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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's 'philosophical tales', in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales - Micromegas, Zadig, The Ingenu, and The White Bull - and a verse tale based on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale,: What Pleases the Ladies. Translator(s): Pearson, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535613
- ISBN
- 9780199535613
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
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Paperback. Set in the exotic East, this is a darker tale in which an American Indian records his impressions of France. Translator(s): Butt, John. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140441260
- ISBN
- 9780140441260
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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Paperback. At once a story-length Bildungsroman and a philosophical tale, 'Micromegas' is a classic Enlightenment text, and is accompanied in this volume by thirteen other pieces - inlcuding 'Plato's Dream' and 'Memnon' - all in a new translation by acclaimed French specialist Douglas Parmee. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493798
- ISBN
- 9781847493798
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
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paperback. When his love for the Baron's daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, and murder, testing the young hero's optimism. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455106
- ISBN
- 9780140455106
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Translator(s): Corner, Mark. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 23. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Classroom
- SKU
- V9788024632896
- ISBN
- 9788024632896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.74
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Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Twisted Spoon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788086264431
- ISBN
- 9788086264431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.69
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paperback. Linking various minor events, this work switches back-and-forth producing an illusion of impetus. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141188515
- ISBN
- 9780141188515
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.67
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Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811216746
- ISBN
- 9780811216746
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.65
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paperback. Albinus - rich, married middle-aged and respectable - is an art critic and aspiring filmmaker who lusts after the coquettish young cinema usherette Margot. Gradually he seduces her and convinces himself he is irresistible to her, but Margot has other plans. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186528
- ISBN
- 9780141186528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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Paperback. A romance that follows Ada from her first childhood meeting with Van Veen on his uncle's country estate, in a 'dream-bright' America, through eighty years of rapture, as they cross continents, are continually parted and reunited, come to learn the strange truth about their singular relationship. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141181875
- ISBN
- 9780141181875
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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Paperback. Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann Hermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with a man he believes to be his double reveals a frightening 'split' in Hermann's nature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184548
- ISBN
- 9780141184548
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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paperback. An annotated edition of "Lolita". It attempts to elaborate on the verbal textures and show how they contribute to the novel's overall meaning. It also provides observations on the novel's artifice, games and verbal patternings. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185040
- ISBN
- 9780141185040
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Takes us into the prison-world of Cincinnatus, a man condemned to death and spending his last days in prison not quite knowing when the end will come. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 195 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185606
- ISBN
- 9780141185606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. The American poet John Shade is dead; murdered. His last poem, Pale Fire, is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote. Known on campus as the 'Great Beaver', Kinbote is haughty, inquisitive, intolerant, but is he also mad, bad - and even dangerous? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185262
- ISBN
- 9780141185262
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183459
- ISBN
- 9780141183459
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
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Paperback. The state has been recently taken over and is being run by the tyrannical and philistine 'Average Man' party. Under the slogans of equality and happiness for all, it has done away with individualism and freedom of thought. Only John Krug, a brilliant philosopher, stands up to the regime. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185767
- ISBN
- 9780141185767
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140184822
- ISBN
- 9780140184822
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Spurred on by admiration for his novelist half-brother and irritation at the biography written about him by Mr Goodman ('his slapdash and very misleading book'), the narrator, V, sets out to record Sebastian Knight's life as he understands it. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185996
- ISBN
- 9780141185996
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised defence. Translator(s): Scammell, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185989
- ISBN
- 9780141185989
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Professor Timofey Pnin, previously of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously positioned at the heart of campus America. Battling with American life and language, Pnin must face great hazards in this new world. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183756
- ISBN
- 9780141183756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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