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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Set in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment, which is the the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby. Illustrator(s): Walker, Fiona; Greiffenhagen, Maurice. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New
SKU
9781853262326
ISBN
9781853262326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presenting a tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, this novel highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 848 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 45. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853261824
ISBN
9781853261824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.32

Paperback. Shows how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198897
ISBN
9780141198897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536238
ISBN
9780199536238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.26

Hardcover. This is an historical romance which takes place in Paris and London during the French Revolution. It is also a powerful study of crowd psychology and the dark emotions aroused by the Revolution. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151435
ISBN
9781857151435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. Represents a city's underworld, and the laws of corruption and delay. This novel projects these things in a vision that embraces black comedy, cosmic farce, and tragic ruin. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260827
ISBN
9781853260827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Set at the time of the anti-Catholic riots of 1780, with the real Lord George Gordon, leader of the riots, appearing in the book. The characters are caught up in the resulting mob lawlessness, which climaxes in the destruction of Newgate prison, an actual event brought to life in the novel. Illustrator(s): Cattermole, George; Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Num Pages: 872 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 43. Weight in Grams: 860.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152968
ISBN
9781857152968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812966169
ISBN
9780812966169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.68

Paperback. Memorialises the epic Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 and connects it to the upheavals of the revolutionary era and the murderous financial networks of Atlantic slavery. This work offers selections from key contemporary texts. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
442
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209213
ISBN
9780872209213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Elliott, Emory. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538775
ISBN
9780199538775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 70 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
70
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612191096
ISBN
9781612191096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492876
ISBN
9781847492876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.62

Includes translations of the earliest preserved novels in ancient Greek that offer us a glimpse of the beginning of prose fiction in the western world. Translator(s): Trzaskoma, Stephen M. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841931
ISBN
9781603841931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.05
€ 41.28

Paperback. Includes translations of the earliest preserved novels in ancient Greek that offer us a glimpse of the beginning of prose fiction in the western world. Translator(s): Trzaskoma, Stephen M. Num Pages: 236 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841924
ISBN
9781603841924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Hardback. .
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143124306
ISBN
9780143124306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.41

paperback. Cervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant have found its way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction, the 'books of chivalry', this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature. Translator(s): Motteaux, P. A. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 516. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022068
ISBN
9781853260360
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664489
ISBN
9781624664489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.36
€ 66.41

Hardback. A translation of Cervantes' masterpiece paired with a comprehensive Introduction. Translator(s): Montgomery, James H. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1324.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
896
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209596
ISBN
9780872209596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.96
€ 45.61

Paperback. A modern English translation of Cervantes' final novel, an exotic romance, and the novel he considered to be his finest. Translator(s): Weller, Celia Richmond; Colahan, Clark A. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
402
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209701
ISBN
9780872209701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664472
ISBN
9781624664472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. A translation of Cervantes' masterpiece. Translator(s): Montgomery, James H. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1198.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209589
ISBN
9780872209589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.34

Paperback. From the interfering Chaperon getting in the way of the Debutante's romantic expectations, to the overblown pomposity of the family butler, who runs the household with an iron fist but ingratiates himself with the master, Victorian author Catherine Gore brings to life the characters that best denote her generation of Englishmen and women. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845880439
ISBN
9781845880439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.36

Hardback. Translator(s): Taylor, John. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423726
ISBN
9780857423726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. Broadview's is the only edition available of this pioneering American novel of manners. Editor(s): Homestead, Melissa J.; Foster, Ellen A. Num Pages: 482 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118611
ISBN
9781551118611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.67

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