes Spoken
Penguin USA. 06/01/2001. Reissue. 285 pgs. Shannon Olson, the heroine of this humorous fictional debut by the author of the same name, is a miserable 25-year-old Accounts and Services Representative at a dwindling software company at the beginning of this account of her five-year quest for inner peace. Complete with a loser boyfriend, inflated credit card bills, and a serious junk food addiction, Shannon's life has reached rock bottom by the time she decides to move back home to her parents' house in a suburb of Minneapolis. Once there, however, Shannon begins her upward climb; she eventually quits her job, enters graduate school, and has her first meaningful relationship. With help from her inconspicuously wise mother, Flo, and her assertively astute counselor, Shannon also learns some valuable lessons about herself, her family, and the virtues of independence. Originally published at $14.00 You save 93% off the cover price!
$3.00 economy shipping in the U.S. (and only $1.00 for each additional book from this seller)! New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 2001 Second printing trade paperback, 2001. Excellent. Witty yet poignant novel. 286 pp. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)
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A Feast in the Garden
Harcourt. 05/01/1992. Originally published at $23.95 You save 92% off the cover price!
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The Rat
Harcourt. 05/01/1989. Grass turns his attention to the possibility of ecological disaster in this novel about a female rat whose aim is to replace humanity with rats. Originally published at $17.00 You save 94% off the cover price!
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Tales from Margaritaville (Qty: 10)
Harcourt. 07/01/2002. Reprint. 238 pgs. Short stories by singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, all of which take place in "Margaritaville", a fictitious place--really a state of mind--of imagination, curiosity, and humor, most frequently visited by roamers and dreamers. As Margaritaville has no physical equivalent, most of the stories take place on the ocean, usually the Gulf Stream. Buffett tells tales about a heartbroken cowboy, and a third-generation sailor and musical outlaw. He follows Mark Twain's dictum, "Write what you know about;" many of the stories are autobiographical, or are based on stories told to him. Originally published at $14.00 You save 93% off the cover price!
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The Kindness of Women
Harcourt. 04/01/1993. Reprint. A hybrid of autobiography and fiction, this is a sequel to "The Empire of the Sun." It ends with the filming of that novel by Stephen Spielberg, and Ballard's participation in the project. Originally published at $13.00 You save 85% off the cover price!
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