ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Norman Vance Author & Editor

Norman Vance is Professor of English Literature and Intellectual History at University of Sussex.

Jude the Obscure cover

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy - Paperback

£3.99

Irish Literature Since 1800 cover

Irish Literature Since 1800

Norman Vance - Hardback

£145.00

Irish Literature Since 1800 cover

Irish Literature Since 1800

Norman Vance - Paperback

£56.99

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature cover

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature

2 contributors - Hardback

£257.50

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature cover

The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature

2 contributors - Paperback

£46.99

Bible and Novel cover

Bible and Novel

Norman Vance - Hardback

£127.50

The Sinews of the Spirit cover

The Sinews of the Spirit

Norman Vance - Paperback

£42.00