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A wonderful bittersweet story about a misguided do-gooder.

Het zou een leven lang duren - en Betty is dan al over- leden - totdat Edward Feathers en Terry Veneering, als advocaten felle tegenstanders in tal

Another masterpiece from Jane Gardam and the second novel in the Old Filth trilogy. Filth (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer wh

* A reissue of one of Jane Gardam's best-loved novels

‘It’s a cliche to compare novelists to Jane Austen, but in the case of Jane Gardam it happens to be true. Her diamond-like prose, her u

A genuine masterpiece - funny, brilliant and wise.

A treasure trove of short stories from the beloved author of the Old Filth trilogy.

Eliza Peabody is een van die gevaarlijk onberispelijke vrouwen die geloven dat ze de waarheid in pacht hebben. Ze is een moderne Florence Nightingale,

The captivating true story of an underdog business – a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher’s Britain – from a woman at the heart of the women’s libe

A charmingly illustrated celebration to the doe-eyed Dachshund, packed with breed-specific tips and tricks to keep your furry friend happy and healthy

This Norton Critical Edition also includes:Biographical portraits of Austen by members of her family and, new to the Fourth Edition, those by Jon Spen

*A moving, Booker shortlisted story of a girl's coming of age, beautifully rejacketed for this reissue

‘Laat ik maar meteen vertellen dat ik door een overweldigende ervaring op mijn negende niet meer helemaal normaal ben.’ De overweldigende ervaring

A mysterious clergyman is dead. His daughter Athene is desolate. Through a muddle and the vagueness of her family, Athene finds herself in the summer

A loosely connected sequence of stories, offering vignettes of human foibles from the holiday island of Jamaica. Mrs Filling sees something nasty in t

A 'violent experience' at the age of nine colours Jessica Vye's schooldays and her reaction to the world around her, for she has been told that she is

A delightful and touching novel set in post-war summer of 1946 as three young women embark on the adult world.

This funny and wise masterpiece is being reissued as one of five titles celebrating Abacus's 50th anniversary, with a new introduction from Nina Stibb