The Happy Prince & Other Tales by Oscar Wilde
39.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories explore timeless themes of good and evil, freedom and responsibility, love and death, beauty and self-sacrifice. Featuring princesses, ogres and talking animals, the questions they pose are as pertinent now as they were at the turn of the century. What is love? asks ‘The ...Show more
Walt Whitman: A glorious collection from one of America s best-loved and controversial poets by Walt Whitman
22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
From the highly controversial Leaves of Grass, with its overt sexual imagery and delight of sensual pleasures, to the iconic Captain, oh my captain immortalised in the film Dead Poets Society, this short collection is the ideal introduction to the poetry of Walt Whitman. One of the greats, he was celebr ...Show more
Leaves of Grass (Legend Classics) by Whitman, Walt
27.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Walt Whitman published his first collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass, in 1855. Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and revising it multiple times until his death. It was highly controversial during its time for its explicit sexual imagery, and Whitman was subject to derision by many c ...Show more
Leaves of Grass (Word Cloud Classics) by Walt Whitman
24.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Word Cloud Classics
"Leaves of Grass" is a timeless collection of poems and essays penned by influential nineteenth-century writer Walt Whitman. This profound compilation explores topics such as nature, mysticism, mortality, transcendentalism, and democracy. Inspired by personal experiences and observations, Whitman spent ...Show more
Memoirs of Many in One: Text Classics by Patrick White; Sophie Cunningham (Introduction by)
12.95 AUD
Category: Classics
The last Patrick White novel published in his lifetime,Memoirs of Many in Onepresents the eccentric, often fantastical recollections of the ageing actor, Alex Xenophon Demirjian Gray. These are 'edited' by the writer Patrick White, her friend and executor, who is often the target of her scorn. Witty and ...Show more
Happy Valley: Text Classics by Patrick White
14.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Patrick White's magnificent debut novel - first published 1939, long out of print and now a Text Classic.Based on Patrick White's own experiences in the early 1930s as a jackaroo at Bolaro, near Adaminaby in south-eastern New South Wales, Happy Valleypaints a portrait of a community in a desolate landsc ...Show more
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
36.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Hardbacks Ser.
VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICSBeautiful editions of great books to last a lifetimeA beautiful hardback edition of the seminal novel that changed the face of British fiction.Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-num ...Show more
Unbranded: First Nations Classics by Herb Wharton, Kev Carmody
19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Written by the legendary Queensland drover Herb Wharton, this is a striking vision of outback Australia- the friendship story of three stockmen working on mulga country in the far west.Herb Wharton, former drover, now celebrated author, unleashes a strikingly original vision of outback Australia- from t ...Show more
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: S. F. Masterworks Ser.
Welcome to the Best of the Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction When Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on a tropical island, he is surprised to find he has company in the form of Dr Moreau. Driven out of Britain in disgrace, Dr Moreau has decided to explore his science in peace and iso ...Show more
The Window Seat: First Nations Classics by Archie Weller, Ernie Dingo
19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: First Nations Classics Ser.
Runner-up for the inaugural Vogel Award in 1980, Archie Weller is a master storyteller. In these short stories, take a seat and rethink what it means to be Australian.Since Archie Weller was runner-up for the first Vogel Award in 1980 for his novel The Day of the Dog, he has become an important voice in ...Show more
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Deco
VINTAGE DECO- Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on. 'Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy' Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, cowed and neglected by their husbands, make a daring plan- they will hav ...Show more
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
35.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Clothbound Classics
This is a new to Penguin Classics, the great underwater adventure story in a stunning clothbound edition with original images. In this thrilling adventure tale by the 'Father of Science Fiction', three men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine the ...Show more