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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Told in the author's trademark humorous style and presented in a sparkling new translation by Stephen Pearl, The Same Old Story - Goncharov's first novel, preceding his masterpiece Oblomov by twelve years - is a study of lost illusions and rude spiritual awakening in the modern world. Translator(s): Pearl, Stephen. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495624
ISBN
9781847495624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.30

Paperback. New, award-winning translation of Goncharov's popular masterpiece Rich in situational comedy, psychological complexity and social satire, Oblomov - here presented in Stephen Pearl's award-winning translation, the first major English-language version of the novel in more than fifty years - is a timeless novel and a monument to human idleness. Translator(s): Pearl, Stephen. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
540
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493446
ISBN
9781847493446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

paperback. Tells the story of a young schoolteacher who moves from one provincial Slovene town to the next, trying to enlighten his countrymen and countrywomen but instead receiving only the mistrust and scorn of the traditional-minded and petty population. Translator(s): Cox, John K. Series: CEU Press Classics. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639776418
ISBN
9789639776418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213513
ISBN
9781910213513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. At once nostalgic for a bygone more innocent age and foreshadowing the turbulences of the twentieth century, Bunin's narrative is a triumph of bitter realism, shot through with the author's classical style and precision of language. Translator(s): Aplin, Galya; Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 120 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172. 200 pages. At once nostalgic for a bygone more innocent age and foreshadowing the turbulences of the twentieth century, Bunin's narrative is a triumph of bitter realism, shot through with the author's classical style and precision of language. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Dimension: 199 x 120 x 13. Weight: 168. Translator(s): Aplin, Galya; Aplin, Hugh.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492838
ISBN
9781847492838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.42

Paperback. Written between 1938 and 1944 and set in the context of a disintegrating Russian culture, this collection of short fiction centres around dark, erotic liaisons told in prose. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494740
ISBN
9781847494740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Translator(s): Zoete, Beryl De. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322844
ISBN
9780940322844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. A collection of nineteenth-century fantastic literature - from enchantments and horrors to subtler, psychological terrors. It includes Hoffmann's "The Sandman", Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Dickens' "The Signal-Man", and works from celebrated writers including Honore de Balzac, Henry James, Sir Walter Scott and Guy de Maupassant. Editor(s): Calvino, Italo. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190129
ISBN
9780141190129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Contains stories which range geographically from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps. Translator(s): Martin, George. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181349
ISBN
9780141181349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. Set in late-19th-century London, this novel details life in an East End ghetto and explores a spiritual crisis among young Jews, providing an analysis of a generation caught between the ghetto and modern British life. This edition includes a biographical, historical and critical introduction. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
189th ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814325933
ISBN
9780814325933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.46

Paperback. Isak Dinesen was the pen-name of Karen Blixen, who was born in Rungsted, Denmark in 1885. After studying art, she married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke. Together they went to Kenya to manage a coffee plantation. After their divorce, she continued to run the plantation until a collapse in the coffee market forced her back to Denmark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185880
ISBN
9780141185880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393766
ISBN
9780141393766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Includes four stories that illuminate the author's love both for the African people, their dignity and traditions, and for the beauty and wildness of the landscape. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140180435
ISBN
9780140180435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

paperback. A collection of seven tales, whose settings range from Tuscany and Elsinore, to a dhow on its way from Lamu to Zanzibar. It is shot through with themes of love and desire - from the maiden lady who now believes herself to have been the grand courtesan of her time to the Count whose wife is so jealous that she cannot bear him to admire her jewels. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187198
ISBN
9780141187198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
HarperVoyager
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008117481
ISBN
9780008117481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.66

Paperback. Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife, her delinquent brother, a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold Baffin, Baffin's restless wife and engaging daughter - Bradley attempts to escape. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589259
ISBN
9780099589259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. The Kampfs have risen swiftly up the ranks of 1930s Parisian society. Painfully aware of her working-class roots, and desperate to win acceptance, Madame Kampf decides to throw a huge ball to announce her arrival to society. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099493976
ISBN
9780099493976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. At the age of eighty-three and nearing death, Carlo Altoviti has decided to write down the confessions of his long life. He remembers everything: his unhappy childhood in the kitchens of the Castle of Fratta; romantic entanglements during the siege of Genoa; revolutionary fighting in Naples; and so much more. Translator(s): Randall, Frederika. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391663
ISBN
9780141391663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.77

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 138 x 51. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
Box
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486491257
ISBN
9780486491257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

paperback. This Norton Critical Edition includes twenty-eight tales from The Arabian Nights translated by Husain Haddawy on the basis of the oldest existing Arabic manuscript. Editor(s): Mahdi, Muhsin; Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Translator(s): Haddawy, Husain. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 31. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393928082
ISBN
9780393928082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Now as sumptuously packaged as they are critically acclaimed-new deluxe trade paperback editions of the beloved stories. Editor(s): Mahdi, Muhsin. Translator(s): Haddawy, Husain. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
New Deluxe Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393332469
ISBN
9780393332469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. Set partly in Revolutionary Paris, and partly in romantic Cumbria, Judith Paris is the story of the two very different men who love Walpole's most delightful heroine. Series: Herries Chronicles. Num Pages: 784 pages, col. map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 632. Fine in good cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing shelf wear especially to spine and edges with water marks. Previous owners details to ffep. Pages edges slightly stained and with light foxing however text is clean and clear and remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
784
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSG0017202
ISBN
9780711228900
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 16.99
€ 12.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 446 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Anchor
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400096220
ISBN
9781400096220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.93

Paperback. Tells the story of three generations of the Rackrent family from the perspective of their servant, Thady Quirk, during the middle of the eighteenth century in Ireland. This book contains annotations, an introduction and a bibliography. Editor(s): Howard, Susan Kubica. Num Pages: 984 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208773
ISBN
9780872208773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.28

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