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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Hardcover. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe is one of the towering figures of world culture, a universal man whose extraordinary talents found expression in literature, drama, autobiography, politics and the sciences. This book deals with his life and work. Translator(s): Mayer, Elizabeth; etc. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
1024
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
No. 246 in the series.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152463
ISBN
9781857152463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.98

Paperback. "Corngold's new translation is of the very highest quality, punctiliously faithful to Goethe's German and sensitive to gradations of style in this extraordinary, trail-blazing first novel." -J. M. Coetzee, New York Review of Books Editor(s): Corngold, Stanley. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393935561
ISBN
9780393935561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Partly autobiographical, and the prototype for many later Romantic works in its depiction of the sensitive, tortured Romantic hero, Goethe's seminal classic is a timeless masterpiece of world literature. Translator(s): Morgan, Bayard Quincy. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494047
ISBN
9781847494047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive young man, meets and falls in love with sweet-natured Charlotte. Although he realises that she is to marry Albert, he is unable to subdue his passion and his infatuation torments him to the point of despair. Translator(s): Hulse, Michael. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445039
ISBN
9780140445039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling). Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dedalus Limited United Kingdom
Edition
Translation
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517444
ISBN
9781903517444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 128 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213247
ISBN
9781910213247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Norvik Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909408173
ISBN
9781909408173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dedalus Limited United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition Thus
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517185
ISBN
9781903517185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 1948. Illustrator(s): Bone, Gavin; Bone, Stephen. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 152 pages, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908213051
ISBN
9781908213051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

paperback. "Esau and Jacob" is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level, the story of Brazil itself, it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman. Assis presents a study of the doubts and insecurities of the human condition, rather than an heroic bible fable. Editor(s): Borges, Dain (Professor of History, University of California, San Diego, USA). Translator(s): Lowe, Elizabeth. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195108118
ISBN
9780195108118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681370286
ISBN
9781681370286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.95

Paperback. A compilation of 19th-century French "haunting" tales. Featuring such authors as Balzac, Merimee, Dumas, Verne, and Maupassant, this book offers readers some of the more memorable stories in the genre. Editor(s): Kessler, Joan C. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226432083
ISBN
9780226432083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Paperback. This novel, by the Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (originally published in 1900), is one of the unrecognized classics of the turn of the century. This translation provides an informative introduction and notes by John Gledson, which set the novel in its historical context. Translator(s): Gledson, John. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc New York
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195103090
ISBN
9780195103090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.07

Paperback. Translator(s): McNeil, Rhett. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564788993
ISBN
9781564788993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.35

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264462
ISBN
9788086264462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.03

paperback. Drawing on a rich oral tradition, this work describes both the tangled, often treacherous relations within three generations of the royal family and the exploits of Hrolf's famous champions. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435931
ISBN
9780140435931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Combines mythology, legend and human drama. This book focuses on the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. It incorporates strands from the oral narratives of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire. Translator(s): Byock, Jesse L. Num Pages: 160 pages, glossary, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447385
ISBN
9780140447385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Clinton, Jerome W. (Former Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University). Translator(s): Clinton, Jerome W. (Former Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University). Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934211567
ISBN
9780934211567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.53

The author argues that in "Great Expectations", Charles Dickens updated "David Copperfield" and rewrote novels by various contemporaries. He parodically revised his competitor's themes, characters, and incidents to discredit their novels as unrealistic and imbued with Cinderella motifs. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kent State University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122281
ISBN
9780813122281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813116228
ISBN
9780813116228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.69

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