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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

paperback. Far from an idyllic state of affairs, the narrator is living in his mother's apartment in Paris with his lover, Albertine. His obsessive love for her means that their relationship is shadowed by jealousy and headed for tragedy. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099362616
ISBN
9780099362616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Hardcover. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Moncrieff, Scott. Num Pages: 900 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 42. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
900
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841598970
ISBN
9781841598970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.76

paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Patterson, Ian. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
6 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141180366
ISBN
9780141180366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. On the surface a traditional Bildungsroman describing the narrator's journey of self-discovery, this huge and complex book is also a panoramic and richly comic portrait of France in the author's lifetime, and a profound meditation on the nature of art, love, time, memory and death. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence. Num Pages: 3152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 168 x 141. Weight in Grams: 3136.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152500
ISBN
9781857152500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.38
€ 71.58

Paperback. Series: Ekphrasis. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 177 x 6. Weight in Grams: 68.
Publisher
David Zwirner
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941701508
ISBN
9781941701508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.40

Paperback. In its centennial year, Marcel Proust's masterpiece of literary imagination is available in a Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Lee, Susanna. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393919165
ISBN
9780393919165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. A work of Proust that is translated from French original into English. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141180311
ISBN
9780141180311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Years after the First World War's end, the narrator returns to Paris. He reflects on time, reality, jealousy, artistic creation, and the raw material of literature - his past life. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099362715
ISBN
9780099362715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Moncrieff, Scott. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 34. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841598963
ISBN
9781841598963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 18.76

Paperback. Travelling from Paris to the sunny seaside town of Balbec, the narrator meets an intriguing set of acquaintances who provide him with both friendship and entertainment. Most significantly, he meets a dark-haired girl with sparkling eyes and a tiny beauty spot on her chin, the mysterious Albertine, who becomes the love of his life. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099362319
ISBN
9780099362319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book offers an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Treharne, Mark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141180335
ISBN
9780141180335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Clark, Carol; Collier, Peter. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141180359
ISBN
9780141180359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. First published in 1666, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle's Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World is the first fictional portrayal of women and the new science. This Broadview Edition includes related historical materials on the new science and Cavendish's role in the intellectual world of her time. Editor(s): Mendelson, Sara. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Broadview Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781554812424
ISBN
9781554812424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.07

Paperback. Catherine's mother died when Catherine was just a baby girl, leaving nothing but her perfect reputation to live up to. Or so she thought. But then Catherine finds a box addressed to her, filled with objects seemingly without meaning - three feathers, an exotic seashell, a painting, a mirror, two prints, a map, a hat, a rucksack and a necklace. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572053
ISBN
9780099572053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Avant-garde composer Albert Sanger lives in a ramshackle chalet in the Swiss Alps, surrounded by his 'Circus' of assorted children, admirers and a slatternly mistress. The family and their home life may be chaotic, but visitors fall into an enchantment, and the claims of respectable life or upbringing fall away. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589747
ISBN
9780099589747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Returning home to tend her widowed father Dr Marjoribanks, Lucilla soon launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select Thursday evening parties. Optimistic, resourceful and blithely unimpeded by self-doubt, Lucilla is a superior being in every way, not least in relation to men. Editor(s): Jay, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436303
ISBN
9780140436303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Davis, Philip; Nellist, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555499
ISBN
9780199555499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841950600
ISBN
9781841950600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.30

paperback. MISS MARJORIBANKS is one of her Chronicles of Carlingford. Exquisite and entertaining comedies of Victorian provincial Society. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Little, Brown United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082087
ISBN
9781844082087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155769
ISBN
9781903155769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.47

Paperback. A tale of passion, violence, cruelty and unexpected tenderness, Margiad Evans conjures a tempestuous and sometimes sinister world of small-town border life in the early twentieth century. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998288
ISBN
9781906998288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.45

Paperback. In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for the bridge to be repaired, they are inspired to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. Translator(s): Chilton, Paul. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443554
ISBN
9780140443554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. Translator(s): Seaver, Richard. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Calder Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714544557
ISBN
9780714544557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.79

Paperback. The Emperor Hadrian writes a valedictory letter to Marcus Aurelius, his future successor. The Emperor meditates on his past, describing his accession, military triumphs, love of poetry and music, and the philosophy that informed his powerful and far-flung rule. This work recreates the life and death of one of the great rulers of the ancient world. Translator(s): Frick, Grace. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184968
ISBN
9780141184968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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