For the one who always meant to read the classics
Start with a book everyone knows and few have finished: Dangerous Liaisons, where a note before every letter says what the writer is really after.
Gifts
Give the classic they'll actually finish.
A classic is the easiest gift to choose and the hardest to finish. Ours comes with a short note before every chapter, a who's who and a glossary, so the book you give becomes the book they love, not the one that sits on the shelf.
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Hardcover $39.99, with the ebook for you at no extra cost · Shipped straight to them: US $5.99, Canada $10.99
Why a Bookhawk classic makes a good gift
It says "I thought of you"
A great book is a vote of confidence: you think they'd love the real thing. Ours makes sure they do, with the help built in.
It's made to keep
The hardcover is 6 × 9 in on cream paper, its cover printed on rigid boards with a matte finish. A book for the shelf, not the recycling.
You can read it together
Choose hardcover + ebook: the hardcover goes to them, the ebook comes to you, and it costs the same $39.99 as the hardcover alone. Compare notes chapter by chapter.
Who's it for?
For the one who loves a scandal
Dangerous Liaisons: two schemers, one game, every move in writing, and you get to read their private mail.
For the one who already owns a copy
Not this one. The introduction's story behind the book, a note before every chapter and a glossary of the lost words make it a different read: the five habits for reading a novel in letters, the ten louis Valmont hands over on top of a fifty-six-livre debt. The upgrade they didn't know existed.
Pick your price
$39.99 · The keeper
Hardcover + ebook. The hardcover to give, the ebook to read along, for the price of the hardcover alone.
$29.99 · The reader's copy
Paperback + ebook. Light to carry, easy to lend, and the ebook for the phone.
$25.99 · The paperback
6 × 9 in, cream paper, matte cover.
Ebooks are licensed for the buyer's own devices, so for a gift choose a printed book (with hardcover + ebook or paperback + ebook, the ebook comes to you). Flat shipping: US $5.99, Canada $10.99.
How gifting works
- Choose the book and format on the book's page.
- Enter their address as the shipping address at checkout. We ship to the US and Canada.
- The confirmation comes to you, with the date your book will ship. So does the ebook, if you chose hardcover + ebook or paperback + ebook.
- We print their copy for your order and ship it within 14 days, with tracking where the carrier provides it. In the US it usually arrives in about 3 weeks from your order; in Canada a little longer.
Giving it for a particular day? Order early: your confirmation tells you the exact ship date, and if it looks as though we might miss it, we'll email you before it, and you can keep waiting or cancel for a full refund.
Gift questions
Can you include a gift note?
Not yet: the parcel carries no message from you. Send them a text or a card to say a book is on its way, and who it's from.
Who gets the receipt and the emails?
You do. The order confirmation (your receipt), the ship date and any ebook go to the email address you enter at checkout. The book goes to them.
Can I give the ebook on its own?
Our ebooks are licensed for the buyer's own devices, so for a gift choose a printed book. With hardcover + ebook, the hardcover goes to them and the ebook comes to you, for the price of the hardcover alone.
Where can you send it?
Anywhere in the United States or Canada: enter their address as the shipping address at checkout. Flat shipping: US $5.99, Canada $10.99.