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The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. O. Henry is one of the most popular American writers of the twentieth century and a true master of the short story. This selection of tales ranges from Christmas in New York to the cattle-lands of Texas, taking in con men, clerks, shop assistants, tramps and tricksters. They all highlight O. Henry's comic eye, his gift for evoking speech and setting, and his unique approach to life's quirks of fate. 'His stories are perfectly executed mini-classics' Washington Post

DKK 172.00
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Ice - Anna Kavan - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Ice - Anna Kavan - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Set in a frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching ice, Anna Kavan''s masterwork follows one man''s pursuit of a mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of the earth; to the end of everything.''Few contemporary novelists could match the intensity of her vision'' J.G. Ballard

DKK 172.00
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The Library of Babel - Jorge Luis Borges - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Library of Babel - Jorge Luis Borges - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Magical books, infinite libraries, parallel worlds, mazes, labyrinths and philosophical paradoxes haunt these spellbinding tales by one of the most uniquely inventive short story writers of the twentieth century. This collection brings together many of Borges''s greatest and most beloved stories, including ''The Garden of Forking Paths'', ''The Book of Sand'' and ''Shakespeare''s Memory''.

DKK 172.00
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Death in Midsummer - Yukio Mishima - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Death in Midsummer - Yukio Mishima - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Filled with rich description and luxurious beauty, these ten tales of loss and longing from one of Japan''s greatest writers show the pull between duty and desire, ecstasy and death: a mother lost in mourning, a moonlit journey to fulfil a wish, a night of infidelity, a young lieutenant who ends his life.

DKK 172.00
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Reginald's Christmas Revel - Saki - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Reginald's Christmas Revel - Saki - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. With his signature flair and razor-sharp wit, Saki is an undisputed master of the short story. His tales are by turns hilarious, festive, supernatural and macabre, but all offer fabulous, bite-sized satires of a decadent upper-class Edwardian world. ''Saki, like a chivalrous highwayman, only robs the rich: behind all these stories is an exacting sense of justice . . . they dazzle and delight'' Graham Greene

DKK 172.00
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The Nutcracker - E.t.a. Hoffmann - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Nutcracker - E.t.a. Hoffmann - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. The gift of a handsomely decorated, enigmatic nutcracker sets the stage for a Christmas like no other: there will be legends of ancient curses, battles with the dreaded Mouse King, and a visit to the wonderful Kingdom of Dolls. The inspiration for the classic ballet, E. T. A. Hoffmann''s irresistible tale of magic and mystery continues to be the perfect encapsulation of a child''s wonder at Christmas.

DKK 172.00
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Babette's Feast - Isak Dinesen - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Babette's Feast - Isak Dinesen - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Karen Blixen, author of the acclaimed memoir Out of Africa , was also a master of the short story form: her tales offer luminous meditations on rebirth and redemption, on the mystery and unexpectedness of human behaviour. Alongside ''Babette''s Feast'', this selection also includes ''Sorrow-Acre'', often thought to be one of her finest stories.''Tales as delicate as Venetian glass'', The New York Times

DKK 172.00
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Blood Sisters - Jane Corry - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Blood Sisters - Jane Corry - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLING THRILLER YOU WON''T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN ''Dark, complex and thrilling '' B.A. Paris _________________ THREE LITTLE GIRLS. ONE GOOD. ONE BAD. ONE DEAD. _________________ Kitty lives in a care home. She can''t speak properly, and she has no memory of the accident that put her here. At least that''s the story she''s sticking to. Art teacher Alison looks fine on the surface. But the surface is a lie. When a job in a prison comes up she decides to take it - this is her chance to finally make things right. But someone is watching Kitty and Alison.Someone who wants revenge for what happened that sunny morning in May. And only another life will do . . . _________________ Praise for Jane Corry: ''A fearsomely good thriller'' NICCI FRENCH ''I raced through this'' TERESA DRISCOLL ''So many brilliant twists'' CLAIRE DOUGLAS ''Tense, taut and twisty'' RED ''Beautifully written'' PETER JAMES ''A morally complex, twisty tale'' KATE HAMER ''Psychological thriller writing at its very best'' SD Sykes ''Few writers can match Jane Corry'' CARA HUNTER

DKK 172.00
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The Star-Child - Oscar Wilde - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Star-Child - Oscar Wilde - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. With warmth, tenderness and quiet wit, Oscar Wilde''s fables and fairy tales have moved and delighted for generations. In far-off kingdoms and ocean realms, in the company of giants and nightingales, Wilde speaks of heartbreak and redemption, of cruelty and compassion, of love lost, of love gained, of love lasting. Included in this selection are stories from The Happy Prince and A House of Pomegranates .''His tales will dazzle children and intrigue adults'' Guardian

DKK 172.00
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The Awakening - Kate Chopin - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Awakening - Kate Chopin - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith This candid portrayal of a woman who refuses to accept her allotted role as wife and mother caused an outcry when it was published in 1899.It is the story of Edna Pontellier, who spends the summer on the Gulf of Mexico with her businessman husband and her two sons. When an illicit romance awakens unfamiliar ideas and longings in Edna, she discovers a new identity for herself, but cannot hope for understanding in the stifling attitudes of Louisiana society.

DKK 172.00
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Big Blonde - Dorothy Parker - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Big Blonde - Dorothy Parker - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Dorothy Parker was the most talked-about woman of the decadent 1920s, notorious as a hard-drinking bad girl with a talent for endlessly quotable one-liners. In the stories collected here, she brilliantly captures the spirit of the decadent Jazz Age in New York, exposing both the dazzle and the darkness. This selection includes among others ''The Standard of Living'', ''Mr Durant'' and her masterpiece, ''Big Blonde''.''She has fascinated generations with her wit, flair and talent'' The New York Review of Books

DKK 172.00
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Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Holly Golightly is a glittering socialite mover and shaker: generally upwards, sometimes sideways and, every now and then, down. She''s up all night drinking cocktails and breaking hearts. She''s a shoplifter, a delight, a drifter, a tease. In short, an icon. Truman Capote''s most famous work, Breakfast at Tiffany''s is the ultimate ode to dreamers.''The most perfect writer of my generation ... I would not have changed two words of Breakfast at Tiffany''s'' Norman Mailer

DKK 172.00
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Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Tired of the bustling city, a man takes the train through the snow to Japan''s mountains, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Beautiful and innocent, she is tightly bound by the rules of a rural geisha, and lives a life of servitude and seclusion. Snow Country , Yasunari Kawabata''s masterpiece, is a delicate, subtle meditation on love and its limits.''A work of beauty and strangeness, one of the most distinguished and moving of Japanese novels'' New York Herald Tribune

DKK 172.00
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My Husband's Wife - Jane Corry - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

My Husband's Wife - Jane Corry - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE, THEN COMES MURDER... THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLING THRILLER YOU WON''T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN _________________ What if your life was built on a lie? When lawyer Lily marries Ed, she''s determined to make a fresh start. To leave the secrets of the past behind.But when she takes on her first criminal case, she starts to find herself strangely drawn to her client. A man who''s accused of murder. A man she will soon be willing to risk everything for.But is he really innocent? And who is she to judge? _________________ ''JANE CORRY IS THE NEW QUEEN OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER'' KATE FURNIVALL ''You will be hooked after the first page'' CLOSER ''A roller-coaster of dramatic twists . . . chilling and suspenseful '' ELIZABETH HAYNES'' Twisty, feverish and utterly gripping '' EVA DOLAN ________________ Praise for Jane Corry: ''A fearsomely good thriller'' NICCI FRENCH ''I raced through this'' TERESA DRISCOLL ''Compulsive, edgy and with some fabulous twists that I didn''t see coming!'' B A PARIS ''So many brilliant twists'' CLAIRE DOUGLAS ''Tense, taut and twisty'' RED ''Beautifully written'' PETER JAMES ''A morally complex, twisty tale'' KATE HAMER ''Psychological thriller writing at its very best'' SD SYKES ''Few writers can match Jane Corry'' CARA HUNTER

DKK 184.00
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Street Haunting - Virginia Woolf - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Street Haunting - Virginia Woolf - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. 'The hour should be evening and the season winter, for in winter the champagne brightness of the air and the sociability of the streets are grateful'. In such conditions, Virginia Woolf takes to London's streets in search of a pencil. The account of her journey - the people, the places, the pleasure - soon becomes one of the great paeans to city life. This collection also includes other wonderful essays, such as 'How Should One Read a Book?' and 'The Sun and the Fish'. 'One of the great writers of the twentieth century' Guardian

DKK 172.00
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The Cossacks - Leo Tolstoy - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Cossacks - Leo Tolstoy - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Dmitry Andreich Olenin, in the hope of escaping the hollowness of his privilege, joins the army and heads to the Caucasus. There among the foothills he will meet the Cossacks: a people he considers to be at one with the land. In their company he will hunt, he will drink, he will fall in love and, slowly, he will begin to understand that between people, between cultures, there is often a space that cannot be traversed...''It is the richness of Tolstoy''s genius that strikes us most in this story'' Virginia Woolf

DKK 172.00
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The Quickway Crossword Dictionary - - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Quickway Crossword Dictionary - - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

A brand new edition, the twelfth, of the essential reference book for all crossword addicts. The words are arranged within seven mini-dictionaries in word lengths of two to eight-letters, revealing the answers to a tricky clue at a glance. This unique format, combined with the dictionary''s updated reference sections, including prime ministers and presidents, the zodiac and the Bible, the Classical world, astronomy, geography and more, guides the reader straight to the information needed to complete the puzzle. The first ever crossword was published in 1913 and Colonel Hill''s first crossword dictionary was published in 1920. It has been in print for over seventy years, and is still an indispensable addition to the puzzle-solver''s shelf.

DKK 256.00
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The Lottery - Shirley Jackson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Lottery - Shirley Jackson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson with a collection of her finest, creepiest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best. This selection includes ''The Lottery'', Jackson''s masterpiece and one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century.

DKK 172.00
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Consequences - Penelope Lively - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Consequences - Penelope Lively - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

A hugely satisfying and romantic novel, Consequences plots the lives of three generations of twentieth-century women. In 1935, privileged misfit Lorna meets the love of her life. Falling for a pennyless and bohemian artist, Matt, she abandons her stuffy Kensington existence in London and moves to a rustic cottage in Somerset. A baby, Molly, is born, but the coming war takes Matt - and Lorna''s dreams - away.Lorna''s decisions and their unforeseeable consequences come to shape the stories first of her daughter, Molly, and then her granddaughter, Ruth. Consequences tells of three generations of women in their own twentieth-century times united by their shared experiences of love, pain, fate and happiness . . . ''A flawlessly constructed mini-epic that will delight'' Daily Telegraph ''Nourishing fare from a writer on sparkling form'' Daily Mail

DKK 244.00
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - Arthur Conan Doyle - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - Arthur Conan Doyle - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Emerging from their smoke-filled rooms at 21B Baker Street, Holmes and Watson grapple with the forces of crime that stalk the streets of London. From the first story, 'A Scandal in Bohemia' where Holmes is foiled by the quick-thinking of 'the woman', Irene Adler, to what was presumed to be the last, 'The Final Problem' where Holmes at last comes face to face with the diabolical Professor Moriarty, this selection is presents the very best of Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic detective. 'Arthur Conan Doyle is unique ... Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read him to the milkman' Stephen Fry

DKK 172.00
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Moonlight - Guy De Maupassant - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Moonlight - Guy De Maupassant - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.Often described as the father of the modern short story, there is perhaps no other writer more closely associated with the form than Guy de Maupassant. Included here is his most famous story, ''Boule de Suif'', as well as tales of love, such as the brilliant ''Happiness'', and the supernatural, like the chilling ''The Horla''.

DKK 172.00
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Bonjour Tristesse - Francoise Sagan - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Bonjour Tristesse - Francoise Sagan - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.Published when she was only eighteen, Françoise Sagan''s astonishing novella, Bonjour Tristesse , became an instant bestseller. It tells the story of Cécile, who leads a carefree life with her widowed father and his young mistresses until, one hot summer on the Riviera, he decides to remarry - with devastating consequences.

DKK 172.00
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Dream Story - Arthur Schnitzler - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Dream Story - Arthur Schnitzler - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.Like his Austrian contemporary Sigmund Freud, the doctor and writer Arthur Schnitzlerwas a bold pioneer in exploring the dark tangled roots of human consciousness. His novella Dream Story tells the tale of a young married man who, after a discussion with his wife about their fantasises, experiences an eery reverie through Vienna''s underbelly.

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The Queen Of Spades - Alexander Pushkin - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Queen Of Spades - Alexander Pushkin - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. A countess with a card trick; love letters filled with deception; a desperate man with a pistol.'The Queen of Spades', one of Pushkin's most popular and chilling stories, is accompanied here by the thrilling 'Dubrovsky' and unforgettable 'Tales of Belkin'. 'He is the lasting wonder of Russian literature' - Guardian

DKK 172.00
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The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Booktok.dk

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.In this inspirational, allegorical guide, Al Mustafa the prophet delivers spiritual yet practical homilies on the work of living: beauty, truth, possessions, sorrow, joy, death and more. Translated into more than fifty languages and among the best-selling books of all time, The Prophet remains a wise and revitalising handbook for the soul.

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