BOOKS by Doris Lessing

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1	Golden Notebook more books like this by Doris May Lessing Beautiful, striking reissue of this classic Lessing novel. Widely regarded as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century Anna Wulf is a young novelist with writer's block. Divorced, with a young child, and disillusioned by unsatisfactory relationships, she feels her life is falling apart. In fear of madness, she records her ... see all copies from £2.47! new only from £9.38! \| first editions
2	The Grass Is Singing more books like this by Doris Lessing Hardback 50th Anniversary Edition Doris Lessing brought the manuscript of THE GRASS IS SINGING, her classic first novel, with her when she left Southern Rhodesia and came to England in 1950. When it was first published it created an impact whose reverberations we are still feeling, and immediately established itself as a landmark in twentieth ... see all copies from £3.75! new only from £5.54! \| first editions
3	Summer Before the Dark more books like this by Doris May Lessing A middle-aged woman's search for freedom, this is classic Lessing, here given a stunning new image. Her four children have flown, her husband is otherwise occupied, and after twenty years of being a good wife and mother, Kate Brown is free for a summer of adventure. She plunges into an affair with a younger man, travelling abroad with him, and on ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Fifth Child more books like this by Doris May Lessing 'Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other's hand, and smile, and breathe happiness.' Four children, a beautiful old house, the love of relatives and friends, Harriet and David Lovatt's life is a glorious hymn to domestic bliss and old-fashioned family values. But when their fifth ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Martha Quest more books like this by Doris May Lessing The first book in the "Children of Violence" series, a quintet of novels tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa through to old age in a post-nuclear Britain. The other novels are "A Proper Marriage", "A Ripple from the Storm", "Landlocked" and "The Four-Gated City". see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.34! \| first editions
6	Good Terrorist more books like this by Doris May Lessing A hugely significant political novel for the late twentieth century from one of the outstanding writers of the modern era In a London squat a band of bourgeois revolutionaries are united by a loathing of the waste and cruelty they see around them. These maladjusted malcontents try desperately to become involved in terrorist activities far beyond ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Golden Notebook: Perennial Classics Edition more books like this by Doris May Lessing (Introduction by) Timed to coincide with Women's History Month, a new edition of the powerful and liberating feminist novel that raised the consciousness of an entire generation. see all copies from £5.75! new only from £7.04! \| first editions
8	Memoirs of a survivor more books like this by Doris May Lessing As the world falls apart outside, the narrator watches over Emily, a young child brought into her care by a stranger. Emily is also guarded by Hugo, half cat and half dog, the bizarre and lovable beast whose presence dominates the tale. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £7.81! \| first editions
9	The sweetest dream more books like this by Doris May Lessing It's the morning of the Sixties and it's suppertime at Freedom Hall, the most welcoming household in North London. Frances Lennox stands at her stove, bringing another feast to readiness before ladling it out to the motley, youthful crew assembled around her hospitable table - here are her two sons, smarting at their upbringing but beginning to ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography--1949-1962 more books like this by Doris May Lessing Doris Lessing joined the Communist in London, and here she explores the allure communism held for artists, intellectuals, and social reformist idealists in the 1950s. A fascinating meditation on the psychological, sociological, and historical roots of a generation's behavior, Lessing offers insight into the ideological and political madness of the ... see all copies from £2.82! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Briefing for a Descent Into Hell more books like this by Doris May Lessing An extraordinary blend of fantasy and realism, this is classic Lessing, reissued here with a stunning new cover design. Penniless, rambling and incoherent, a man is found wandering at night on London's Embankment. Taken to hospital and heavily sedated, he tells the doctors of his incredible fantastical voyage, adrift on the ocean, landing on ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.39! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Cleft more books like this by Doris May Lessing Doris Lessing, one of England's finest living novelists, invites us to imagine a mythical society free from sexual intrigue, free from jealousy, free from petty rivalries: a society free from men. An old Roman senator, contemplative at his late stage of life, embarks on what will likely be his last endeavour: the retelling of the story of human ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £5.54! \| first editions
13 view cover	Prisons We Choose to Live Inside more books like this by Doris May Lessing A collection of five lectures given in 1985. Drawing from politics, literature, social thought, religion and history, Doris Lessing draws a portrait of the extraordinary contradictions of modern society. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.11! \| first editions
14 view cover	Love, Again more books like this by Doris Lessing Sarah Durham, a 60-year-old playwright and founder of a leading fringe theatre, writes a play based on the journals of Julie Vairon, a beautiful 19th-century mulatto woman. The play captivates all who come into contact with it, dramatically changing everyone's lives. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Four Gated City more books like this by Doris May Lessing The fifth book in the "Children of Violence" series, a quintet of novels tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa through to old age in a post-nuclear Britain. The other books are "Martha Quest", "A Proper Marriage", "A Ripple from the Storm" and "Landlocked". see all copies from £1.38! new only from £11.09! \| first editions
16 view cover	African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe more books like this by Doris May Lessing In this portrait of Doris Lessing's homeland, the author recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989 and 1992, after being banned from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her political views and opposition to the minority white Government. The visits constitute a journey to the heart of a country whose history, landscape, ... see all copies from £2.18! new only from £7.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Proper Marriage more books like this by Lessing One of Doris Lessing's most important novels -- here beautifully repackaged This is the second volume in Doris Lessing's renowned quartet of novels tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in Africa to an imagined post-nuclear Britain. A Proper Marriage sees twenty-something Martha beginning to realise that her marriage has been a ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.19! \| first editions
18 view cover	Stories more books like this by Doris May Lessing All of Doris Lessing's short fiction is represented here, with the exception of her African stories. Set in the cosmopolitan worlds of London, Paris, the south of France, and the English countryside, these 35 short works are thoughtful explorations of love, marriage, lust, and the condition of women. "Her grasp of what is actually happening in the ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £10.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Landlocked more books like this by Doris May Lessing The fourth book in the "Children of Violence" series, a quintet of novels tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa through to old age in a post-nuclear Britain. The others are "Martha Quest", "A Proper Marriage", "A Ripple from the Storm" and "The Four-Gated City". see all copies from £2.04! new only from £7.19! \| first editions
20 view cover	Mara and Dann: An Adventure more books like this by Doris May Lessing The new novel from one of the greatest twentieth-century writers. Doris Lessing returns to the world of visionary fiction, last visited in her acclaimed 'Canopus in Argos' quintet of novels in the 1980s. It is sooner than you might think. And the earth's climate is much changed -- it's colder than ever before in the north, and unbearably dry and ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	On Cats more books like this by Doris Lessing Consisting of the celebrated story collections "Particularly Cats" and "Rufus the Survivor," and the memoir "The Old Age of El Magnifico," this book brilliantly evokes the subtleties of feline existence. An entertaining read for both cat and Lessing connoisseurs.--"The Observer." see all copies from £4.71! new only from £9.15!
22 view cover	Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 more books like this by Doris May Lessing This first part of Doris Lessing's autobiography covers her African childhood and youth, her involvement in communist politics, and her departure for England and a new life. It is a self-portrait of a woman who lived through "an extraordinary time, the end of the British Empire in Africa". Being lifted high up onto her father's horse, watching ... see all copies from £2.07! new only from £6.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	A Ripple from the Storm more books like this by Doris May Lessing The third book in the "Children of Violence" series, a quintet of novels tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa through to her old age in a post-nuclear Britain. The other books are "Martha Quest", "A Proper Marriage", "Landlocked" and "The Four-Gated City". see all copies from £1.82! new only from £7.19! \| first editions
24 view cover	Particularly Cats more books like this by Doris May Lessing This is an evocative look at the cats Doris Lessing has lived with, illustrated with full-colour pastels by Anne Robinson and featuring new stories. Lessing brings her shrewd observation of character and her own inimitable style to the feline world. Doris Lessing has been three times nominated for the Booker Prize and won the 1985 W.H. Smith Award. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £57.98! \| first editions
25	Under My Skin more books like this by Doris Lessing Doris Lessing offers her autobiography up to the year 1949, from her childhood and adolescence in Rhodesia, to her first marriage and abandonment of her two children, her jettisoning of religion and adopting of political activism. Though autobiographical elements have always found a way into her fiction, here are the facts themselves. see all copies from £5.12! new only from £10.38! \| signed copies \| first editions

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