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Daisy Miller a Study by David (INT) David (EDT); Lodge Henry; Lodge James
$14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics
Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks and acts, or is she simply ignorant of those conv ...Show more
First Frost by James Henry
$32.95 AUD
Category: Crime and Thrillers
It's the early 1980s - Britain is in recession, the IRA is becoming increasingly active, and a case of rabies has just been reported in a neighbouring county. Detective Sergeant Jack Frost, now in his early forties, is working under his mentor and inspiration Detective Inspector Bert Williams. But when ...Show more
Impressionism by James Henry Rubin
$38.45 AUD
$39.95 (3% off)
Category: Art and Photography | Series: Art & Ideas S.
Celebrations of city streets; tranquil vistas of the countryside and seashore; enchanting images of the leisured classes in domestic interiors or at fashionable Parisian cafes - the work of the Impressionists gives pleasure to art lovers everywhere. But while Impressionism today may appear "natural" and ...Show more
Italian Hours by Henry James
$27.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Stanfords Travel Classics
Henry James was a renowned observer of European culture, both in his fiction and in his life. In particular, he loved Italy, visiting it 14 times and setting several of his novels in the country. Between 1873 and 1909 he also wrote numerous essays and travelogues that were ultimately collected into one ...Show more
Letters to Isabella Stewart Gardner by Henry James
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Pushkin Press Classics Ser.
Surrounded by the artists, writers and musicians who made up her court in Boston as they did in Venice, Isabella Stewart Gardner, a passionate art collector, was as revered and sought after as royalty. Henry James was inspired by the rich and powerful Gardner, as well as by the Palazzo Barbaro in Venice ...Show more
Luxury and Power - Persia to Greece by James Fraser; Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Text by); Henry Bishop-Wright (Text by)
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art and Photography
Luxurious objects are celebrated for their exoticism, rarity and style, but also disparaged as indulgent, extravagant and corrupt. The ancient origins of these attitudes emerged at the boundary between the imperial Persian and democratic Athenian Greek worlds. Luxury was at the center of the royal Persi ...Show more
Selected Tales by Henry James
$18.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Henry James, (1843-1916) was born in New York and settled in Europe in 1875. This is a selection of short stories from across James's writing career and includes the more popular ones such as "Daisy Miller" and "The Figure in the Carpet", along with less widely-known tales.
The Ambassadors by Henry James
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The greatest expression of his talent for witty, observant explorations of what it means to 'live well', Henry James' "The Ambassadors" is edited with an introduction and notes by Adrian Poole in "Penguin Classics". Concerned that her son Chad may have become involved with a woman of dubious reputation, ...Show more
The Bostonians by Henry James; Richard Lansdown (Introduction by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Classics Ser.
Published in 1886, The Bostonians begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, a young Mississippi lawyer in search of a career. Through his cousin, Olive Chancellor, Ransom comes to meet Verena, the beautiful daughter of a charlatan faith-healer and showman. When they hear Verena talk, Olive hope ...Show more
The Europeans: A Sketch by Henry James
$14.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Eugenia, an American expatriate brought up in Europe, arrives in rural New England with her charming brother Felix, hoping to find a wealthy second husband after the collapse of her marriage to a German prince. Their exotic, sophisticated airs cause quite a stir with their affluent, God-fearing American ...Show more
The Golden Bowl by Henry James
$9.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
"James described The Golden Bowl as 'the most done of my productions--the most composed and constructed and completed.' In the novel an American woman, Maggie Verver, marries an Italian prince, while her wealthy father marries Maggie's girlhood friend, Charlotte Stant--neither Verver being aware that th ...Show more
The Portrait Of A Lady by Henry James
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Category: Fiction
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Cha ...Show more