Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. 'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room and came across a dead rat in the middle of the landing.' It starts with the rats. Vomiting blood, they die in their hundreds, then in their thousands. When the rats are all gone, the citizens begin to fall sick. Like the rats, they too die in ever greater numbers. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 20. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780141049236
- ISBN
- 9780141049236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.70
€ 13.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186580
- ISBN
- 9780141186580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. This title tells the story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. Editor(s): Judt, Tony. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185132
- ISBN
- 9780141185132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. The 'first man' is Jacques Cormery, whose poverty-stricken childhood in Algiers is made bearable by his love for his silent and illiterate mother, and by the teacher who transforms his view of the world. This book gives profound insights into his life and the powerful themes underlying his work. Translator(s): Hapgood, David. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185231
- ISBN
- 9780141185231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Translator(s): Brooke-Rose, Christine. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Calder Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714544571
- ISBN
- 9780714544571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Calder Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714544540
- ISBN
- 9780714544540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.38
€ 12.38
Paperback. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Calder Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714544595
- ISBN
- 9780714544595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
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Hardback. Contains nine gothic tales that are Japan's celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film "Ugetsu". Editor(s): Chambers, Anthony H. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139120
- ISBN
- 9780231139120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 50.63
€ 65.07
€ 50.63
Paperback. The book that topped the international online poll held in Agatha Christie's 125th birthday year to discover which of her 80 crime books was the world's favourite. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008123208
- ISBN
- 9780008123208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.57
€ 11.99
€ 9.57
paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446494
- ISBN
- 9780140446494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Hardback. A leather bound edition from the popular series. It features a satin-ribbon bookmark, decorative stained edging and marbled endpapers. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 464 pages, b/w throughout, includes illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Union Square & Co.
- Number of pages
- 464
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781435144835
- ISBN
- 9781435144835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DB; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007902125
- ISBN
- 9780007902125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.40
€ 5.40
Paperback. This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in a frozen landscape is eloquent in its innocence. A Christmas story set in a terrifying and beautiful world of snow and ice, Rock Crystal is a classic of German literature, loved by children and adults alike. Translator(s): Mayer, Elizabeth; Moore, Marianne. Series: Pushkin Collection. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 120 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908968319
- ISBN
- 9781908968319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Translator(s): Moore, Marianne; Mayer, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172858
- ISBN
- 9781590172858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.64
€ 15.99
€ 13.64
Hardcover. Translator(s): Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 122 x 28. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Hardcover Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823119
- ISBN
- 9781933823119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.88
€ 23.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. Translator(s): Singerman, Alan J (Davidson College). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063928
- ISBN
- 9780271063928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.42
€ 38.99
€ 30.42
Paperback. "First published as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 2004; Reissued 2008."--Title page verso. Translator(s): Scholar, Angela. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199554928
- ISBN
- 9780199554928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. In this collection of 20 short stories, the editor Richard Ford has selected his personal favourites of Chekhov's work. Includes are "The Kiss", "The Darling", as well as lesser known tales such as "A Blunder", "Hush" and "Champagne". Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781862073005
- ISBN
- 9781862073005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.20
€ 14.99
€ 11.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oleander Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900891878
- ISBN
- 9780900891878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.51
€ 14.99
€ 13.51
Hardback. The essential thrust of this book is an examination of the origins and development of the satirical element of Stendal's writing in Italy, which culminates with the creation of what many critics consider to be his finest achievement, the novel La Chartreuse de Parme. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894463
- ISBN
- 9780859894463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.32
€ 137.32
Paperback. A masterpiece of character depiction. An expose of the Mayfair Mussolini fans and war profiteers One of A. G. Macdonell's most biting books - a perceptive look at the rise of Nazism and its inevitable outcome. A novel, but with such prescience it could have been fact; illustrating the fondness for the right wing fascist movements among monied set Series: The Fonthill Complete A. G. Macdonell Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781550182
- ISBN
- 9781781550182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.85
€ 17.99
€ 13.85
Paperback. A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan. Editor(s): Byatt, A. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199561605
- ISBN
- 9780199561605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
As an orphan under the care of her selfish aunt who pressures her to convert to Catholicism and enter a loveless marriage, Henrietta learns to live by her wits. Editor(s): Perry, Ruth; Carlile, Susan. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124902
- ISBN
- 9780813124902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.20
€ 69.20
Paperback. A novel that is enlightenment for beginners, offering a course of education in class, race, and gender to its six year-old protagonists, the robust farm-boy Harry Sandford and Tommy Merton, the spoilt boy from the big house. It offers practical lessons in manners, masculinity, and class politics. Editor(s): Day, Thomas; Bending, Stephen; Bygrave, Stephen. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551116280
- ISBN
- 9781551116280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.85
€ 42.99
€ 30.85