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  • The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick

    by Elizabeth Hardwick, Darryl Pinckney ...
    The first-ever collection of 50+ writings from the 20th-century critic who “redefined the possibilities of the literary essay”—including works not seen in print for decades (The New Yorker)Elizabeth Hardwick wrote during the golden age of the American literary essay. For Hardwick, the essay was an imaginative endeavor, a serious form, criticism worthy of the literature in question.In the essays ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Sleepless Nights

    by Elizabeth Hardwick ...
    In Sleepless Nights a woman looks back on her life—the parade of people, the shifting background of place—and assembles a scrapbook of memories, reflections, portraits, letters, wishes, and dreams. An inspired fusion of fact and invention, this beautifully realized, hard-bitten, lyrical book is not only Elizabeth Hardwick’s finest fiction but one of the outstanding contributions to American ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The New York Stories of Elizabeth Hardwick

    by Elizabeth Hardwick ...
    Elizabeth Hardwick was one of America’s great postwar women of letters, celebrated as a novelist and as an essayist. Until now, however, her slim but remarkable achievement as a writer of short stories has remained largely hidden, with her work tucked away in the pages of the periodicals—such asPartisan Review, The New Yorker, and The New York Review of Books—in which it originally appeared. This ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • Seduction and Betrayal

    Women and Literature

    by Elizabeth Hardwick ...
    A vivid and provocative literary criticism of famous women writers from Virginia Woolf to Zelda Fitzgerald by a “gifted miniaturist biographer” (Joyce Carol Oates)The novelist and essayist Elizabeth Hardwick is one of contemporary America’s most brilliant writers, and Seduction and Betrayal, in which she considers the careers of women writers as well as the larger question of the presence of women ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick

    by Elizabeth Hardwick ...
    Essays on music, art, pop culture, literature, and politics by the renowned essayist and observer of contemporary life, now collected together for the first time.The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick is a companion collection to The Collected Essays, a book that proved a revelation of what, for many, had been an open secret: that Elizabeth Hardwick was one of the great American literary ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Zeno's Conscience

    by Italo Svevo, Elizabeth Hardwick ...
    Translated by William Weaver ...
    Series series Vintage International
    Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available in a supple new English translation, Italo Svevo’s charming and splendidly idiosyncratic novel conducts readers deep into one hilariously hyperactive and endlessly self-deluding mind. The mind in question belongs to Zeno Cosini, a neurotic Italian businessman who is writing his confessions at the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Cranford

    Enriched edition. Tales of the Small Town in Mid Victorian England (With Author's Biography)

    by Elizabeth Gaskell, Spencer Hardwick ...
    In 'Cranford,' Elizabeth Gaskell masterfully captures the essence of a small English town during the early Victorian era, intertwining humor and social critique with her signature prose style. The narrative unfolds through the eyes of Miss Mattie Jenkyns, shedding light on the daily lives and intricate relationships of the town's predominantly female inhabitants. Through carefully observed ... Read more

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  • The Old Nurse's Story

    Enriched edition. A Victorian Tale of Family Secrets and Supernatural Intrigue

    by Elizabeth Gaskell, Spencer Hardwick ...
    In Elizabeth Gaskell's poignant novella, "The Old Nurse's Story," the narrative unfolds through the haunting recollections of an elderly nurse as she recounts a chilling tale of her time spent in a decaying English manor. Gaskell employs a gothic literary style, weaving together eerie atmospheres, vivid imagery, and nuanced characterizations that evoke a sense of dread reminiscent of her ... Read more

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  • RUTH

    Enriched edition. Victorian Romance Classic, With Author's Biography

    by Elizabeth Gaskell, Spencer Hardwick ...
    In "Ruth," Elizabeth Gaskell masterfully explores themes of morality, social class, and redemption through the poignant narrative of its titular character, Ruth Hilton. Set against the backdrop of Victorian England, Gaskell employs a realist literary style, blending detailed character studies with social commentary, as Ruth, a fallen woman, navigates the complexities of love and societal judgment. ... Read more

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    The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick

    by Elizabeth Hardwick ...
    Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 19 min

    Essays on music, art, pop culture, literature, and politics by the renowned essayist and observer of contemporary life, now collected together for the first time.The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick is a companion collection to The Collected Essays, a book that proved a revelation of what, for many, had been an open secret: that Elizabeth Hardwick was one of the great American literary ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Complete Novels of Elizabeth Gaskell

    Enriched edition. 10 Victorian Classics: Mary Barton, The Moorland Cottage, Cranford, Ruth, North and South…

    by Elizabeth Gaskell, Spencer Hardwick ...
    Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Complete Novels of Elizabeth Gaskell" serves as a comprehensive collection that showcases her mastery in weaving intricate narratives interlaced with the social issues of Victorian England. The collection includes renowned titles such as "Mary Barton," "North and South," and "Cranford," reflecting Gaskell's sharp observations of class struggles, gender roles, and ... Read more

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  • Morte d'Urban

    by J.F. Powers ...
    Winner of The 1963 National Book Award for Fiction.The hero of J.F. Powers’s comic masterpiece is Father Urban, a man of the cloth who is also a man of the world. Charming, with an expansive vision of the spiritual life and a high tolerance for moral ambiguity, Urban enjoys a national reputation as a speaker on the religious circuit and has big plans for the future. But then the provincial head of ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD