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Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

English | Paperback | 9780241652688 | 2024 | 336 Pages

Edith Wharton was born into a wealthy New York family in 1862, during the American Civil War. She married at twenty-three, and subsequently divided her time between homes in New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The House of Mirth, perhaps her most famous work, appeared in 1905, and was followed by Ethan Frome, The Custom of the Country, Summer and The Age of Innocence. Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She died in 1937.

€ 12,50

Daphne Du Maurier

Don't Look Now and Other Stories

English | Paperback | 9780141188379 | 2006 | 272 Pages

John and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their daughter's death. But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight, they find that, instead of laying their ghosts to rest, they become caught up in a train of strange events. This volume contains stories that explore fears, longings, secrets and desires.

€ 14,95

Claude McKay

Home to Harlem

English | Paperback | 9781784877583 | 2022 | 224 Pages

CLAUDE McKAY was born in Jamaica, and moved to the U.S. in 1912 to study at the Tuskgee Institute. In 1928, he published his most famous novel, Home to Harlem, which won the Harmon Gold Award for Literature. His Selected Poems was published posthumously, and in 1977 he was named the national poet of Jamaica.

€ 13,95

Kevin Kwan

Sex and Vanity

from the bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians English | Paperback | 9781786091055 | 2021 | 368 Pages

Delightful ... complete with designer outfits, glamorous parties, and exotic locations.

€ 13,95

Various

Four Stories by American Women

Rebecca Harding Davis, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah OrneJewett, Edith Wharton English | Paperback | 9780140390766 | 1999 | 272 Pages

This is a collection of four fiction books by American women. The stories are "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "Country of the Pointed Firs" by Sarah Orne Jewett and "Souls Belated" by Edith Wharton.

€ 9,50