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1	Possession: A Romance more books like this by A S Byatt Maud Bailey is a scholar researching the life and work of her distant relative, a little known 19th-century poet named Christabel LaMotte. Roland Mitchell is looking into an obscure moment in the life of another Victorian poet, the celebrated Randolph Henry Ash. Together, the two uncover a dark secret in Ash's life: though apparently happily ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Virgin in the Garden more books like this by A S Byatt In THE VIRGIN IN THE GARDEN, Byatt begins her series of four novels about the startlingly intellectual Potter family. In this first installment, it is the early '50s, the war is just over, and Elizabeth II has just been crowned queen of England. The plot revolves around an amateur dramatic production of the life of the earlier Queen Elizabeth, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Still Life more books like this by Byatt This sequel to THE VIRGIN IN THE GARDEN continues A.S. Byatt's story of an intellectual English family, the Potters. In STILL LIFE, Frederica Potter is at Cambridge, bursting with the need to finally live her life. Her sister Stephanie, on the other hand, opts for a small-town and a fairly tame marriage. Art, particularly painting, is a major ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights more books like this by Sir Richard Francis Burton (Translator), A S Byatt (Introduction by) An unexpurgated edition of Richard Burton's classic translation of "The Thousand and One Nights." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.97! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Possession more books like this by Byatt Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize and the 1990 Irish Times-Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize -- soon to be a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle and Trevor Eves, and directed by Neil LaBute. Hailed by "The New York Times Book Review" as " a gifted observer, able to discern the exact details that bring ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Matisse Stories more books like this by A. S. Byatt The widely acclaimed Byatt has written three stories, each inspired by the paintings of Henri Matisse. The stories center around one woman's life and depict the seemingly normal happenings--lunch at a Chinese restaurant, a visit to the hairdresser--but it becomes apparent that even the most typical of lives has underpinnings of pain, desire, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Angels & Insects: Two Novellas more books like this by A S Byatt ANGELS AND INSECTS comprises two novellas, each set in the 19th century. In the first, "Morpho Eugenia," a young entomologist named William Adamson is employed as a cataloguer by a clergyman with an interest in insects. The man has a devastatingly beautiful daughter, the eponymous Eugenia, with whom William falls helplessly in love. "Morpho ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Babel Tower more books like this by A S Byatt This third installment in Byatt's planned series of four novels (after THE VIRGIN IN THE GARDEN and STILL LIFE). set in 1964, is about Frederica, who, with her four-year-old son, leaves her abusive husband Nigel and goes to London to earn her living alone. She becomes involved with the publication of a nihilistic novel, which is subsequently ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Biographer's Tale more books like this by A S Byatt Phineas G. Nanson, an English graduate student, begins researching the life of a famous and revered biographer named Scholes Destry-Scholes, finding out in the process that he distorted his subjects' lives and often made things up. In addition, Nanson discovers several parallels between his own life and that of Destry-Scholes, including his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	A Whistling Woman more books like this by A S Byatt This fourth book in A. S. Byatt's series about Frederica Potter takes her heroine into London, where she is the host of a TV program about the arts. She also becomes involved with a religious cult and its charismatic leader, Joshua Ramsden. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Possession: A Romance more books like this by A S Bayatt, A S Byatt Maud Bailey is a scholar researching the life and work of her distant relative, a little known 19th-century poet named Christabel LaMotte. Roland Mitchell is looking into an obscure moment in the life of another Victorian poet, the celebrated Randolph Henry Ash. Together, the two uncover a dark secret in Ash's life: though apparently happily ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye more books like this by Byatt The magnificent stories in this "New York Times" Notable Book range from fables of sexual obsession to allegories of political tragedy. 5 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Little Black Book of Stories more books like this by A. S. Byatt These five long and allegorical stories include "Raw Material" (a satirical story about a creative writing professor), "Body Art" (about a doctor who falls in love with a patient), and "The Thing in the Forest" (about two little girls and a hideous, murderous monster that haunts them even after they grow up). A. S. Byatt, whose inventive, erudite ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Wonder Tales: Six French Stories of Enchantment more books like this by Marina Warner (Editor), Sophie Herxheimer (Illustrator), A S Byatt (Translator) These six tales were written by five aristocratic women and one gentleman living in the Paris of Louis XIV. When artful storytelling was a key social grace and the wonders of magic, metamorphosis, and love were prized as the highest virtues of any tale, these examples of fairy-tale literature were regarded as delightful masterpieces. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy more books like this by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, David Constantine (Translator), A S Byatt (Preface by) Jarrell worked on this translation, expressed in several meters and blank verse, for the seven years preceding his death in 1965. Here, illustrations by the Czech artist Peter Sis accompany the text. see all copies from $5.28! new only from $7.94!
16 view cover	The Game more books like this by A. S. Byatt This early novel tells the bleak tale of two sisters, Julia and Cassandra. As children, they invented a vaguely Arthurian game; as adults, they find the game possessing them again--with new and dangerous variations--as they enter into rivalry for a man they both have loved. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories more books like this by A S Byatt Five long stories based on folk or fairy tales. The title story is actually a novella about a woman who is granted three wishes by a djinn. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Oxford Book of English Short Stories more books like this by A S Byatt (Editor) Here are 37 stories by a wide variety of English writers, including Grahame Greene, H. E. Bates, and Charlotte Mew, along with others less well known. A. S. Byatt, who edited the collection, contributes a useful introduction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Angels & Insects more books like this by A S Byatt ANGELS AND INSECTS comprises two novellas, each set in the 19th century. In the first, "Morpho Eugenia," a young entomologist named William Adamson is employed as a cataloguer by a clergyman with an interest in insects. The man has a devastatingly beautiful daughter, the eponymous Eugenia, with whom William falls helplessly in love. "Morpho ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Bird Hand Book more books like this by Victor Schrager (Photographer), A S Byatt (Commentaries by) Vivid photographs and stunning dialogue that will entertain, inspire, and engage nature lovers and photography enthusiasts alike. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions
21 view cover	Sugar & Other Stories more books like this by A S Byatt Lively and inventive stories, often about memory and loss see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Shadow of the Sun more books like this by A S Byatt Written when A.S. Byatt was an undergraduate, THE SHADOW OF THE SUN is the story of 17-year-old Anna Severel, daughter of a lionized novelist. As Anna struggles to get a grip on her own life, she knows that, in order to survive, she must somehow throw off the influence of her father. A classic coming-of-age story, Byatt's first novel introduces ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Jane Austen's the History of England more books like this by Jane Austen, A S Byatt (Illustrator), Deirdre Le Faye (Photographer) This tongue-in-cheek parody of history was written when Jane Austen was a teenager, and illustrated with portraits of royalty painted by her sister Cassandra. With an introduction by A.S. Byatt. see all copies from $7.75! new only from $49.85! \| first editions
24 view cover	Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice more books like this by A. S. Byatt Six stories, each a variation on the theme of "extremes and polarities." A New York Times Notable Book in 1999. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Elementals more books like this by A. S. Byatt Six stories, each a variation on the theme of "extremes and polarities." A New York Times Notable Book in 1999. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.63! \| signed copies \| first editions

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