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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Therese Desqueyroux walks free from court, acquitted of trying to poison her husband. As she travels home to the gloomy forests of Argelouse, Therese looks back over the marriage that brought her nothing but stifling darkness, and wonders, has she really escaped punishment or is it only just about to begin? Translator(s): Hopkins, Gerard; Hopkins, Gerard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 198 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394053
ISBN
9780141394053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624663451
ISBN
9781624663451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624663444
ISBN
9781624663444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. The heroes of the Spanish novels make their way through a seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Lazarillo de Tormes and Pablos the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for the gentlemanly ideals of religion, justice, honour and nobility. Translator(s): Alpert, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 maps, chronology, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 192 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449006
ISBN
9780140449006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486790268
ISBN
9780486790268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Arguably the first work of science fiction in English, Francis Godwin's ""The Man in the Moone"" was published in 1638, pseudonymously and posthumously. This title includes a critical introduction that places the text in its scientific and historical contexts. Editor(s): Poole, William (New College, Oxford). Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118963
ISBN
9781551118963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.63

paperback. Translator(s): Tennent, Martha. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Edition
New
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564788771
ISBN
9781564788771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Mary Lennox was horrid, selfish and spoilt, and was sent to stay with her uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the entrance to a secret garden a change overcomes her. With a local boy and her cousin the three children work magic in themselves and those around them. Series: Wordsworth's Children's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
Edition
New edition
SKU
V9781853261046
ISBN
9781853261046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became "show pupil" - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disappears, and Sara has to learn to cope with her changed circumstances. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 199 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853261367
ISBN
9781853261367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. An unhappy orphaned girl is transformed by the redeeming power of nature into an unselfish child who transforms the lives of others in Burnett's classic children's story. This edition explores the relationship between the book and other literary genres and historical influences, and includes the companion-piece, 'My Robin'. Editor(s): Hunt, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FZC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199588220
ISBN
9780199588220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. A classic children's tale that includes cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured, and beautiful book design that appeal to the Etsy[trademark]-loving world of handmade crafts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106456
ISBN
9780143106456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Persephone Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906462123
ISBN
9781906462123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.88

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008195557
ISBN
9780008195557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. First published in 1911, Burnett's classic story of a frightened orphan who discovers the joyful wonders of life on the Yorkshire Moors with the help of two local boys and a mysterious, abandoned garden where all things seem possible. Includes a new Afterword. Reissue. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 174 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451528834
ISBN
9780451528834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.28

Hardback. Mary Lennox is sent from an India as an orphan to live at Misselthwaite Manor. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little madam but becomes friends with local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin. In their restoration of a secret garden all their lives are changed for the better.

With an Afterword by Anna South.

Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 104 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827763
ISBN
9781509827763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Evelina remains the most accomplished and insouciant comic novel written by an Englishwoman before Austens Pride and Prejudice. Terry Castle, Stanford University Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 659.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
694
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112374
ISBN
9781551112374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.85

Paperback. Editor(s): Bloom, Edward A. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 black and white frontispieces. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536931
ISBN
9780199536931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Beautiful young Evelina falls victim to the rakish advances of Sir Clement Willoughby on her entrance to the world of fashionable London. Colliding with the manners and customs of a society she doesn't understand, she finds herself without hope that she should ever deserve the attention of the man she loves. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198866
ISBN
9780141198866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Written for the very audience it portrays, "The Excursion" introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to London's "gentle" society and its glittering pastimes. Brooke drew upon the English courtship novel in the tradition of Elize Haywood and Henry Fielding for her novel's plot structure. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 224 pages, references. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813108810
ISBN
9780813108810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322622
ISBN
9780940322622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

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