East of Eden (MM Paperback-Used) by John Steinbeck Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new, rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives, nurtured by the love of all around him; the other grows up in loneliness, enveloped in a mysterious darkness. Original. Used paperback in good condition. Edgewear, cover wrinkled with small tear. 1952.
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Emma (Softcover) by Jane Austen The most perfect of Jane Austen's novels begins with twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse comfortably dominating the social order in the village of Highbury, convinced that she has both the understanding and the right to manage other people's lives-for their own good, of course. Her well-meant interfering centers on the aloof Jane Fairfax, the dangerously attractive Frank Churchill, the foolish yet appealing Harriet Smith, and the ambitious young vicar Mr. Elton-and ends with her complacency shattered, her mind awakened to some of life's more intractable dilemmas, and her happiness assured. Jane Austen's comic imagination is so deft and beautifully fluent that her stories probe the deepest human ironies while setting before us a dazzling gallery of characters-some pretentious or ridiculous, some admirable and moving, but all utterly true. Suggested price $10.95. Our price $6.95. Save 37%.
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue (MM Paperback-Used) by Susan Vreeland A professor invites a colleague from the art department to his home to see a painting that he has kept secret for decades. The professor swears that it is a Vermeer-why has he hidden this important work for so long? The reasons unfold in a series of stories that trace ownership of the painting back to World War II and Amsterdam, and still further back to the moment of the work’s inspiration. Original. Used paperback in very good condition. 1999.
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Great Expectations Collectors Library (Hardcover-Mini) by Charles Dickens A summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella, and the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor, change the orphaned Pip's life forever. As he begins his new life as a gentleman, he discovers the true nature of his "great expectations". Our price $5.95.
Persuasion (Softcover) by Jane Austen Of all Jane Austen's great and delightful novels, Persuasion is widely regarded as an emotionally moving story about having a second chance. Anne Elliot is a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings. When she was nineteen, she fell in love with-and was engaged to-the fearless and headstrong Captain Wentworth. But the young man had no fortune, and Anne allowed herself to be persuaded to give him up. Eight years later, Anne, still deeply in love but guided by her pride, and Wentworth, seemingly cold and unforgiving, are thrown together in the social world of Bath, and what happens next is touchingly and wittily told in a masterpiece that is also one of the most entrancing novels in the English language. Suggested price $10.95. Our price $6.95. Save 37%.
