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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Meet Elizabeth and discover there is no greater happiness to be found than when lost in a wilderness of a garden, with bird cherries, lilacs, hollyhocks and lilies crowding the vision. This is her sanctuary from a host of unreasonable demands, whether from the Man of Wrath (husband), babies, servants and (worst of all horrors) house guests. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872328
- ISBN
- 9781784872328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. At one level an escapist fantasy, at another a parable about the liberation of the spirit, this delicious confection will work its magic on all.' 'The Daily Telegraph Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 126 x 27. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Virago Press (UK)
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087617
- ISBN
- 9781844087617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. What on earth could have induced Mr Anstruther to fall in love with Fraulein Schmidt? He is an eligible English bachelor from a good family with great expectations; she is the plain, poor, 'spinster' daughter of a German scholar. But Rose-Marie Schmidt is also funny, intelligent, brave and gifted with an irrepressible talent for happiness. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872342
- ISBN
- 9781784872342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. Elizabeth Taylor's most famous novel, shortlisted for the 1975 Booker Prize, is published in VMC designer hardback. Cover by Celia Birtwell. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089338
- ISBN
- 9781844089338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. A finely nuanced exploration of responsibility, snobbery and culture clash. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083084
- ISBN
- 9781844083084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A classic tale of fantasy and self-delusion from one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the twentieth century Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083077
- ISBN
- 9781844083077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. First published in 1968, this quietly ironic exploration of the ways in which the parental mould is not easily broken, is one of Elizabeth Taylor's most ambitious novels. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086559
- ISBN
- 9781844086559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. *A humorous and compassionate look at the blossoming friendship between an old woman and a young man. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083213
- ISBN
- 9781844083213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. IN A SUMMER SEASON is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be the thing it is: beautiful, often funny, and sometimes tragic. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083206
- ISBN
- 9781844083206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A novel which tracks the fortunes of Jason Auster and his unlikely bride, the aristocratic Sarah Parke, along with the children and wards, the lost loves and secret passions that define and forever alter an entire family and everyone who touches it. It illuminates the racial, sexual, and political conventions and conflicts of its time. Editor(s): Putzi, Jennifer. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293472
- ISBN
- 9780803293472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Winner of Hesperus' 'Uncover a Classic' competition The Great Meadow is a romantic saga of young love on the Kentucky trail in colonial America. A long neglected American classic. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843913887
- ISBN
- 9781843913887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Tompkins, J. M. S. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199554720
- ISBN
- 9780199554720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Text Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922182968
- ISBN
- 9781922182968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel depicts the great clashes between capital and labour, which arose from rapid industrialisation and problems of trade in the mid-19th century. Mary Barton was published in 1848, at a time of great social ferment in Europe, and it reflects its revolutionary moment through an English lens. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840226898
- ISBN
- 9781840226898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Paperback. Contains six of her finest stories that have been selected to demonstrate the variety and accomplishment of her shorter fiction, and to trace the development of her art. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224511
- ISBN
- 9781840224511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Hardback. Gaskell's best known work is set in a small rural town, inhabited largely by women. This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141442549
- ISBN
- 9780141442549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 13.91
€ 21.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007902255
- ISBN
- 9780007902255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.80
€ 5.80
Paperback. Follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil but moribund ways of southern England to the north. This book uses a love story to show how personal and public lives were woven together in a industrial society. It traces the origins of problems and possibilities which are still challenging a hundred and fifty years later. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853260933
- ISBN
- 9781853260933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Paperback. Mary Barton was praised by contemporary critics for its vivid realism, its convincing characters and its deep sympathy with the poor, and it still has the power to engage and move readers today. This edition reproduces the last edition of the novel supervised by Elizabeth Gaskell and includes her husband's two lectures on the Lancashire dialect. Editor(s): Foster, Shirley. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538355
- ISBN
- 9780199538355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making a better life for herself and her father. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself painfully torn between the two men. Editor(s): Daly, Macdonald. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434644
- ISBN
- 9780140434644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30