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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Mark Twain's gloriously funny "Diary of Adam and Eve", which John Updike recently described as 'a paradigm of the relations between sexes', is presented here with a number of other Twain pieces on our two oldest ancestors, showing the writer's interest in this most famous biblical story. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494382
- ISBN
- 9781847494382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.40
€ 11.40
Paperback. The two narratives published together in The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins are overflowing with spectacular events. Twain shows us conjoined twins, babies exchanged in the cradle, acts of cross-dressing and racial masquerade, duels, a lynching, and a murder mystery. Editor(s): Hsu, Hsuan L. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812660
- ISBN
- 9781554812660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.24
€ 30.99
€ 28.24
Paperback. Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in which they live. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107323
- ISBN
- 9780143107323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.02
€ 10.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. Determined that her baby son Tom shall not share her fate and remain in slavery, Roxy secretly exchanges him with his playmate Chambers, the son of her master. The two boys' lives in the quiet Missouri town of Dawson's Landing remain entwined even though they take very different directions. Editor(s): Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 336 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430400
- ISBN
- 9780140430400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Mark Twain's masterpiece is at the same time a highly entertaining romp which celebrates youth and freedom and a more profound investigation of his times, touching on themes such as race, revenge and slavery. This volume includes Tom Sawyer, Detective, a sequel and pastiche of the detective genre, first published in 1896. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494900
- ISBN
- 9781847494900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Balancing humour, insight and vitriol, Is Shakespeare Dead? is a provocative contribution to the tradition of Shakespeare-doubting, as well as a fine example of the great American novelist's critical writing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847495990
- ISBN
- 9781847495990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. The story of Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who is accidentally returned to sixth-century England, is a powerful analysis of such issues as monarchy versus democracy and free will versus determinism. Yet it is also one of Twain's finest comic novels, still fresh and funny after more than 100 years. This edition reproduces more than 40 of Dan Beard's original drawings. Illustrator(s): Beard, Daniel Carter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540587
- ISBN
- 9780199540587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Features recollections of the author's experiences prospecting for gold, speculating in timber, and writing for a succession of small Western newspapers during the 1860s. Editor(s): Hill, Hamlin. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- 16th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140390100
- ISBN
- 9780140390100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Editor(s): Fischer, Victor; Salamo, Lin; Smith, Harriet E.; Blair, Walter. Series: Mark Twain Library. Num Pages: 616 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 192 line illustrations, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 125th Anniversary Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266100
- ISBN
- 9780520266100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. When Huckleberry Finn escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105947
- ISBN
- 9780143105947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Enchanted Lion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592701292
- ISBN
- 9781592701292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Modern Library Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812971187
- ISBN
- 9780812971187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.18
€ 32.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Huck is a young, naive white boy fleeing from his drunken, dangerous Pa and Jim is a runaway slave longing to be reunited with his family. Flung together by circumstance, they journey down the Mississippi together on a log raft, each in search of his own definition of freedom. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099511113
- ISBN
- 9780099511113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
€ 9.99
€ 9.18
Paperback. Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins contain Twain's most overt treatment of the moral and societal implications of slavery in America. Editor(s): Berger, Sidney E. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 254 x 35. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393925357
- ISBN
- 9780393925357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 180 x 112 x 22. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007351039
- ISBN
- 9780007351039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.73
€ 5.73
Paperback. One of Twain's most celebrated novellas, 'The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg' is a satirical retelling of the Garden of Eden story in the Bible, in which the author, mocking the supposed honesty and incorruptibility of the inhabitants of an imaginary American town, shows how man is fundamentally bad and cannot resist the temptations of gold. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494030
- ISBN
- 9781847494030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.42
€ 11.42
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Kredel, Fritz. Series: Calla Editions. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606600481
- ISBN
- 9781606600481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007420063
- ISBN
- 9780007420063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.42
€ 5.42
Paperback. Tom Sawyer, an adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Wordsworth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853260117
- ISBN
- 9781853260117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Leather / fine binding. Num Pages: 718 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Publisher
- Advantage Publishers Group United States
- Number of pages
- 718
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Lea
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607103165
- ISBN
- 9781607103165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.65
€ 27.99
€ 27.65
Hardback. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141199573
- ISBN
- 9780141199573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.29
€ 21.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. Enormously influential in the development of American literature, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a controversial novel at the centre of impassioned critical debate. This edition discusses all the current issues and the evolution of Mark Twain's penetrating genius. Editor(s): Elliott, Emory. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; FC; YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KTG0021179
- ISBN
- 9780199536559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback.
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Bantam Classics
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780553211283
- ISBN
- 9780553211283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.00
€ 8.00
Paperback. Enormously influential in the development of American literature, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a controversial novel at the centre of impassioned critical debate. This edition discusses all the current issues and the evolution of Mark Twain's penetrating genius. Editor(s): Elliott, Emory. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; FC; YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KKD0004811
- ISBN
- 9780199536559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95