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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. As a little girl Stephen Gordon always felt different. A talent for sport, a hatred of dresses and a preference for solitude were not considered suitable for a young lady of the Victorian upper-class. But when Stephen grows up and falls in love with another woman, her standing in the county and her place at the home she loves become untenable. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 41. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870324
ISBN
9781784870324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 12. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007925582
ISBN
9780007925582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.42

paperback. Presents the moral stories of Rabelais that expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque fantasy. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 47. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140445503
ISBN
9780140445503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

paperback. Presents the moral stories of Rabelais that expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque fantasy. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 47. Weight in Grams: 740. Paperback, cover slightly scuffed, otherrwise in good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF2233779
ISBN
9780140445503
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

paperback. Presents the moral stories of Rabelais that expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque fantasy. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 47. Weight in Grams: 740. Some light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2233450
ISBN
9780140445503
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. An historical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685). It is also a love story told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, as he grows to manhood determined to right the wrongs in his land, and to win the heart and hand of the beautiful Lorna Doone. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 408. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0006006
ISBN
9781853260766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel Weir of Hermiston on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405256
ISBN
9781474405256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.75
€ 109.07

paperback. This novel tells the story of Kimball O'Hara (Kim), who is the orphaned son of a soldier in the Irish regiment stationed in India during the British Raj. It describes Kim's life and adventures from street vagabond, to his adoption by his father's regiment and recruitment into espionage. Editor(s): Watts, Prof. Cedric, M.A., Ph.D. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260995
ISBN
9781853260995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Includes characters who are obsessed with the rise and fall of gods, empires and heroes. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3B; FA; FC; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185002
ISBN
9780141185002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. Love gets in the way of progress when Raman, a sign painter, meets Daisy, who wishes to bring birth control to the city of Malgudi. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140185492
ISBN
9780140185492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. John Ridd is a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon. Seized by curiosity and a sense of adventure, he makes his way to the valley of the Doones. Editor(s): Allen, Michelle; Madison, R.D. Num Pages: 752 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039327
ISBN
9780143039327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Act as miniatures that aim to be regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. These tales with their prose and wordplay, include 104 stories that reveal a world, in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a pear tree, a scholar recounts his incarnations, and a woman out-foxes the fox-spirit that possesses her. Translator(s): Minford, John. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447408
ISBN
9780140447408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Translator(s): Jotcham, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540440
ISBN
9780199540440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612192260
ISBN
9781612192260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Chambers, Anthony. Num Pages: 248 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139137
ISBN
9780231139137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Wracked by fear, hunger and fierce rivalries, they link up, fall apart, struggle to stay alive and to sabotage the efforts of the all-powerful German army. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183909
ISBN
9780141183909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Levine, Susan F. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204980
ISBN
9780872204980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fine Communications,US United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593082406
ISBN
9781593082406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536481
ISBN
9780199536481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Basilus, a foolish old Duke, consults an oracle, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies, he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all manner of complications ensue. Editor(s): Evans, Maurice. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0001513
ISBN
9780140431117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A lost British army patrol in WWI Mesopotamia is gradually picked off one by one in this suspenseful thriller. Series: Casemate Classic War Fiction. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 191 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612003788
ISBN
9781612003788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.96

hardcover. Sherlock Holmes was still an undergraduate when Squire Trevor pointed out the direction of his future life's work, telling him that all the detectives of fact and of fancy would be children in your hands. His prediction was right on the mark: so it was then, and so it remains more than a century later. Num Pages: 421 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
421
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823212217
ISBN
9780823212217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Hensher, Philip. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396002
ISBN
9780141396002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Petronius lived during the reign of the notorious emperor Nero, a writer in a decadent empire, and in Frederic Raphael he finds a translator who brings his words vividly alive. Translator(s): Raphael, Frederic. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547832
ISBN
9781857547832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.93

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