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  • Twenty
    Stella Benson
    Twenty by Stella Benson is a witty, insightful novel that captures the hopes, uncertainties, and quiet rebellions of early adulthood with remarkable freshness. A Novel of Youth, Freedom, and Self-Discovery, it follows a young woman searching for independence and purpose in a world shaped by convention, expectation, and rapid social change. With warmth, intelligence, and underst...
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    11,55 €

  • I Pose (Cram Edition)
    Stella Benson
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of I Pose pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Stella Benson’s 'I Pose' offers a sharp and humorous look at early 20th century England through the lens of its burgeoning suffragist movement. This meticulously prepared edition revives a witty and insightful work of ...
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    25,24 €

  • The Poor Man (Cram Edition)
    Stella Benson
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Poor Man pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Stella Benson’s 'The Poor Man' offers a poignant and satirical glimpse into the lives touched by poverty in early 20th-century California. This meticulously prepared edition of a British author’s work explores th...
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    23,13 €

  • I Pose
    Stella Benson
    I Pose by Stella Benson is a distinctive and imaginative novel that blends wit, satire, and keen social observation. Known for her unconventional storytelling style, Benson crafts a narrative that explores identity, self-expression, and the often-performative nature of social life. Through memorable characters and sharp humor, the novel examines personal ambitions, societal exp...
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    23,25 €

  • Living Alone
    Stella Benson
    Living Alone by Stella Benson is a thoughtful and imaginative literary novel exploring independence, identity, and emotional self-discovery. Through witty prose and reflective storytelling, the book examines modern life, loneliness, and personal freedom with charm, humor, and philosophical insight. ...
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    17,90 €

  • Los solitarios
    Stella Benson
    Una bruja que roba un bollo de pan. Una mujer solitaria que no sabe hacer amigos. Una pensión donde las reglas del mundo no se aplican.Publicada en 1919, Los solitarios es una de las novelas más originales y silenciosamente radicales surgidas de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Cuando Sarah Brown —una voluntaria agotada y abnegada en el Londres en guerra— tropieza con una joven miste...
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    9,88 €

  • Los solitarios - Living Alone
    Stella Benson
    Una bruja que roba un bollo de pan. Una mujer solitaria que no sabe hacer amigos. Una pensión donde las reglas del mundo no se aplican.Publicada en 1919, Los solitarios es una de las novelas más originales y silenciosamente radicales surgidas de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Cuando Sarah Brown —una voluntaria agotada y abnegada en el Londres en guerra— tropieza con una joven miste...
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    13,47 €

  • Living Alone (Cram Edition)
    Stella Benson
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Living Alone pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Stella Benson’s 'Living Alone' explores themes of witchcraft and isolation through a blend of fantasy and literary fiction. This timeless story delves into the lives of women and the power of independence, touchi...
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    21,06 €

  • Living Alone
    Stella Benson
    Living Alone by Stella Benson is a witty, whimsical novel of wartime London, where committee rooms, lonely lodgings, and respectable routines are quietly disrupted by magic. At the center of the story is Sarah Brown, an unconventional young woman drawn toward a stranger who may be a witch and toward a freer, stranger way of living. Blending fantasy, social satire, and anti-war ...
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    13,86 €

  • The Far-Away Bride
    Stella Benson
    'The Far-Away Bride' is a witty and poignant modernist novel that reimagines the biblical story of Tobit within the context of White Russian refugees living in Manchuria during the early 20th century. The narrative follows the eccentric Seryozhenka family as they navigate the complexities of life in displacement and exile. The story centers on young Seryozha’s journey to collec...
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    28,87 €

  • The Poor Man
    Stella Benson
    'The Poor Man' is a biting satirical novel by Stella Benson that explores the life of Edward Williams, an expatriate struggling with his own perceived inadequacies and a profound sense of social alienation. Set in the aftermath of World War I, the narrative follows Williams from the bohemian circles of California to the complex landscapes of China. Williams is a man defined by ...
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    25,26 €

  • Little World
    Stella Benson
    'Little World' is an evocative collection of travel sketches and personal observations penned by the acclaimed novelist and poet Stella Benson. Drawing from her extensive journeys across the globe during the early 1920s, Benson offers readers a sharp, witty, and deeply perceptive look at the diverse cultures and landscapes of the United States, Japan, China, and India. Unlike t...
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    26,21 €

  • I Pose
    Stella Benson
    'I Pose' is a brilliant and unconventional debut novel that blends sharp satire with a whimsical exploration of identity and social duty. The narrative follows the unlikely pairing of a Gardener-a man who prides himself on his curated 'pose' of artistic detachment-and a Suffragette, whose life is defined by her militant commitment to a cause. Together, they embark on an extraor...
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    26,11 €

  • The Little World
    Stella Benson
    'The Little World' is an evocative and witty collection of travel essays by the celebrated British writer Stella Benson. Documenting her extensive journeys across the United States, Japan, China, and India during the early 1920s, the work offers a unique perspective on a world in transition. Benson captures the essence of the places she visits with a sharp eye for detail, a kee...
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    26,12 €

  • This Is the End
    Stella Benson
    'This Is the End' is a whimsical and poignant novel that masterfully blends sharp social satire with elements of magical realism. Set against the backdrop of an England transformed by the First World War, the narrative follows Jay, a young woman who navigates a double life. In the mundane world, she serves as a bus conductor in London, enduring the grit and exhaustion of her da...
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    25,29 €

  • Worlds Within Worlds (Esprios Classics)
    Stella Benson
    Stella Benson (6 January 1892 - 7 December 1933) was an English feminist, novelist, poet, and travel writer. She was a recipient of the Benson Medal. Benson spent the winter of 1913-14 in the West Indies, which provided material for her first novel, I Pose (1915). Living in London, she became involved in women’s suffrage, as had her older female relatives. During World War I, s...
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    23,68 €

  • The Desert Islander
    Stella Benson
    In the heart of an uncharted island, where the horizon stretches endlessly and silence reigns supreme, lies a profound exploration of human nature. This fiction novel, a forgotten gem of early 20th-century literary fiction, delves into the depths of isolation and survival, challenging societal norms with a keen eye reminiscent of Virginia Woolf’s influence and Dorothy Richardso...
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    14,29 €

  • I Pose
    Stella Benson
    A luminous rediscovery that will charm and provoke in equal measure I Pose invites you into the witty, searching world of Stella Benson. This character-driven story tracks an unconventional heroine as she navigates early 20th-century society with humor, courage, and a quietly revolutionary spirit.Benson s novel blends British humor and social satire with introspective narrati...
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    18,65 €

  • The Poor Man
    Stella Benson
    Stella Benson’s 'The Poor Man' offers a poignant and satirical glimpse into the lives touched by poverty in early 20th-century California. This meticulously prepared edition of a British author’s work explores themes of social inequality with a sharp wit and keen observation. The novel paints a vivid picture of a specific time and place, offering compelling social commentary th...
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    20,12 €

  • Campfire Girls’ Lake Camp
    Frances Henshaw Baden / Irene Elliott Benson / Stella M. Francis
    Embark on an adventure with 'Campfire Girls’ Lake Camp: or, Searching for New Adventures,' a classic tale of friendship and discovery by Irene Elliott Benson. Steeped in the spirit of the Camp Fire Girls, this historical fiction novel transports readers to a world of summer camp escapades and the thrill of the unknown.Within these pages, you’ll find a story that resonates with ...
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    20,98 €

  • Southern Discomfort
    Stella Benson
    Jory Berg Alexander is beautiful, talented, cultured, refined and well educated - a sophisticated young San Francisco socialite and a recent graduate of the oldest and most prestigious all-girls boarding school in the Maryland hunt country. She is also an accomplished equestrian who received national recognition at a young age. Her passion for riding consumes every aspect of he...
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    15,50 €

  • Pipers and a Dancer
    Stella Benson
    Ipsie Wilson has always been a striking individual - though she would say for all the wrong reasons. She has never felt quite real - like a looker-on in life, capturing little pieces of people’s attention, sometimes exasperating them, sometimes entrancing them, but never adding up to a whole human being - her existence seems very smoke and mirrors. If she sometimes feels lost a...
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    13,97 €

  • Pull Devil, Pull Baker
    Stella Benson
    Pull Devil, Pull Baker is one of the most innovative autobiographies/biographies ever written.The novelist Stella Benson first encountered an eccentric Russian nobleman, Count Nicolas de Toulouse Lautrec De Savine, in the pauper’s ward of a Hong Kong hospital. Striking up a friendship, she found herself fascinated by the Count’s garrulous memoirs, written in a unique blend of E...
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    23,22 €

  • This is the End
    Stella Benson
    This Is the End (1917) is a novel by Stella Benson. Based on the author’s experience in the movement for women’s suffrage, This Is the End is a story of identity and social class set in the London neighborhood of Hackney. As Jay attempts to break from her restrictive past, her brother Kew returns from the First World War scarred by his experiences and disillusioned with life at...
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    6,70 €

  • Living Alone
    Stella Benson
    Living Alone (1919) is a novel by Stella Benson. Considered a pioneering work of fantasy fiction, Living Alone is a story of magic set in London during the First World War. Benson’s meditative, diaristic prose guides the reader alongside her protagonist, a young woman introduced to a world of witchcraft and wizardry at 'the House of Living Alone.' 'Nothing else happened in that...
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    5,86 €

  • Twenty
    Stella Benson
    Twenty (1918) is a poetry collection by Stella Benson. Largely recognized for her work as an activist in the women’s suffrage movement and for her popular novels, Benson was also an accomplished poet. Twenty, her debut volume, is a collection indebted to symbolism in which Benson reflects on her experiences as a young woman in a rapidly changing world. In 'The Secret Day,' Bens...
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    4,26 €

  • The Poor Man
    Stella Benson
    Edward R. Williams is in a terrible state. Set adrift in a world gone awry, he drinks far too much. His hearing is bad, accentuating his emotional numbness; he has felt lost and wandered the world since the end of the war, reeling from the death of his beloved brother Jimmy.Pitched up in San Francisco, he has vaguely befriended an arty set. Rhoda Romero, Avery Bird, Banner Hope...
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    13,89 €

  • I Pose
    Stella Benson
    Stella Benson’s debut was one of the most acclaimed of her generation:'One of the brightest, most original, and best written books that have come my way for a long time,' wrote Sir Henry Lucy. 'As the mature work of an experienced author it would have been a remarkable achievement: being ’the first book of a new writer’ it is an astonishing performance,’ hailed the reviewer fro...
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    15,76 €

  • Living Alone
    Stella Benson
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    20,95 €

  • Twenty (1918)
    Stella Benson
    Twenty is a novel written by Stella Benson and published in 1918. The book tells the story of a group of young women who are living in London during World War I. The women are all in their twenties and are trying to navigate the challenges of the war, including rationing, air raids, and the loss of loved ones.The main character of the novel is Gerda, a Danish woman who has come...
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    21,87 €


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