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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Sarah Churchwell
An examination of Gone With the Wind, the myth of the Lost Cause and what they can tell us about American history and culture today.
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A fascinating look at the autumn of 1922, when F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda returned to New York and the seeds for The Great Gatsby were sown
Katherine Anne Porter
A collection that gathers together Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including Pale Horse, Pale Rider , where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories…
Henry James
Henry James considered his late novel The Ambassadors (1903) ‘quite the best, 'all round’‘ of all his works. This volume based on the first book edition provides extensive annotations, a…
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SELECTED AS A 2018 SUMMER READ BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, I-PAPER AND THE BIG ISSUE
‘Enormously entertaining’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Fascinating’ NEW STATESMAN ‘Excoriating, brilliant’ ALI SMITH ‘Enthralling’ GUARDIAN ‘My…
Originally published: London: Virago, 2013
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This investigation into the debates surrounding Marilyn Monroe’s life and the cultural attitudes that her legend reveals relies on the unreliable and unverifiable–but highly significant–stories that have framed the greatest…
Originally published in Great Britain in hardcover and ebook by Bloomsbury Publishing in May 2018 –Title page verso.
L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and Toto’s classic whirlwind adventure featuring the original illustrations by famous illustrator W. W. Denslow, coloured by Barbara Frith, and an afterword by Professor Sarah Churchwell.
Iris Murdoch
"This is a Borzoi Book"--Title Page Verso.
F. Scott Fitzgerald,Sarah Churchwell
Sarah Churchwell introduces a collection of stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald: some classic, some forgotten.
A unique survey and interpretive history, spanning 200 years, of the American bestseller.
