Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Hardcover. Uses the narrative of a mock travel writer to explore exotic and imaginary locations. This book mounts a scathing attack on the morals, politics and learning of the 18th century, culminating in possibly the greatest satire ever written: the story of the Houyhnhnms. Num Pages: 326 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150261
- ISBN
- 9781857150261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction, which discusses the ways "Gulliver's Travels" has been interpreted since its first publication. Editor(s): DeMaria, Robert. Num Pages: 336 pages, chronology, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- 9780141439495
- ISBN
- 9780141439495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.06
€ 10.99
€ 9.06
Hardback. Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141196640
- ISBN
- 9780141196640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.29
€ 20.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. In the course of his famous travels, Gulliver is captured by miniature people who wage war on each other because of religious disagreement over how to crack eggs, is sexually assaulted by giants, visits a floating island, and decides that the society of horses is better than that of his fellow man. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099512059
- ISBN
- 9780099512059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.62
€ 9.99
€ 8.62
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486292731
- ISBN
- 9780486292731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.66
€ 8.66
Paperback. A glorious exercise in cheeky punmanship, The Wonderful Wonder of Wonders sees Jonathan Swift in fine scatological form. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 150 x 2. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496874
- ISBN
- 9781847496874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Paperback. As well as providing humorous reflections on the nature of scholarship and education, Swift seizes the opportunity to take swipes at several authors and critics. The result is a timeless and entertaining parody by one of the most enduringly popular writers in the English language. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 107 pages. BIC Classification: FC; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 258 x 2. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496799
- ISBN
- 9781847496799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.90
€ 10.99
€ 9.90
Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; FC; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509843213
- ISBN
- 9781509843213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.41
€ 16.99
€ 12.41
Paperback. Lemuel Gulliver shipwrecked and adrift, subject to bizarre and unnerving encounters with, among others, quarrelling Lilliputians, philosophizing horses and the brutish Yahoo tribe, that change his view of humanity - and himself - for ever. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141198989
- ISBN
- 9780141198989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, original frontispiece; 5 halftones & 3 maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536849
- ISBN
- 9780199536849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.77
€ 10.77
Paperback. Reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland, where talking horses are the dominant species. This novel attacks the political and financial corruption. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853260278
- ISBN
- 9781853260278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 4.99
€ 6.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007351022
- ISBN
- 9780007351022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.36
€ 5.36
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 4. Weight in Grams: 62. Series: Dover Thrift S. 64 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Dimension: 208 x 134 x 4. Weight: 62.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486287591
- ISBN
- 9780486287591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.08
€ 6.08
Hardcover. Explores the city's fateful impact through the writing of classical historians, a Renaissance sculptor, 18th-century tourists, American, British and French novelists and the authors of modern Rome, each testing and unravelling the city's ageless paradoxes. Editor(s): Keates, Jonathan. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596228
- ISBN
- 9781841596228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death his colleagues remember him rarely. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561545
- ISBN
- 9780099561545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.01
€ 13.99
€ 12.01
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547870
- ISBN
- 9781857547870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.84
€ 19.99
€ 15.84
Hardcover. Offers a nuanced portrait of two deeply flawed but moving characters, Joan and Richard Maple and their entwined lives. This book traces the decline and fall of a marriage, they also illumine a history in many ways happy, of growing children and a million mundane moments shared. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596037
- ISBN
- 9781841596037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Set in the reign of Queen Anne, this title presents a story that follows the troubled progress of a gentleman and an officer in Marlborough's army, as he painfully wrestles with an emotional allegiance to the old Tory-Catholic England until, disillusioned, he comes to terms of a kind with the Whiggish-Protestant future. Editor(s): Greenfield, Michael. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430493
- ISBN
- 9780140430493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.67
€ 19.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241980347
- ISBN
- 9780241980347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.39
€ 9.39
Paperback. Features the bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife Maria, his star-struck daughter Clotilde and her Californian beau, Todd. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186054
- ISBN
- 9780141186054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11