Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller
$26.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Verso Fiction Ser.
Bluebeard gets a feminist Gothic makeover in this subversive take on the famous French fairy tale -- from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch, and for fans of Jane Eyre. When the successful British mystery writer Judith Moore meets Gavin, a handsome and charming baron, at a birthday party on the C ...Show more
Orlando by Virginia Woolf; Winterson Jeanette (Introduction by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Classics
The thrill of reading Virginia Woolf's Orlando is the feeling of looking into a whirlpool just as something utterly extraordinary materializes for the first time: an exhilarating hallucination of surreal and beautiful images that remain in memory long after you put the book down. Orlando has it all: lif ...Show more
The Odyssey - Trans. by Dr. Wilson by Homer; Emily Wilson (Translator)
$15.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: The\Norton Library
Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the resplendent epic tale of Odysseus's long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations, delays, and perils he faced at every turn. Homer's classic poem features Odysseus's encounters with the beautiful nymph Calypso; the queenly but wi ...Show more
Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
New in Penguin Japanese Classics- ghost stories from a master recounter of the macabre Introducing Penguin Japanese Classics- a collection of some of Japan's most celebrated and ground-breaking 20th century writers, with covers inspired by Japanese art and design. Taking us from a sun-drenched affair in ...Show more
The Iliad by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson)
$65.95 AUD
Category: Classics
After an invocation to the Muses, the story launches in medias res towards the end of the Trojan War between the Trojans and the besieging Greeks. Chryses, a Trojan priest of Apollo, offers the Greeks wealth for the return of his daughter Chryseis, held captive by Agamemnon, the Greek leader. Although m ...Show more
The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson
$31.95 AUD
Category: Classics
The Odyssey is a poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths) and his journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed Odysseus has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemac ...Show more
A Study in Scarlet (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by Judith John (Contribution by); Arthur Doyle
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
A gorgeous edition of Sherlock Holmes first adventure, the perfect gift for readers and collectors. Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury ...Show more
Aesop's Fables by Aesop
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Signature Classics Ser.
The calamities that befall the hapless creatures of Aesop's Fables! The fox can't reach his grapes, then gets attacked by biting flies and loses his tail in a trap. And things don't go much better for the hare, who is chased relentlessly by a hound, barely escaping with his life-only to be beaten in a r ...Show more
Aesop's Fables Illustrated (Leatherbound Classics) by Aesop
$49.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
This illustrated collection includes hundreds of fables that have influenced our world for centuries.The stories attributed to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in Greece around 620-564 BCE, were originally passed on through oral tradition before first being transcribed several centuries after hi ...Show more
Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories by FLAME TREE STUDIO
$52.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
A chilling new collection of supernatural tales from the Victorian master of horror, and the subtle manipulation of dread. Algernon Blackwood, a founding father of modern ghost and horror stories, is one of the great horror writers of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. With M.R. James, William Hope ...Show more
All Desire Is a Desire for Being by René Girard
$26.99 AUD
Category: Classics
A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desire. Why do humans have such a remarkable capacity for conflict? From ancient foundational myths to the modern era, the visionary thinker Rene Girard identified the constant, competing desires ...Show more
An Eddy on the Floor by Bernard Capes
$16.99 AUD
Category: Classics
From world-renowned and critically-acclaimed cartoonist Seth, comes this legendary ghost story - complete with brand-new spooky illustrations, this short story is the perfect seasonal gift! A classic ghost story illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist, Seth. After attending a seance at an acquaintance's hom ...Show more