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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Tells two parallel tales, in two parts - one is a story created in childhood and about childhood; and the other story is about two people called Gaspard Winckler: one an eight-year-old deaf-mute lost in a shipwreck, the other a man despatched to search for him, who discovers W, an island state based on the rules of sport. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552352
ISBN
9780099552352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A story of a young couple who want to enjoy life, but the only way they know how to do so is through ownership of 'things'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541660
ISBN
9780099541660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A pornographic fantasy in which the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185385
ISBN
9780141185385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Set in the countryside of the author's native province of Berry, this book tells the story of Francois, an orphan boy placed in a rural foster home, and Madeline, the miller's wife who befriends him. Translator(s): Collis, E. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258501
ISBN
9780803258501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. The first translation in over one hundred years of The Countess von Rudolstadt brings to contemporary readers one of George Sand's most ambitious and engaging novels, hailed by many scholars of French literature as her masterpiece. Translator(s): van Slyke, Gretchen. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220148
ISBN
9780812220148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Indiana (1831) is an absorbing and vivid romantic novel, set partly in provincial France, partly in Paris, and partly on a tropical island. It tells the story of a beautiful and innocent young woman, married at sixteen to a much older man. Editor(s): Schor, Naomi. Translator(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540488
ISBN
9780199540488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. Rediscovered satirical work by one of the greatest satirists of the turn of the last century. Since mothers-in-law have always been misunderstood and no one has ever taken up their side of the argument properly, Jane is determined to set the record straight and plead the cause of the most maligned race on the face of the earth. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0009977
ISBN
9781847493415
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182704
ISBN
9780141182704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.78

Paperback. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 115 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780141393049
ISBN
9780141393049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.97

Paperback. Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organised to benefit all who walk on four legs. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 180 x 7. Weight in Grams: 68.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780141036137
ISBN
9780141036137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.47

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Debolsillo
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9788499890944
ISBN
9788499890944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.71

Paperback. Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper. Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for the church school play. Suddenly her routine shatters and Dorothy finds herself down and out in London. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184654
ISBN
9780141184654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club, and Flory can help. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185378
ISBN
9780141185378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a good job to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395470
ISBN
9780141395470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Hardcover. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." George Orwell's modern fable on the way power corrupts is as apt as ever in the twenty-first century. Educational edition of this much-loved classic from Longman. Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582434479
ISBN
9780582434479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.36

Paperback. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which.. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241196687
ISBN
9780241196687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183725
ISBN
9780141183725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

hardcover. Focusing on authors work, this title offers a collection of three stories dated from the 1930s. It features books such as, In Burmese Days, Coming Up for Airdramatizes, and Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 39. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
677
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Print, This Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593357
ISBN
9781841593357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary life. He fears modern times - since, in 1939, the Second World War is imminent - foreseeing food queues, soldiers, secret police and tyranny. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185699
ISBN
9780141185699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Includes novels that are concerned with individuals at odds with repressive institutions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 1200 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1158.
Edition
1st Thus
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190396
ISBN
9780141190396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. One of the great novels of London life and labour in the 1890s, Esther Waters is the story of a single mother struggling against prejudice and injustice. It vividly brings to life a world of horse racing, gambling, and public houses and was groundbreaking in its approach. This is the only available edition of this powerful novel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583010
ISBN
9780199583010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

paperback. Brings together eleven of the author's shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". This title includes fairy stories that range from traditional fantasy - good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dream worlds. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140437379
ISBN
9780140437379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.74

Paperback. The Killers is a tale of gang violence, revenge, kidnapping, racial and ethnic conflict, international intrigue, and working-class triumph. Based on the real-life events of a Philadelphia race riot, this long-out-of-print sensational novella showcases the political and literary interests of its author, bestselling novelist George Lippard. Editor(s): Cohen, Matt; Wong, Edlie L. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223743
ISBN
9780812223743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Mr Charles Pooter has just moved into a home in Holloway with his dear wife Carrie. Unfortunately neither his friends Mr Cummings and Mr Gowing, nor the butcher, the greengrocer's boy and the Lord Mayor seem to recognise Mr Pooter's innate gentility, and his disappointing son Lupin has gone and got himself involved with a most unsuitable fiancee. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540885
ISBN
9780099540885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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