The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
$24.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The classic bestseller behind this year's biggest movie, this definitive paperback edition features nine illustrations and two maps drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien, and a preface by Christopher Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pant ...Show more
Murder at Maybridge Castle: A Christmas Mystery by Ada Moncrieff
$26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: A\Christmas Mystery Ser.
The brand new, festive murder mystery for 2023 from 'modern rival to Agatha Christie' Ada Moncrieff It's Christmas 1937 and an eclectic list of guests and staff have gathered for the grand re-opening of Maybridge castle, a newly renovated yet still crumbling hotel deep in the Cumbrian countryside. They ...Show more
Sense and Sensibility [Macmillan Collectors Library PB] by Jane Austen
$23.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Continuing the wildly successful Puffin in Bloom line of classics--illustrated by Anna Bond, the artist behind the renowned lifestyle brand Rifle Paper Co. Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby, she ignores her sis ...Show more
The Beauties - Essential Stories by Anton Chekov; Nicolas Slater Pasternak (Translator)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Pushkin Press Classics Ser.
The essential edition of the greatest stories by the Russian master of the form Chekhov was without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its untidy complexity. His short stories, written throughout his life and newly translated for this essential collection, are exquisite masterpie ...Show more
The Great Gatsby (Chartwell Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
$22.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Chartwell Classics Ser.
A beautiful new edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby to coincide with the release of Baz Luhrmann's film.'There was music from my neighbour's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and ...Show more
Stig of the Dump by Clive King, Clive King And Edward Ardizzone
$37.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Clive King's much-loved classic. Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world, now including a beautiful 60th anniversary edition of Stig of the Dump, the poignant, humorous st ...Show more
Notes from Underground: Popular Penguins by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
$15.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
The apology and confession of a minor mid-19th-century Russian official, Notes from Underground is a half-desperate, half-mocking political critique and a powerful, at times absurdly comical, account of man's breakaway from society and descent 'underground'.
Things to Come and Go by Bette Howland
$24.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
'Reminiscent of Edna O'Brien, with shades too of Jean Rhys.' - The Irish TimesThings to Come and Go showcases the incomparable talent of Bette Howland in three novellas of stunning power, beauty, and sustaining humour.'Birds of a Feather' is a daughter's story of her extended, first-generation family, t ...Show more
Best Loved Oscar Wilde by John Wyse Jackson
$24.95 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Best-Loved Irish Writers Ser.
Those whom the gods love grow young. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900), one of Ireland's most beloved writers, was a playwright, poet, novelist and author of fairy stories and political essays. A complex man with many sides, he was both a revolutionary thinker and a flamboyant dandy and ...Show more
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
$29.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The Handmaid's Tale
Lindsey Hilsum: (author of ‘In Extremis; the Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin’ & friend of Bookoccino) "While others watched the TV series I re-read the book. When The Handmaid’s Tale was published in 1985, reviewers compared Margaret Atwood unfavourably to male writers of science fiction. ...Show more
The Woman In White (Collins Classics) by Wilkie Collins
$19.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.One woman ...Show more
Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen / Karen Blixen
$26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Little Clothbound Classics
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions ar ...Show more