Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Thady Quirk, steward to the decaying estate of the Rackrent family, narrates a story of four generations of a dying dynasty in Castle Rackrent. This volume also includes Ennui, the entertaining confessions of the Earl of Glenthorn, a bored aristocrat. Both novels offer a darkly comic and satirical expose of the Irish class system. Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn. Num Pages: 361 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140433203
- ISBN
- 9780140433203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.99
€ 17.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Editor(s): Watson, George. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537556
- ISBN
- 9780199537556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.30
€ 8.99
€ 8.30
Paperback. At the height of Maria de Zayas' popularity in the mid-eighteenth century, the number of editions in print of her work was exceeded only by the novels of Cervantes. This book gathers a representative sample of seven stories, featuring Zayas' signature topics - gender equality and domestic violence. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 halftones, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768656
- ISBN
- 9780226768656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. The Emperor Hadrian writes a valedictory letter to Marcus Aurelius, his future successor. The Emperor meditates on his past, describing his accession, military triumphs, love of poetry and music, and the philosophy that informed his powerful and far-flung rule. This work recreates the life and death of one of the great rulers of the ancient world. Translator(s): Frick, Grace. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141184968
- ISBN
- 9780141184968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.11
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€ 11.11
Paperback. Translator(s): Seaver, Richard. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Calder Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714544557
- ISBN
- 9780714544557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for the bridge to be repaired, they are inspired to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. Translator(s): Chilton, Paul. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443554
- ISBN
- 9780140443554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. A tale of passion, violence, cruelty and unexpected tenderness, Margiad Evans conjures a tempestuous and sometimes sinister world of small-town border life in the early twentieth century. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906998288
- ISBN
- 9781906998288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155769
- ISBN
- 9781903155769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.28
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€ 19.28
paperback. MISS MARJORIBANKS is one of her Chronicles of Carlingford. Exquisite and entertaining comedies of Victorian provincial Society. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Little, Brown United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844082087
- ISBN
- 9781844082087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.84
€ 20.84
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841950600
- ISBN
- 9781841950600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.25
€ 16.99
€ 12.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Davis, Philip; Nellist, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555499
- ISBN
- 9780199555499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
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€ 11.66
Paperback. Returning home to tend her widowed father Dr Marjoribanks, Lucilla soon launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select Thursday evening parties. Optimistic, resourceful and blithely unimpeded by self-doubt, Lucilla is a superior being in every way, not least in relation to men. Editor(s): Jay, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436303
- ISBN
- 9780140436303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
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Paperback. Avant-garde composer Albert Sanger lives in a ramshackle chalet in the Swiss Alps, surrounded by his 'Circus' of assorted children, admirers and a slatternly mistress. The family and their home life may be chaotic, but visitors fall into an enchantment, and the claims of respectable life or upbringing fall away. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099589747
- ISBN
- 9780099589747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Catherine's mother died when Catherine was just a baby girl, leaving nothing but her perfect reputation to live up to. Or so she thought. But then Catherine finds a box addressed to her, filled with objects seemingly without meaning - three feathers, an exotic seashell, a painting, a mirror, two prints, a map, a hat, a rucksack and a necklace. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572053
- ISBN
- 9780099572053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. First published in 1666, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle's Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World is the first fictional portrayal of women and the new science. This Broadview Edition includes related historical materials on the new science and Cavendish's role in the intellectual world of her time. Editor(s): Mendelson, Sara. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812424
- ISBN
- 9781554812424
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.56
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€ 21.56
Paperback. With London in the grip of a heat-wave, a man takes refuge from the scorching sun in a nearby tea-shop, only to share his table with a stranger who seems determined to make conversation. Too polite to ignore him, he becomes his reluctant confidant as harmless small talk gives way to dark memories. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843914297
- ISBN
- 9781843914297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.52
€ 5.52
paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Clark, Carol; Collier, Peter. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141180359
- ISBN
- 9780141180359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
paperback. Describes the class tensions of a changing France at the beginning of the twentieth century and exposes the decadence of aristocratic Parisian society and muses upon the subjects of homosexuality and sexual jealousy. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099362517
- ISBN
- 9780099362517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
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Paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book offers an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Treharne, Mark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141180335
- ISBN
- 9780141180335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Travelling from Paris to the sunny seaside town of Balbec, the narrator meets an intriguing set of acquaintances who provide him with both friendship and entertainment. Most significantly, he meets a dark-haired girl with sparkling eyes and a tiny beauty spot on her chin, the mysterious Albertine, who becomes the love of his life. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099362319
- ISBN
- 9780099362319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14