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The Complete Fairy Stories of Oscar Wilde : classic tales that will delight this Christmas

Hardback 27 Oct 2022
Publisher Duckworth
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Dewey: 823.8
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Eyes Guts Throat Bones : Featuring the Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year 2023

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Dewey: 823.92
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Tales of the Celestial Kingdom

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The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories : From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter

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Hardback 7 Oct 2021
Publisher Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780241455654
Dewey: 808.83108334
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After a Dance : Selected Stories

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Publisher Picador
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Dewey: 823.92
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Grimms' Fairy Tales

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Hardback 6 Oct 2016
ISBN: 9781509826667
Dewey: 398.2094302
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Death in Midsummer

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Hardback 25 May 2023
Publisher Penguin Classics
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Dewey: 895.635
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Hag : Forgotten Folktales Retold

Hardback 8 Oct 2020
Publisher Virago Press Ltd
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Dewey: 823.0108092
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MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES: Secrets and Suspense from the Queen of Crime

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Publisher HarperCollins
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Dewey: 823.92
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Learning to Be Human Short Stories

series Gothic Fantasy
Hardback 23 Jan 2024
ISBN: 9781804177792
Dewey: 823.0876208092
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories : A special edition of the feminist cult classic

series Vintage Quarterbound Classics
Hardback 5 Oct 2023
Publisher Vintage Classics
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Dewey: 823.914
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This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things : Winner of the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award

Hardback 4 Apr 2024
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English Fairy Tales

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Hardback 8 Sep 2016
ISBN: 9781909621466
Dewey: 398.20942
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Edge of Here : The perfect collection for fans of Black Mirror

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Publisher Trapeze
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Dewey: 823.92
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Reports from the Deep End

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Publisher Titan Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781803363172
Dewey: 823.0876208092
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Egyptian Myths & Legends : Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters

series Flame Tree Collector's Editions
Hardback 10 Jan 2023
ISBN: 9781804173268
Dewey: 398.20932
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Persian Myths & Legends : Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters

series Flame Tree Collector's Editions
Hardback 10 Jan 2023
ISBN: 9781804173251
Dewey: 398.20955
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The Tuesday Club Murders : Miss Marple’s Thirteen Problems

Hardback 2 Sep 2021
Publisher HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780008509354
Dewey: 823.912
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Playing Games : The gorgeous debut novel from the acclaimed author of How We Met

Hardback 9 Nov 2023
Publisher Sceptre
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Dewey: 823.92
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Arthurian Myths & Legends : Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters

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Hardback 10 Jan 2023
ISBN: 9781804173282
Dewey: 398.22
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Games and Rituals

Hardback 18 Apr 2023
Publisher Fourth Estate Ltd
ISBN: 9780008395148
Dewey: 813.6
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Tiger Work

Hardback 6 Jul 2023
Publisher Apollo
ISBN: 9781804545430
Dewey: 828.9209
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Our Strangers

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Publisher Canongate Books
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Dewey: 813.6
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Sparring Partners : The Number One Sunday Times bestseller - The new collection of gripping legal stories

Hardback 31 May 2022
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9781399708555
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Night Train to the Stars : beloved, enigmatic Japanese folk tales

Hardback 3 Nov 2022
Publisher Vintage Classics
ISBN: 9781784877767
Dewey: 895.6344
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Uhtred’s Feast : Inside the World of the Last Kingdom

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Publisher HarperCollins
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Dewey: 823.914
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Garden Stories

series Everyman's Library Pocket Classics
Hardback 14 Apr 2022
Publisher Everyman's Library
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Dewey: 808.839364
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The Imitation of the Rose

series Little clothbound classics
Hardback 25 May 2023
Publisher Penguin Classics
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Dewey: 869.342
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Wild Places : Selected Stories

Hardback 5 Jan 2023
Publisher Vintage Classics
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Mystery in the Making : Eighteen short stories of murder, mystery and mayhem

Hardback 9 Dec 2021
ISBN: 9781472290182
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