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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Kafka's story about a man seeking acceptance and access to the mysterious castle is among the central works of modern literature. This translation follows the German critical text and includes a detailed introduction and notes to this famously enigmatic novel. Editor(s): Robertson, Ritchie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199238286
ISBN
9780199238286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Appelbaum, Stanley. Translator(s): Appelbaum, Stanley. Series: Dover Dual Language German. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486295619
ISBN
9780486295619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The Trial is one of the central works of modern literature. This meticulous new translation includes the chapters Kafka left incomplete and is accompanied by a biographical preface, detailed introduction, chronology, bibliography and notes. Editor(s): Robertson, Ritchie. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199238293
ISBN
9780199238293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. The text of this edition presents, fully annotated, the 1899 First Edition text of McTeague, a significant example of American literary naturalism and a commentary on turn-of-the-century American cultural values. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393970135
ISBN
9780393970135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Loving, Jerome M. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554898
ISBN
9780199554898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Graffigny's bold and original novel tells the story of Zilia, an Inca Virgin, rescued from the Spanish and brought to France. Separated from her lover and her culture, she recounts her experiences and personal growth. To this fine new translation are appended extracts from Graffigny's chief source and other writers' fictional responses. Translator(s): Mallinson, Jonathan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black and white. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199208173
ISBN
9780199208173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Referred to by their author as his 'passionate twins' and intended to provide an illustration of the original, primitive virtues of Christianity, the two novellas - "Atala" and "Rene" - were hugely successful in their time, thanks to their vivid depictions of exotic locations and their attunement to the emotional sensitivities of the age. Translator(s): Heppenstall, Rayner. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150. Referred to by their author as his 'passionate twins' and intended to provide an illustration of the original, primitive virtues of Christianity, the two novellas - "Atala" and "Rene" - were hugely successful in their time, thanks to their vivid depictions of exotic locations and their attunement to the emotional sensitivities of the age. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FC. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight: 154. Translator(s): Heppenstall, Rayner.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
119
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492609
ISBN
9781847492609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Tells of the adventures of the naive Candide, who doggedly believes that all is for the best even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039426
ISBN
9780143039426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Rip-roaring and rib-tickling, Francois Rabelais' irreverent story of the giant Gargantua, his giant son Pantagruel, and their companion Panurge is a classic of the written word. This translation, annotated for the nonspecialist, brings to twentieth-century English all the exuberance and invention of the original sixteenth-century French. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 1114 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1560.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
1114
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520064010
ISBN
9780520064010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

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
€ 10.22

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
€ 16.19

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
€ 11.81

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
€ 10.81

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
€ 23.73

Paperback. Exactly 500 years after its first publication by the great Venetian printing house Aldus Manutius, Francesco Colonna's weird, erotic, allegorical antiquarian tale, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, was translated into English and reprinted in full, together with all of its 174 original - and enchanting - woodcut illustrations. Translator(s): Godwin, Joscelyn. Num Pages: 496 pages, 174 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500285497
ISBN
9780500285497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.70

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

€ 14.42

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

€ 6.31

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

€ 6.31

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
€ 9.94

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
€ 13.47

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

€ 18.99
€ 16.34

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

€ 8.35

paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155141
ISBN
9781903155141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

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

€ 7.98

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