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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
KKE0000941
ISBN
9781853260278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

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

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

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

€ 21.99
€ 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
€ 8.66

Paperback. Parodying the popular travel accounts of its time, Gulliver's Travels is not only a tour de force of imaginative and comic writing, which has thrilled readers of all ages for almost three centuries, but also a masterly, merciless satire on Western society and human nature. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495976
ISBN
9781847495976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.29

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

€ 8.72

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

€ 11.38

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
€ 9.95

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
€ 12.54

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
€ 9.47

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

€ 8.99
€ 8.27

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

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

€ 5.41

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

€ 6.13

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

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

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: 228.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780099561545
ISBN
9780099561545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547870
ISBN
9781857547870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

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
€ 13.39

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
€ 15.99

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