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paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446869
ISBN
9780140446869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Candide has been delighting readers since 1759 with its satiric wit, provocations, and warnings. Editor(s): Cronk, Nicholas. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393932522
ISBN
9780393932522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.40

Hardback. David Wootton's scalpel-sharp translation of "Candide" features a brilliant Introduction, a map of Candide's travels, and a selection of those writings of Voltaire, Leibniz, Pope and Rousseau crucial for fully appreciating this eighteenth-century satiric masterpiece that even today retains its celebrated bite. Translator(s): Wootton, David. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
120
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205475
ISBN
9780872205475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.72

hardcover. The author of the widely acclaimed Morphology of the Folktale has written an original, comprehensive, and exciting study on how humour works, and on everything you wanted to know about the genre, in a clear, approachable, and insightful manner. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802099266
ISBN
9780802099266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Propp, V.IA. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University Of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816611829
ISBN
9780816611829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of the fantasies of the human spirit. This book tells his story. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846143304
ISBN
9781846143304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602424
ISBN
9780691602424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DQ; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868197951
ISBN
9780868197951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.52

Hardback. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153560
ISBN
9780231153560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

Hardcover. Our Emily Dickinsons situates Dickinson's life and work within larger debates about gender, sexuality, and literary authority in America. Examining Dickinson's influence on Marianne Moore, Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop and others, Vivian R. Pollak complicates the connection between authorial biography and poetry that endures. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248449
ISBN
9780812248449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

paperback. Considers how we remember historical instances of suffering and atrocity, framing its central questions to show larger cultural shifts in how we position ourselves in relation to history, performance, and memory. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AN; APFA; DSG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212924
ISBN
9780253212924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 552 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 39. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448171
ISBN
9780801448171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. Offers perspectives focused on the relationship between theology and poetry in the Commedia. Examining Dante's treatment of questions of language, personhood, and the body, this title argues for the close intersection of theology and poetry as well as the importance of theology for Dante studies. Editor(s): Montemaggi, Vittorio; Treherne, Matthew. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268035198
ISBN
9780268035198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Paperback. Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's experimental third novel, set in England during the halcyon days before World War I. The text reprinted here is the first British edition, which Woolf approved, and which retains her original layout, including paragraph spacing. Editor(s): Raitt, Suzanne. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393926323
ISBN
9780393926323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 139 x 33. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155882
ISBN
9781903155882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Regarded by many as Woolf's greatest achievement, The Waves follows a set of six friends from childhood to middle age. As the contours of their lives are revealed, a unique novel is unveiled. In this new edition David Bradshaw considers its spellbinding oddness and originality, helping the reader through this most poetic and haunting of novels. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199642922
ISBN
9780199642922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through history first as a man, then as a woman. At its heart is the figure of Woolf's friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West, and Knole, the historic home of the Sackvilles. Orlando mocks the conventions of biography and history and wryly examines sexual double standards. Editor(s): Whitworth, Michael H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199650736
ISBN
9780199650736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JJG; DNF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509843183
ISBN
9781509843183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Virginia Woolf's only autobiographical writing is to be found in this collection of five pieces. Despite Quentin Bell's biography and other studies of her, the author's own account of her early life should hold fascination for its unexpected detail and clear-sighted judgement of Victorian values. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712646185
ISBN
9780712646185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. With an introduction, notes and references, this title combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century, which together form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. It argues against the intellectual subjection of women, particularly women writers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099734314
ISBN
9780099734314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.87

Paperback. Virginia Woolf turned to her diary as to an intimate friend, to whom she could freely and spontaneously confide her thoughts on public events or the joys and trials of domestic life. Between 1st January 1915 and her death in 1941 she regularly recorded her thoughts with unfailing grace, courage, honesty and wit. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518259
ISBN
9780099518259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Freedom and enfranchisement. Something anarchical which pushes at boundaries. Each of these rich avenues of meaning are bound up in the word 'liberty'. This book explored liberty via Virginia Woolf's novels like those in the feminist polemic of A Room of One's Own, or a whimsical account of roaming the streets of London. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872717
ISBN
9781784872717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714510125
ISBN
9780714510125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.52

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530826
ISBN
9780714530826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.47

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