Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486292731
- ISBN
- 9780486292731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.66
€ 8.66
Paperback. Parodying the popular travel accounts of its time, Gulliver's Travels is not only a tour de force of imaginative and comic writing, which has thrilled readers of all ages for almost three centuries, but also a masterly, merciless satire on Western society and human nature. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847495976
- ISBN
- 9781847495976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.02
€ 9.99
€ 9.02
Paperback. In the course of his famous travels, Gulliver is captured by miniature people who wage war on each other because of religious disagreement over how to crack eggs, is sexually assaulted by giants, visits a floating island, and decides that the society of horses is better than that of his fellow man. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099512059
- ISBN
- 9780099512059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.62
€ 9.99
€ 8.62
Hardback. Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141196640
- ISBN
- 9780141196640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.29
€ 20.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. Describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction, which discusses the ways "Gulliver's Travels" has been interpreted since its first publication. Editor(s): DeMaria, Robert. Num Pages: 336 pages, chronology, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- 9780141439495
- ISBN
- 9780141439495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.06
€ 10.99
€ 9.06
Hardcover. Uses the narrative of a mock travel writer to explore exotic and imaginary locations. This book mounts a scathing attack on the morals, politics and learning of the 18th century, culminating in possibly the greatest satire ever written: the story of the Houyhnhnms. Num Pages: 326 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150261
- ISBN
- 9781857150261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland, where talking horses are the dominant species. This novel attacks the political and financial corruption. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKE0000941
- ISBN
- 9781853260278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 4.99
€ 6.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106364
- ISBN
- 9780143106364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.43
€ 15.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. A collection of short stories with such themes as dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183831
- ISBN
- 9780141183831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Offers accounts of 'Funes the Memorious', the man who can forget nothing; 'Pierre Menard, Author of the "Quixote"', who recreates Miguel de Cervantes' epic word-for-word; a society run on the basis of an all-encompassing game of chance in 'The Lottery in Babylon'. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183848
- ISBN
- 9780141183848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral. This title presents eleven short stories. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183862
- ISBN
- 9780141183862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Jones, W. Glyn. Series: Dedalus Europe 2013. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909232303
- ISBN
- 9781909232303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.21
€ 13.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Durtal, a shy, censorious man, is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the monstrous fifteenth-century child-murderer thought to be the original for 'Bluebeard'. Bored and disgusted by the vulgarity of everyday life, Durtal seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age. Translator(s): Hale, Terry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447675
- ISBN
- 9780140447675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Against Nature is Huysmans's great fin-de-siecle novel anticipating many of the strains of modernism in its appreciation of Baudelaire, Moreau, Redon, Mallarme and Poe. This new translation is supplemented by a critically up-to-date introduction and indispensable notes which enhance the understanding of a highly allusive work. Editor(s): White, Nicholas. Translator(s): Mauldon, Margaret. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555116
- ISBN
- 9780199555116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Des Esseintes is a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art, exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise). Translator(s): McGuinness, Patrick; Baldick, Robert. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, chronology, further reading. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447637
- ISBN
- 9780140447637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Editor(s): King, Brendan. Translator(s): Bell, Clara; King, Brendan. Num Pages: 364 pages, 20 b&w photos of Chartres cathedral taken by Brendan King. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517901
- ISBN
- 9781903517901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.29
€ 13.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Translator(s): King, Brendan. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517659
- ISBN
- 9781903517659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.18
€ 12.18
Paperback. Translator(s): Vetch, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811222181
- ISBN
- 9780811222181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.42
€ 15.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. The Noli, as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism. This title tells a love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039693
- ISBN
- 9780143039693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671138
- ISBN
- 9780914671138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.66
€ 19.99
€ 15.66