{"title":"CLEARANCE - Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll clearance books are unused but are shop damaged or older stock.  Any faults are detailed in the listing however, there will be;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno reading creases to spine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno page separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno internal marks or damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClearance stock £4.99 per item \/ 4 FOR £10.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiscount applied automatically at checkout.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"uncle-toms-cabin","title":"CLEARANCE:  Uncle Tom's Cabin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/PRICE_-_4_for_10_-_description_a11a9be7-2b8e-4540-b818-dad9b72166b3.jpg?v=1750155259\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eClearance stock:  Minor marks to closed page edges\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno reading creases to spine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno page separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno internal marks or damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the most popular, influential and controversial book written by an American. 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He recognizes the murdered man as his American neighbour who, just a few days earlier, had warned him about a secretive organization planning an assassination which threatens to plunge the country into war. Fearful of becoming a suspect, but resolved to scupper the plot, Hannay escapes in disguise and goes on the run. 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This is a deeply personal novel written from the author’s own experience and as such \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has a power and poignancy which mark it out as a landmark work of literature dealing with the social and moral evolution of English society during the last century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor  -  Anne Bronte\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN  -  9781853262166\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher  - Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat  -  Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight  -  130g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize  -  20 x 13 cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards:  n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books From Sharon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56413211525506,"sku":"9781853262166.","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/Screenshot_125.png?v=1772044478"},{"product_id":"clearance-lady-susan-other-works-1","title":"CLEARANCE: Lady Susan \u0026 Other Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/PRICE_-_4_for_10_-_description_a11a9be7-2b8e-4540-b818-dad9b72166b3.jpg?v=1750155259\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eClearance stock:  Minor creasing to covers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno reading creases to spine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno page separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno internal marks or damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection brings together Jane Austen’s earliest experiments in the art of fiction and novels that she left incomplete at the time of her premature death in 1817. Her fragmentary juvenilia show Austen developing her own sense of narrative form whilst parodying popular kinds of fiction of her day. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLady Susan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a wickedly funny epistolary novel about a captivating but unscrupulous widow seeking to snare husbands for her daughter and herself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Watsons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores themes of family relationships, the marriage market, and attitudes to rank, which became the hallmarks of her major novels. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSanditon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Austen exercises her acute powers of social observation in the setting of a newly fashionable seaside resort. These novels are here joined by shorter fictions that survive in Austen’s manuscripts, including critically acclaimed works like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCatharine, Love and Freindship [sic]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe History of England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor  -  Jane Austen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN  -  9781840226966\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher  -  Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat  -  Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight  -  260g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize  -  20 x 13 cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards:  n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books From Sharon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56413226631554,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/1_7e16112a-f25d-473e-9229-30535c89a5a3.jpg?v=1772027554"},{"product_id":"clearance-little-women-good-wives","title":"CLEARANCE:  Little Women \u0026 Good Wives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/PRICE_-_4_for_10_-_description_a11a9be7-2b8e-4540-b818-dad9b72166b3.jpg?v=1750155259\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eClearance stock:  Minor creasing to covers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno reading creases to spine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno page separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno internal marks or damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community, Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music and Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Lawrence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGood Wives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes up the story of the March sisters, some three years later, when, as young adults, they must face up to the inevitable trials and traumas of everyday life in their search for individual happiness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor  -  Louisa May Alcott\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN  -  9781840227536\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher  - Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat  -  Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight  -  345g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize  -  20 x 13 cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards:  n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books From Sharon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56413269918082,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/1_868d3c21-7094-45ce-86ee-5d4884ddf722.jpg?v=1772045543"},{"product_id":"clearance-tender-is-the-night-the-last-tycoon","title":"CLEARANCE:  Tender is the Night \u0026 The Last Tycoon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/PRICE_-_4_for_10_-_description_a11a9be7-2b8e-4540-b818-dad9b72166b3.jpg?v=1750155259\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eClearance stock:  Very minor edge wear\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno reading creases to spine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno page separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno internal marks or damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTender is the Night\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the ‘Roaring Twenties’. A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers’ troubled marriage, and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTender is the Night\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has a poignancy and warmth that springs from the quality of Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal experiences on which the novel is based.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor  -  F Scott Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN  -  9781840226638\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher  - Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat  -  Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight  -  290g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize  -  20 x 13 cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards:  n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books From Sharon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56413900013954,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/1_69757d14-5553-49e4-b2fe-36c73c4f9c7c.jpg?v=1772094857"},{"product_id":"clearance-the-diamond-as-big-as-the-ritz-other-stories","title":"CLEARANCE:  The Diamond as Big as the Ritz \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/PRICE_-_4_for_10_-_description_a11a9be7-2b8e-4540-b818-dad9b72166b3.jpg?v=1750155259\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eClearance stock:  Light creasing to corner of back cover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno reading creases to spine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno page separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno internal marks or damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Diamond as Big as the Ritz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an ominous fable about the pursuit of great wealth. Readers will be transported to a fabulous fantasy land of such opulence that its very existence has to remain a jealously guarded secret. Fatal consequences lie in store for 'bona fide' guests and uninvited visitors alike, while the sybaritic luxury of the place is evoked in an effortless prose style which is quintessentially F. Scott Fitzgerald.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlso featured in this volume are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Cut-Glass Bowl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMay Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Rich Boy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrazy Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Alcoholic Case\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lees of Happiness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lost Decade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBabylon Revisited.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor  -  F Scott Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN  -  9781853262128\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher  - Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat  -  Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight  -  155g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize  -  20 x 13 cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards:  n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books From Sharon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56413916332418,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/2_4749a3c7-4b7a-4bc5-b09e-d3c1d1d8bfba.jpg?v=1772095547"},{"product_id":"clearance-the-last-of-the-mohicans","title":"CLEARANCE:  The Last of the Mohicans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/PRICE_-_4_for_10_-_description_a11a9be7-2b8e-4540-b818-dad9b72166b3.jpg?v=1750155259\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eClearance stock:  Light creasing to cover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno reading creases to spine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno page separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno internal marks or damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is 1757. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. Their conflict, however, overlays older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same lands and between the native peoples and white colonisers. Through these layers of conflict Cooper threads a thrilling narrative, in which Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of a British commander on the front line of the colonial war, attempt to join their father. Thwarted by Magua, the sinister 'Indian runner', they find help in the person of Hawkeye, the white woodsman, and his companions, the Mohican Chingachgook and Uncas, his son, the last of his tribe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCooper's novel is full of vivid incident- pursuits through wild terrain, skirmishes, treachery and brutality- but reflects also on the interaction between the colonists and the native peoples. Through the character of Hawkeye, Cooper raises lasting questions about the practises of the American frontier and the eclipse of the indigenous cultures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor  -  J Fenimore Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN  -  9781853260490\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher  - Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat  -  Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight  -  245g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize  -  20 x 13 cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards:  n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books From Sharon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56413991076226,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/Screenshot_127.png?v=1772096524"},{"product_id":"clearance-the-aeneid","title":"CLEARANCE:  The Aeneid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/PRICE_-_4_for_10_-_description_a11a9be7-2b8e-4540-b818-dad9b72166b3.jpg?v=1750155259\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eClearance stock:  Some edge wear to covers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno reading creases to spine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno page separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno internal marks or damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Aeneid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Virgil's Masterpiece. His epic poem recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion. This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future greatness. The tension between the public voice of celebration and the tragic private voice is given full expression both in the doomed love of Dido and Aeneas, and in the fateful clash between the Trojan leader and the Italian hero, Turnus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor  -  Virgil\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN  -  9781853262630\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher  - Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat  -  Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight  -  270g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize  -  20 x 13 cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards:  n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books From Sharon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56414001791362,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/1_f3306e8d-91d6-4af9-9015-684c1183657a.jpg?v=1772097223"},{"product_id":"clearance-complete-mapp-lucia-vol-2","title":"CLEARANCE:  Complete Mapp \u0026 Lucia Vol. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/PRICE_-_4_for_10_-_description_a11a9be7-2b8e-4540-b818-dad9b72166b3.jpg?v=1750155259\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eClearance stock:  Small bump at base of spine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno reading creases to spine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno page separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno internal marks or damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia and Elisabeth Mapp for social and cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye). Their constant skirmishes ensure that every game of bridge, tea or dinner-party, church service, council meeting or art–exhibition are thrilling encounters that ensure Tilling is always on ‘a very agreeable rack of suspense’. Both Elisabeth and Lucia are gross hypocrites, snobs and bullies, the huge differences in temperament and style ensure the battle is usually unequal. Elisabeth is incurably mean-spirited and Lucia suffers from splendid delusions of grandeur and personal prestige. Driven by demons of revenge, Elisabeth always acts impulsively, and therefore every revelation of her meanness allows Lucia, the consummate actress, to kill her ally with a sickening kindness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his insightful Introduction Keith Carabine shows that these books are excruciatingly funny because Benson, like Jane Austen, invites the reader to view the world through the self-deluded chronic anger and jaundiced suspicions of Elisabeth and through the self-deluded fabrications and day-dreams of Lucia. Carabine also concentrates on the novels’ disturbing, bitchy, ‘camp’ humour whenever ‘that horrid thing which Freud calls sex is raised’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor  -  E F Benson\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN  -  9781840226744\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher  - Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat  -  Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight  -  430g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize  -  20 x 13 cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards:  n\/a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books From Sharon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56414975590786,"sku":"9781840226744","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/1_8b0d7383-074f-4d14-a5d7-79297a77d178.jpg?v=1772115840"},{"product_id":"clearance-washington-square","title":"CLEARANCE:  Washington Square","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1304\/1623\/files\/PRICE_-_4_for_10_-_description_a11a9be7-2b8e-4540-b818-dad9b72166b3.jpg?v=1750155259\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eClearance stock:  End of line \/ no damage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno reading creases to spine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno page separation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eno internal marks or damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e marks the culmination of James's apprentice period as a novelist. With sharply focused attention upon just four principal characters, James provides an acute analysis of middle-class manners and behaviour in the New York of the 1870's, a period of great change in the life of the city. 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