Browse by category
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
$14.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Great Loves
Cecile leads a hedonistic, frivolous life with her father and his young mistresses. On holiday in the South of France, she is seduced by the sun, the sand and her first lover. But when her father decides to remarry, their carefree existence becomes clouded by tragedy. United by the theme of love, the wr ...Show more
First Love by Ivan Turgenev
$14.95 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: Penguin Great Loves | Reading Level: good-very good
At the end of a dinner party, the remaining guests drink wine and tell stories of their first love. For one of them, it will be a dark journey into his past, reawakening unbearable memories of his obsession with the beautiful Zinaida; and the cruelty and betrayal that followed ...United by the theme of ...Show more
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
$27.00 NZD
Category: LGBTQI+ | Series: Penguin Great Loves
When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend's return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened - while Giovanni's life descends into tragedy. United by the theme of love ...Show more
Mary by Vladimir Nabokov
$14.95 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: Penguin Great Loves | Reading Level: very good
Alone in his room in a dirty Berlin pension, Ganin reminisces about Mary, his first love. He fantasizes that a fellow lodger's wife, due to arrive the next day, is his long-lost sweetheart and plots how they will run away together, leaving everything else far behind ...United by the theme of love, the w ...Show more
The Virgin and the Gipsy by D. H. Lawrence
$14.95 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Loves
Yvette is an innocent rector's daughter. When she meets a handsome gypsy she feels him watching her, acutely aware of her virginity. Half drawn to him and half afraid, it is only when her life is endangered that she finally feels true love. United by the theme of love, the writings in the "Great Loves" ...Show more
1 - 5 of 5