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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Introduces us to a group of memorable characters, variously eccentric, farcical and endearing. This book involves the reader in the labyrinthine creation of a purported autobiography. It anticipates modernism and postmodernism. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262913
ISBN
9781853262913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Offers a narrative that interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby, and a host of other characters, including Dr Slop, Corporal Trim and the parson Yorick. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 192 x 29. Weight in Grams: 438.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199993
ISBN
9780141199993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. A mock autobiography, in which the hero wrestles with the impossibility of explaining anything without explaining everything. In the process he explores every conceivable fictional device in a brilliant display of narrative fireworks. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 133 x 42. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
720
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150070
ISBN
9781857150070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.31

Paperback. The most famous of Sterne's works, the humorous Tristram Shandy has remained popular ever since its initial publication and is widely regarded as a classic. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393921366
ISBN
9780393921366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. A novel of sentiment, that masquerades as the fragmentary travel journal of Parson Yorick, a whimsical and amorous Englishman abroad. Accompanied through Paris and the provinces by his loyal French valet, Yorick enjoys a variety of sentimental and often comic encounters with a lively range of French characters. Editor(s): Turner, Katherine. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Broadview Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118888
ISBN
9781551118888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.44

Paperback. Icelandic literary culture was one of the richest and most important in the medieval world. This title brings together the finest comic stories from medieval Iceland. It examines how the stories satirised old-style sagas while exploiting their classic themes of quests and revenge. Editor(s): Kellogg, Robert. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447743
ISBN
9780140447743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Russian author Tolstoy is probably best known for his epic novels, but he also wrote many shorter works. Included here are three of his finest stories, Family Happiness, Master and Man, and Alyosha the Pot. Series: Short Story Collections. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061773730
ISBN
9780061773730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.13

Paperback. Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. In this revised and updated version of the definitive and highly acclaimed Maude translation, Tolstoy's genius and the power of his prose are made newly available to the contemporary reader. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1392 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 44. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199232765
ISBN
9780199232765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. Combines history and fiction of Russia's lengthy war with the French armies of Napoleon and its effects on the domestic lives of those caught up in the conflict. This title creates some of the characters in literature. It follows the rise and fall of families in St Petersburg and Moscow who are linked by their personal and political relationships. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 1296 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1568.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Gift ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099512233
ISBN
9780099512233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.75

Hardback. One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina is the story of a beautiful woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties. This major translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198800538
ISBN
9780198800538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. In these six late stories Tolstoy explores human relationships and moral choices, raising profound questions about life in gripping fictional form. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is an existential masterpiece, a harrowing tale of the final illness and death of a bourgeois lawyer. Newly translated, and with a wide-ranging Introduction. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199669882
ISBN
9780199669882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Hardcover. Set in mid-19th-century Russia, this book tells the story of a married woman's passion for a young officer and of her tragic fate. Translator(s): Maude, Louise; Maude, Aylmer. Num Pages: 964 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 48. Weight in Grams: 890. Some very light soiling and/or shelf wear may be present.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
964
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
9781857150582
ISBN
9781857150582
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 24.99
€ 15.77

paperback. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late fiction. This collection includes "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" and nine other stories such as "Hadji Murat", "The Devil", and "War and Peace". Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 39. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541066
ISBN
9780099541066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Hardback. Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. In this definitive Maude translation, Tolstoy's genius and the power of his prose are made newly available to the contemporary reader. Translator(s): Maude, Louise. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 1392 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198800545
ISBN
9780198800545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.43

Hardcover. Features short stories and novellas that reflect every aspect of author's developing art and outlook. This book is dominated by the characteristic experiences of his early life as soldier, land-owner, husband and father, the life which shaped Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Translator(s): Maude, Louise; Maude, Aylmer. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 39. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
848
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157574
ISBN
9781857157574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.89

Paperback. Tolstoy's epic depicts Russia's war with Napoleon and its effects on the lives of those caught up in the conflict. In this book, he creates some of the most vital and involving characters in literature as he follows the rise and fall of families in St Petersburg and Moscow who are linked by their personal and political relationships. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 1296 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
1296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099512240
ISBN
9780099512240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Anna is a beautiful, intelligent woman whose passionate affair with the dashing Count Vronsky leads her to ruin. Her story is also about a search for meaning, and by twinning it with that of Levin, an awkward idealist whose happy marriage and domestic trials form the backdrop for a similar quest. Series: Vintage Classic Russians Series. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 216 x 46. Weight in Grams: 894.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871956
ISBN
9781784871956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Tells the story of a nobleman's attempt to redeem the suffering his youthful philandering inflicted on a peasant girl who ends up a prisoner in Siberia. This title describes the social life in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Briggs, Anthony. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424638
ISBN
9780140424638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307951335
ISBN
9780307951335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Lodge, Kirsten. Translator(s): Lodge, Kirsten. Series: Broadview Anthology of British Literature Editions. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DQ; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Broadview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554813223
ISBN
9781554813223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.59

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