The Plains: Text Classics by Gerald Murnane
$14.95 AUD
Category: New Classics | Series: Text Classics Ser.
This is the story of the families of the plains--obsessed with their land and history, their culture and mythology--and of the man who ventured into their world.First published in 1982, The Plainsis a mesmerising work of startling originality. This handsome new hardback edition is introduced by Ben Ler ...Show more
Oxford Playscripts: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Philip Pullman
$30.95 AUD
Category: New Classics | Series: Oxford Playscripts S.
"Oxford Classic Playscripts: Frankenstein" is the famous story of a young man who thinks he can change the world by making better human beings. Instead he creates a living monster with a mind of its own. It contains new, innovative activities specifically tailored to support the KS3 Framework for Teachi ...Show more
Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France
$22.99 AUD
Category: New Classics
Books are missing from the archbishop's shelves and the librarian is helpless to explain until the culprit is revealed: Arcade, the clergyman's guardian angel, has been educating himself. Immersion in works of philosophy and science has convinced Arcade that God is a cruel tyrant. Revolution is the only ...Show more
Three Theban Plays by Sophocles
$16.95 AUD
Category: New Classics | Series: Classics of World Literature Ser. | Reading Level: good
Features three plays which are not about fate and irony, but are about character, choice and consequence. In "Antigone", a woman defies human law. "Oedipus the Tyrant" is the story of a ruler destroyed by the qualities which made him ruler in the first place. In "Oedipus at Colonus", the aged king achie ...Show more
On Privilege by BURNSIDE Julian
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Category: New Classics | Series: Little Books on Big Themes
Julian Burnside's grandparents lived in a world of handsome cars, elegant tennis parties and coiffed women. As a five-year-old, he saw privilege before he heard the word or learned its meaning. In this powerful broadside that takes in politicians and infamous legal cases, Burnside asks: what is privileg ...Show more
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
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Category: New Classics | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Robert Fagles with introductions and notes by Bernard Knox.Collected here are Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at ...Show more
Hay Fever by COWARD NOEL
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Category: New Classics | Series: Methuen Modern Plays Ser.
'This much loved classic is published as a Methuen Modern play for the first time. First produced in 1925 Hay Fever is technically a masterpiece. A comedy of bad manners which starts with the arrival of four guests, invited independently by different members of the Bliss family for a weekend at their co ...Show more
Classic Collection: Perseus and Medusa by Saviour Pirotta
$9.99 AUD
Category: New Classics
How can Perseus destroy the mighty monster Medusa? The goddess Athena has turned Medusa into a hideous monster, with golden wings, snakes for hair and a look that can turn men to stone. Perseus is tricked by King Polydectes into hunting down the terrifying Medusa. Athena decides to help Perseus, and wit ...Show more
MRS. SPRING FRAGRANCE A COLLECTION OF CHINESE-AMERICAN SHORT STORIES by SUI SIN FAR
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Category: New Classics
These remarkable tales rank among the first works of fiction published by a Chinese-American author. The daughter of an English shipping merchant and his Chinese wife, Edith Maude Eaton grew up in Canada and settled in the United States. She pursued a career in journalism under the pen name Sui Sin Far. ...Show more
The House of the Cats: and Other Tales from Europe by Maggie Pearson
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Classics
A stunning collection of folk tales and legends, one from each of the EU member states. Ranging from magical to farcical, tender to terrifying, this selection offers a wide variety of stories you won't have heard before. A fascinating insight into Europe's varied cultures and traditions, and a wonderful ...Show more
Glenarvon by Caroline Lamb
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Classics
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, a ...Show more
Macbeth - Global Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
$44.95 AUD
Category: New Classics | Series: Global Shakespeare S.
In its concentration of interest upon the protagonists, Macbeth can be seen as Shakespeare's experiment in unity of focus, whose chief appeal arises from the struggles of the central characters with each other and with the infernal powers that inspire or govern them. Over the centuries, the vision of di ...Show more