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Books published by publisher Virago Press (UK)

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Zora Neale Hurston

    Paperback (Virago Press, Jan. 1, 1986)
    When Janie, at sixteen, is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries her off to an old man with sixty acres. Janie endures two stifling marriages before meeting the man of her dreams, who offers not diamonds, but a packet of flowering seeds ...'For me, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD is one of the very greatest American novels of the 20th century. It is so lyrical it should be sentimental; it is so passionate it should be overwrought, but it is instead a rigorous, convincing and dazzling piece of prose, as emotionally satisfying as it is impressive. There is no novel I love more' Zadie Smith
  • Valley Of The Dolls

    Jacqueline Susann

    Hardcover (Virago Press Ltd, May 1, 2008)
    With a cover design by founder of Biba, Barbara Hulanicki Valley of the Dolls took the world by storm when it was first published in 1966. Never had a book been so frank about sex, drugs and show business. It is often sited as the bestselling novel of all time. Dolls - red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight. For Anne, Neely and Jennifer, it doesn't matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three beautiful women become best friends when they are young and in New York, struggling to make their names in the entertainment industry. Only when they reach the peak of their careers do they find there's nowhere left to go but down - to the Valley of the Dolls.
  • Alias Grace

    Margaret Atwood

    Paperback (Virago Press, Sept. 15, 1997)
    Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor.' Grace Marks. Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s, Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality, cruelty and mystery.
  • Apple Bough

    Noel Streatfeild (author)

    Paperback (Virago Press Ltd, July 5, 2018)
    None
  • The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture, 1830-1980

    Elaine Showalter

    Paperback (Virago Press Ltd, )
    None
  • Lolly Willowes

    Sylvia Townsend Warner

    Paperback (Virago Press (UK), March 1, 2012)
    Lolly Willowes
  • Rebecca

    Daphne Du Maurier

    Hardcover (Virago Press, Aug. 16, 2012)
    Rebecca
  • Noel Streatfeild's Christmas Stories

    Noel Streatfeild (author)

    Hardcover (Virago Press Ltd, Nov. 1, 2018)
    None
  • Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between

    lauren graham

    Paperback (virago press uk, March 15, 2017)
    New
  • Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?: Girl Groups from the 50s On

    Charlotte Greig

    Paperback (Virago Press, March 15, 1989)
    The great girl groups from the 1950's on!
  • Under The Hawthorn Tree

    AI Mi Mi Ai,Ai Mi

    Paperback (Virago Press (UK), March 15, 2012)
    Jingqiu, an innocent young woman from a politically questionable family in the city, is selected as one of a small group of students to be sent to the countryside to work on a project that will further the Cultural Revolution. Clever, curious and eager, she tries to fit in with her hosts and the rural way of life, and it isn't appropriate for her to fall in love. But she does, with the son of a mighty army general. This beautiful, simple story of love against the odds will break your heart.
  • Frost in May

    Antonia White

    Paperback (Virago UK, )
    Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds. Quick-witted, resilient, and eager to please, she adapts to this cloistered world, learning rigid conformity and subjection to authority. Passionate friendships are the only deviation from her total obedience. Convent life—the smell of beeswax and incense, the petty cruelty of the nuns, the glamour and eccentricity of Nanda's friends—is perfectly captured by Antonia White.