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Honoré de Balzac - Seraphita: (and Louis Lambert & The Exiles) - 9781903517833 - V9781903517833 4%OFF

Seraphita: (and Louis Lambert & The Exiles)

Honoré de Balzac

paperback. Translator(s): Bell, Clara. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dedalus Limited United Kingdom
Edition
4th ed.
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517833
ISBN
9781903517833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - Pere Goriot - 9781857150377 - V9781857150377 25%OFF

Pere Goriot

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Hardcover. In this novel of obsessive passion the author tells stories of Old Goriot and the ungrateful daughters he adores; young Rastignac, a country lad determined to make his way in Paris; and Vautrin, his satanic tempter. Their lives all cross in the Maison Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris. Translator(s): Marriage, E. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150377
ISBN
9781857150377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - Eug^D´enie Grandet - 9780199555895 - V9780199555895 21%OFF

Eug^D´enie Grandet

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. One of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's great Comedie Humaine, Eugenie Grandet (1833) is a story of family conflict, unrequited love and self-sacrifice set against the aftermath of the French Revolution. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555895
ISBN
9780199555895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - Old Man Goriot (Penguin Classics) - 9780140449723 - V9780140449723 21%OFF

Old Man Goriot (Penguin Classics)

Honor^d´e de Balzac

paperback. Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. Translator(s): McCannon, Olivia. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449723
ISBN
9780140449723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - The Black Sheep - 9780140442373 - V9780140442373

The Black Sheep

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially heroic soldier and adored by their mother Agathe. He is nonetheless a bitter figure, secretly gambling away her savings after a brief but glorious career as Napoleon's aide-de-camp at the battle of Montereau. Translator(s): Adamson, Donald. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442373
ISBN
9780140442373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.84

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - P^D`ere Goriot - 9780199538751 - V9780199538751 14%OFF

P^D`ere Goriot

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. Translator(s): Krailsheimer, A. J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538751
ISBN
9780199538751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - Eugenie Grandet - 9780099560869 - V9780099560869 13%OFF

Eugenie Grandet

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. Monsieur Grandet is a very rich man whose chief care is his gold. He runs his household with exacting miserly attention and his wife and daughter suffer a Spartan existence. On the evening of his daughter Eugenie's twenty third birthday his foppish nephew Charles suddenly arrives from Paris. Eugenie has never known passion. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560869
ISBN
9780099560869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.68

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - Ursule Mirouet - 9780141396705 - V9780141396705 21%OFF

Ursule Mirouet

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. In 1842, eight years before his death, Balzac described Ursule Mirouet as the masterpiece of all the studies of human society that he had written. In this title, the twin themes of redemption and rebirth are illuminated by a consistently passionate rejection of both philosophic and practical materialism in favour of love. Translator(s): Adamson, Donald. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396705
ISBN
9780141396705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - A Harlot High and Low (Penguin Classics) - 9780140442328 - V9780140442328 9%OFF

A Harlot High and Low (Penguin Classics)

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken up by a patroness, the captivating married woman Madame de Bargeton, and prepares to forge his way in the glamorous beau monde of Paris. Translator(s): Heppenstall, Rayner. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New Impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442328
ISBN
9780140442328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.28

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - History of the Thirteen - 9780140443011 - V9780140443011 25%OFF

History of the Thirteen

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443011
ISBN
9780140443011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - The Unknown Masterpiece (New York Review Books Classics) - 9780940322745 - V9780940322745 14%OFF

The Unknown Masterpiece (New York Review Books Classics)

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322745
ISBN
9780940322745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.39

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - The Wild Ass´s Skin - 9780199579501 - V9780199579501 26%OFF

The Wild Ass´s Skin

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. A young man, in despair over gambling debts, buys a magical animal skin that grants his every wish but hastens its owner's death in the process. Balzac's compelling tale is here presented in an exuberant new translation, with an illuminating introduction and notes. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199579501
ISBN
9780199579501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - Selected Short Stories - 9780140443257 - V9780140443257 26%OFF

Selected Short Stories

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. Twelve stories are representative of the tragic, melodramatic, sentimental, pathetic, and comic aspects of Balzac's art and testify to his keen sense of irony when observing the human condition. Translator(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443257
ISBN
9780140443257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - The Atheist´s Mass - 9780141397429 - V9780141397429

The Atheist´s Mass

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. Presents a pair of short stories about faith and sacrificial love. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397429
ISBN
9780141397429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - Cousin Pons - 9780140442052 - V9780140442052 21%OFF

Cousin Pons

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. Pons is an ageing musician, and believes that fame has fallen to nothing. Living with his friend, he maintains only two passions: a devotion to fine dining in the company relatives, and a dedication to the collection of antiques. This novel concerns French urban society: a cynical, pessimistic but never despairing consideration of human nature. Translator(s): Hunt, Herbert James. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442052
ISBN
9780140442052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - Pere Goriot - 9780393971668 - V9780393971668 9%OFF

Pere Goriot

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. The text is that of Burton Raffell's acclaimed 1994 translation. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Translator(s): Raffel, Professor Burton (Distinguished Arts and Humanities,Professor of English, University of Louisiana). Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393971668
ISBN
9780393971668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

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Honor^d´e de Balzac - Cousin Bette (Classics) - 9780140441604 - KTJ8038748

Cousin Bette (Classics)

Honor^d´e de Balzac

Paperback. Poor, plain spinster Bette is compelled to survive on the condescending patronage of her socially superior relatives in Paris: her beautiful, saintly cousin Adeline, the philandering Baron Hulot and their daughter Hortense. Translator(s): Crawford, Marion. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038748
ISBN
9780140441604
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

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Horace Walpole - The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (Oxford World's Classics) - 9780198704447 - V9780198704447 12%OFF

The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (Oxford World's Classics)

Horace Walpole

Paperback. One of the most influential Gothic novels, The Castle of Otranto established the literary effects associated with the genre: an ancient castle, secret passages, supernatural visitations, an innocent girl threatened with violence, sudden revelations, terror, and excitement. This new edition explores the reasons for the novel's impact. Editor(s): Groom, Nick. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198704447
ISBN
9780198704447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.88

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Horace Walpole - Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein (World's Classics) - 9780192823311 - V9780192823311 17%OFF

Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenst...

Horace Walpole

Paperback. Each of these four Gothic stories reveals a psychological tale of isolation and monomania. H. Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto' is filled with terror and ghostly interventions. William Beckford's 'Vathek' alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exotic magnificence. 'The Monk', by Matthew Lewis and M. Shelley's 'Frankenstein' are also included. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
612
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192823311
ISBN
9780192823311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.48

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Horace Walpole - Three Gothic Novels - 9780140430363 - V9780140430363 25%OFF

Three Gothic Novels

Horace Walpole

Paperback. The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: "The Castle of Otranto", published pseudonymously in 1765; "Vathek" (1786); and the story of "Frankenstein" (1818). Editor(s): Fairclough, Peter. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140430363
ISBN
9780140430363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

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Horace Walpole - The Castle of Otranto - 9780140437676 - V9780140437676 14%OFF

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437676
ISBN
9780140437676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

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Horace Walpole - The Castle of Ontranto - 9780486434124 - V9780486434124

The Castle of Ontranto

Horace Walpole

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486434124
ISBN
9780486434124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

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Howard Spring - My Son, My Son - 9781784970772 - V9781784970772 22%OFF

My Son, My Son

Howard Spring

Paperback. First published in 1938, MY SON, MY SON is bestselling British author Howard Spring's multigenerational portrait of a relationship between father and son. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 46. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784970772
ISBN
9781784970772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

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Howard Susan - Castle Rackrent - 9780872208773 - V9780872208773 20%OFF

Castle Rackrent

Howard Susan

Paperback. Tells the story of three generations of the Rackrent family from the perspective of their servant, Thady Quirk, during the middle of the eighteenth century in Ireland. This book contains annotations, an introduction and a bibliography. Editor(s): Howard, Susan Kubica. Num Pages: 984 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208773
ISBN
9780872208773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.28

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