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1	The Oxford Companion to English Literature more books like this by Margaret Drabble (Editor) add to wishlist The first edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature, edited by Sir Paul Harvey, was published in 1932, and quickly established itself as as the standard source of reference for scholars, students, and general readers alike. In 1985, under the editorship of Margaret Drabble, the text was thoroughly and sensitively revised to bring it up ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Red Queen: A Transcultural Tragicomedy more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Barbara Halliwell, on a grant at Oxford, receives an unexpected package-a centuries-old memoir by a Korean crown princess. An appropriate gift indeed for her impending trip to Seoul, but Barbara doesn't know who sent it. On the plane, she avidly reads the memoir, a story of great intrigue as well as tragedy. The Crown Princess Hyegyong recounts in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
3	Garrick Year more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Emma grudgingly leaves London for Hereford when her actor husband stars in two plays there, but her anger over her husband's arrogance and the egocentricity of his fellow actors forces her into a liaison with the director. Is it attraction? Loneliness? The desire for romance? Or an act of revenge? From the author of THE GATES OF IVORY. see all copies from $4.86! first editions \| SVS
4	Seven Sisters more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist When circumstances compel her to start over late in her life, Candida Wilton moves from a beautiful Georgian house in lovely Suffolk to a two-room, walkup flat in a run-down building in central London--and begins to pour her soul into a diary. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Millstone more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist A young, single, Cambridge-educated woman must cope with her unplanned pregnancy as she tries to complete an advanced degree in English literature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Realms of Gold more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Frances Wingate is a woman much given to living in the past. As an eminent archaeologist she travels widely giving lectures on ancient history. As a woman she is eaten away with regrets that she ended her relationship with Karel - for reasons that no longer seem valid. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Waterfall more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist In this novel about romantic love as savior and destroyer, Jane Grey, deserted by her husband and expecting her second child, falls in love with James, her cousin's husband. The story is told with a shifting point-of-view: Jane's thoughts and feelings, in the first person, alternate with a more objective third-person account. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Sea Lady: A Late Romance more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Humphrey Clark and Ailsa Kelman spent a summer together as children in Ornemouth, a town by the gray North Sea. Now, as they journey back to receive honorary degrees from a new university there--Humphrey on the train, Ailsa flying--they take stock of their lives, their careers, and their shared personal entanglements, romantic and otherwise. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
9	The Needle's Eye more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist In this novel of contemporary British manners, Rose Vassiliou renounces her family's wealth and privilege to live as an ordinary person and raise her children in poverty. During a difficult custody suit with her ex-husband, Rose becomes involved with Simon Camish, a lawyer who sees her ideals as a moral lesson during his own struggle to discover ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature more books like this by Margaret Drabble (Editor), Jenny Stringer (Editor) add to wishlist Based on the best-selling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 5,500 entries give unrivalled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters, and plot summaries. Discursive feature entries supply a wealth of information ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.10! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Summer Bird Cage more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist A young Oxford graduate tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Peppered Moth more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist It is 1905, and Bessie is a small child living in a South Yorkshire mining town. Unusually gifted, she sits quietly and studies hard, waiting for the day when she can sit the Cambridge entrance exam and escape the way of life her ancestors have never even thought to question. At the other end of the century her granddaughter, Faro, is listening to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Radiant Way more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist A novel in which three women - Liz, Alix and Esther - are among the most brilliant of their generation, and to these gifted women, fresh from Cambridge in the 1950s, the world offers its riches. From the author of A NATURAL CURIOSITY and THE GATES OF IVORY. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Natural Curiosity more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Two women, friends since college and now middle-aged, are each on a quest: Liz (a successful psychotherapist) for an understanding of human behavior, and Alix for the background of a man in prison for murder. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Angus Wilson a Biography more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Margaret Drabble argues for a revival of Wilson's literary work and presents, among other things, a compelling portrait of the 50-year relationship between Wilson and Tony Garrett, in this exhaustively detailed biography. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	A Writer's Britain more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist The love of place is endemic in English literature, from the work of the earliest poets and hermits to the suburban celebrations of John Betjeman, covering all varieties of the British rural and urban landscape. This book presents an image of Britain as seen by writers of different regions and periods, and also illuminates the way in which their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.09! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Witch of Exmoor more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Freda Haxby is as famous for her writing as she is for her eccentricities. But for Daniel Palmer, Rosemary, Grace and their families, she is a monster mother. This is the story of an end-of-the-century family whose comfortable lives are disrupted by a succession of sinister events. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Middle Ground more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist The classic bigraphy of Queen Victoria, reissued in advance of the centenary of her death. Lady Longford regards her with undisguised affection and respect - respect for the iron sense of duty which impelled the secluded widow to emerge at last and rule her empire as a mother, her family as a Queen. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Red Queen more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Prior to her impending trip to Seoul, Barbara Halliwell receives a memoir of a Korean crown princess, written more than 200 years ago. But from whom? The story she avidly reads turns out to be one of great intrigue as well as tragedy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Jerusalem the Golden more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Clara has broken away from the stifling respectability of her northern home to live her own life in London. Through her close friendship with Celia Denham she enters a world of dazzling educated people and wealthy bohemians. Clara yearns to be part of their constellation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Ice Age more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Anthony Keating is a middle-aged property developer in Yorkshire in the mid-seventies. Having escaped London's hustle-bustle and survived a heart attack aged just thirty eight, he awaits the return of his lover Alison, who is trying to help her daughter incarcerated in a draconian Eastern bloc country. With debts spiralling out of control, Anthony ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Gates of Ivory more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist This novel, a departure from Drabble's usual English sagas, takes place in Cambodia and London. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The radiant way : a novel more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Twenty five years ago Liz, Alix and Esther were leading lights at Cambridge. Now they meet as old friends at a glittering New Year's Eve party to welcome in the 1980s. It is the dawn of the Thatcher era, and Britain is on the brink of great social and political upheaval. How will these three ambitious and confident middle-aged women survive the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.61! \| signed copies
24	Arnold Bennett: A Biography more books like this by Margaret Drabble add to wishlist Drabble's biography of the phenomenally successful English realist writer Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) has become a classic of the genre. Drabble claims Bennett, who grew up as Drabble did in Yorkshire, as a major influence on her work. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $184.42! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	To the Lighthouse more books like this by Margaret Drabble (Editor), Virginia Woolf add to wishlist "Of such moments, she thought, the thing is made that remains for ever after. This would remain." So reflects the beautiful, middle-aged Mrs Ramsay, mother of eight, as she surveys her family and guests at her dinner table, and sees their fleeting harmony, a fleeting reflection of eternity. This novel is an extraordinarily poignant evocation of a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| first editions

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