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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Although not among George Eliot's most admired works, this story is set in Florence at the end of the 15th century. It re-creates the picturesque complexion of the city and the characters of the historical figures, Charles VIII, Machiavelli and Savanorola. Editor(s): Barrett, Dorothea. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434705
ISBN
9780140434705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Pretty Hetty Sorrel is loved by the village carpenter Adam Bede, but her head is turned by the attentions of the fickle young squire. His dalliance with the dairymaid affects the lives of many in their small rural community. This new edition of Eliot's pioneering classic of social realism uses the definitive Clarendon text. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199203475
ISBN
9780199203475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. First published in 1894, the story of the diva Trilby O'Ferrall and her mesmeric mentor, Svengali, has entered the popular imagination. George Du Maurier's drawings for the novel form part of its appeal - this edition includes his most significant illustrations. Editor(s): Showalter, Elaine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, original drawings by the author. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538805
ISBN
9780199538805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. In the Latin Quarter of Paris, Trilby O'Ferrall is working as an artist's model. Her ingenuous nature makes her the perfect prey for the cruel magnetism of the demonic musician Svengali, under whose spell she falls. Using hypnotic powers Svengali shapes her into a virtuoso singer and soon she becomes Europe's most captivating soprano. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434033
ISBN
9780140434033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Witty, exuberant and irresistibly entertaining, Shaw's fifth and most ambitious novel is a brilliant satire on social prejudice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547292
ISBN
9781848547292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. A deliriously delightful novel of George Bernard Shaw's, full of miscommunication, drawing-room comedy and love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547476
ISBN
9781848547476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Charles is a modern libertine, dedicated to vice and depravity, while Robert is a priest so devout that he is nicknamed l'Abbe. When the sexually wild Eponine intrudes upon their suffocating relationship, anguish, delirium, and death ensue. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195537
ISBN
9780141195537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.42

Paperback. Anxious, accident-prone, occasionally waspish, Charles Pooter has come to be seen as the epitome of English suburban life. This edition features Weedon Grossmith's hilarious illustrations and is complemented by an introduction detailing the book's social background. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, line drawings by Weedon Grossmith. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540150
ISBN
9780199540150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.12

Paperback. Features observations on life complemented by illustrations. Illustrator(s): Searle, Ronald. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; FC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186009
ISBN
9780141186009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Translator(s): Lewis, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199030
ISBN
9780141199030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. From the exuberant Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to the Miller's worldly, ribald farce, this title includes tales which can be taken as a mirror of fourteenth-century London. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442297
ISBN
9780141442297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 116 x 41. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007449446
ISBN
9780007449446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.77

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Publication date
2018
Edition
new edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213278
ISBN
9781910213278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Leroux's classic Gothic melodrama, here freshly presented in a vivid new translation, with informative introduction and notes. The original novel behind Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous musical, The Phantom of the Opera tells of the masked Phantom whose obsessive love for Christine Daae sets in chain a series of terrifying events. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199694570
ISBN
9780199694570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Hardback. Approximately 2600 entries, including reviews, news reports, a selection of obituaries, and reviews of all 19th-century book-length studies of Hawthorne's life and literary career. Series: The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, Plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810821842
ISBN
9780810821842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062456212
ISBN
9780062456212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and flouting the rules of morality and social interaction along the way. In his aristocratic circles in Rome, he is a serial seducer. But there are two women who command his special regard: the young widow Elena, and the pure, virgin-like Maria. Translator(s): Raffaelli, Lara Gochin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106746
ISBN
9780143106746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Num Pages: 432 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141184999
ISBN
9780141184999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Series: Dover Children's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486423623
ISBN
9780486423623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.50

Paperback. Illuminates the pretensions of the most powerful class within the very citadel of security which its members have built. This title covers egoism, sentimentality and the power of comedy. It features the defeat of egoism by the power of comedy. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140430349
ISBN
9780140430349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Set in the early-twentieth century, this book features Father Brown whose world is quintessentially English; crime scenes await in country houses, rural parish churches and quaint gardens as well as foggy London streets and shadowy railway stations. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 43. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781849906463
ISBN
9781849906463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Set in the early-twentieth century, this book features Father Brown whose world is quintessentially English; crime scenes await in country houses, rural parish churches and quaint gardens as well as foggy London streets and shadowy railway stations. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 43. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849906463
ISBN
9781849906463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe's Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of 'Thursday'. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199771
ISBN
9780141199771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Hardcover. Chesterton wrote some of the best nonsense and satirical verse in the language. In this book, the main bias of the selection, however, will be towards Chesterton's non-fictional prose, where, the author argues, his real greatness lies. It includes Father Brown detective stories, and a range of poetry, serious and light-hearted. Editor(s): Ker, Ian. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 45. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593371
ISBN
9781841593371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.94

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