Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
Disciplines
- Literature
- Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
- Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers
Showing 1-20 of 354
|
|
Thomas Browne: Selected Writings£17.99 Kevin Killeen
9780198797654 This volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682). The edition introduces students to one of the most brilliant and wide-ranging of writers in Renaissance England and includes an Introduction and full commentary notes. |
|
|
The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance£6.99 H. G. Wells, Matthew Beaumont
9780198702672 One night in the depths of winter, a bizarre and sinister stranger wrapped in bandages and eccentric clothing arrives in a remote English village. In this pioneering novella, Wells combines comedy, both farcical and satirical, and tragedy - to superbly unsettling effect. |
|
|
Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale£8.99 Marina Warner
9780198779858 In ten succinct chapters, Marina Warner guides us through the rich world of fairy tale, from Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel to Snow White and Pan's Labyrinth. Exploring pervasive themes of folklore, myth, the supernatural, imagination, and fantasy, Warner highlights the impact of the genre on human understanding, history, and culture. |
|
|
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge£9.99 Rainer Maria Rilke, Robert Vilain
9780199646036 A landmark in the development of the twentieth-century novel, the Notebooks is the story of a young Danish aristocrat , told in a series of notes that explore Malte's life in Paris, childhood memories and reflections in highly crafted poetic prose. A radical departure from literary realism, it is an archetypal confrontation with the modern. |
|
|
An Autobiography: and Other WritingsSecond Edition £9.99 Anthony Trollope, Nicholas Shrimpton
9780199675296 The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. This edition shows how he exaggerated to create his compelling narrative, and includes other writings to show how subtle and complex his approach to literature really was. |
|
|
Earth£10.99 Émile Zola, Brian Nelson, Julie Rose
9780199677870 Zola's novel of peasant life describes the disintegration of the Fouan family when Papa Fouan decides to divide his land between his three children. Greed and violence feed a bitter struggle for supremacy. This new translation captures the novel's blend of brutality and lyricism in its evocation of the inexorable cycle of the natural world. |
|
|
Anna Karenina£8.99 Leo Tolstoy, Rosamund Bartlett
9780198748847 One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina is the story of a beautiful woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties. This major new translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful. |
|
|
Sentimental Education£10.99 Gustave Flaubert, Helen Constantine, Patrick Coleman
9780199686636 With his first glimpse of Madame Arnoux, Frédéric Moreau is convinced he has found his romantic destiny, but he is caught up in the revolution of 1848 and the attractions of three other women. Flaubert's portrait of an idealist in a disenchanted world influenced later modernists, and is here newly translated. |
|
|
Doctor Thorne TV Tie-In with a foreword by Julian Fellowes: The Chronicles of Barsetshire£9.99 Anthony Trollope, Julian Fellowes, Simon Dentith
9780198785637 Frank Gresham needs to marry for money if he is to save his impoverished family estate. But he loves the doctor's penniless niece, and faces a terrible dilemma. Doctor Thorne, now adapted for ITV by Julian Fellowes. |
|
|
King Solomon's MinesSecond Edition £7.99 H. Rider Haggard, Roger Luckhurst
9780198722953 Allan Quatermain leads an expedition in search of a missing man and the fabled King Solomon's mines in deepest Africa. His exciting adventures captivated readers, and this new edition looks at Haggard's own African experiences and colonial attitudes to native tribes and the ravages of the British Empire. |
|
|
The Oxford Handbook of John Donne£30.00 Jeanne Shami, Dennis Flynn, M. Thomas Hester
9780198715573 With over fifty newly commissioned essays from leading international scholars, The Oxford Handbook of John Donne links past scholarship with current and future re-definitions to provide a distinctive response to Donne and the significance of his work, and forms an essential contribution to early modern studies. |
|
|
The MonkNew Edition £8.99 Matthew Lewis, Nick Groom
9780198704454 The Monk (1796) is a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. It tells of the pious monk Ambrosio's descent into depravity, his passion leading to rape, blasphemy, black magic, incest, and murder. Its sensational story also reflects the terrors of the French Revolution. |
|
|
Jezebel's Daughter£9.99 Wilkie Collins, Jason David Hall
9780198703211 This suspenseful case study in villainy pits the scheming Madame Fontaine against another strong woman, and a former inmate of Bedlam asylum. With its intricate plot and memorable characters, Jezebel's Daughter shares its sensational nature with Collins's major novels. This edition examines the Victorian fascination with criminality. |
|
|
Stories and Poems£12.99 Rudyard Kipling, Daniel Karlin
9780198723431 First published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series, this comprehensive selection of Kipling's stories and poems covers the full range of his career. It displays Kipling's comic mastery as well as his bleak insights into human behaviour, from the days of British India to the aftermath of the First World War. With Introduction and full notes. |
|
|
The Mill on the Floss£8.99 George Eliot, Gordon S. Haight, Juliette Atkinson
9780198707530 Young Maggie Tulliver is devoted to her brother Tom, but as she grows older and discovers romantic love she comes into conflict with him and her family. She strives to reconcile moral claims and family loyalty with her own desires. Eliot's most autobiographical novel was also her most controversial, and this new edition examines its impact. |
|
|
Scenes of Clerical LifeSecond Edition £10.99 George Eliot, Thomas A. Noble, Josie Billington
9780199689606 Scenes of Clerical Life consists of three short novellas in which the lives of ordinary men and women in a provincial Midlands town are portrayed with tender sympathy and understanding. Eliot brought a new level of literary realism to her tales of Amos Barton, Mr Gilfil, and Janet Dempster in her first published work of fiction. |
|
|
Summer£7.99 Edith Wharton, Laura Rattray
9780198709985 Charity Royall yearns to escape her dull existence in the New England backwater where she lives with her guardian. When her sexual nature is awakened, darker undercurrents in the community threaten her future happiness. The 'hot' counterpart to Ethan Frome, and equally memorable, Summer was regarded by Wharton as one of her best works. |
|
|
Vanity Fair£7.99 William Makepeace Thackeray, Helen Small
9780198727712 Set during the Napoleonic wars, Vanity Fair follows Becky Sharp as she cuts a swathe through Regency society. War, money, and national identity are the themes of Thackeray's great satirical novel, as it exposes a world on the make. In Becky, Thackeray created one of the most memorable female characters in Victorian fiction. |
|
|
Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India£8.99 Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, Kate Teltscher
9780198718000 Hobson-Jobson is a unique lexicon of British India. Part dictionary, part encyclopedia it shows how words of Indian origin entered the English language and offers insight into Victorian views of Asia and the way cultures transform one another. Quirky and entertaining, this selected edition includes a fascinating introduction and notes. |
|
|
Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Richard Bradford
9780199658787 Since the mid-19th century crime fiction has been one of the most popular sub-genres of the novel. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Bradford explores its origins and the features that define its varied style. He considers its role in popular culture around the world and considers why its classification as 'literature' is still ambiguous. |
-
Customer Service Dept
Should you have a question or problem, please contact our Customer Service Department
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.
Copyright © Oxford University Press 2023
