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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Editor(s): Ty, Eleanor. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; FC; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555406
ISBN
9780199555406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.36

Paperback. Published in 1942, Mary McCarthy's first novel creates a fascinating portrait of a 1930s New York social circle. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085941
ISBN
9781844085941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. This historical romance is based on the author's experience of living on a Cuban slaveholder's plantation from 1833 to 1835. It centres on the visit of Helen Wentworth to a friend's plantation and the love affair between Juanita, a beautiful slave with whom the plantation owner's son falls in love. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: FC; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919560
ISBN
9780813919560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.97

Paperback. Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a novelist, Mary Renault brings the ancient Greek stage thrillingly to life. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089567
ISBN
9781844089567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. The King Must Die retells the story of Theseus, bringing mythology vividly to life. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089635
ISBN
9781844089635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a novelist, Mary Renault masterfully brings the ancient world to life in this page-turning drama of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089611
ISBN
9781844089611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. In a masterful novel that vividly recreates the world of Ancient Greece, Mary Renault tells the story of Simonides, an ugly boy destined to create beauty through his extraordinary poetic talent. Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a great novelist, Mary Renault brings the ancient world vividly to life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089604
ISBN
9781844089604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. A sparkling, unconventional social comedy set in bohemian 1930s London. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089529
ISBN
9781844089529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. In the final novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089598
ISBN
9781844089598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. In the first novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089574
ISBN
9781844089574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. The sequel to Mary Renault's classic The King Must Die, which continues the story of the mythological hero Theseus after his return from Crete. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089628
ISBN
9781844089628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. In the second novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089581
ISBN
9781844089581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089512
ISBN
9781844089512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.96

paperback. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105039
ISBN
9780143105039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Hardcover. The most important and complete annotated volume of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ever compiled appears for the 200th anniversary of the original publication. Editor(s): Klinger, Leslie S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 250 color and black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216. .
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871409492
ISBN
9780871409492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780141393391
ISBN
9780141393391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Obsessed with the idea of creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material with which to fashion a new being, shocking his creation to life with electricity. But this botched creature, rejected by its creator and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy Frankenstein and all that he holds dear. Editor(s): Hindle, Maurice. Num Pages: 352 pages, chronology, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
9780141439471
ISBN
9780141439471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.92

Paperback. Originally published in 1823, Valperga is probably Mary Shelley's most neglected novel. Set in 14th-century Italy, it represents a merging of historical romance and the literature of sentiment. Incorporating intriguing feminist elements, this absorbing novel shows Shelley as a complex and intellectually astute thinker. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 492 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111445
ISBN
9781551111445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.85

Paperback. The only novel written by Charlotte Bronte's life-long friend, Mary Taylor, this is the story of the education and up-bringing of a group of young women, which emphasizes their friendship and their ability to maintain mental and economic well-being in straightened circumstances. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195064926
ISBN
9780195064926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.63

Paperback. Strongly autobiographical, Mary and The Wrongs of Woman powerfully complement Wollstonecraft's non-fictional writing, inspired by the French Revolution and the social upheavals that followed. Editor(s): Kelly, Gary. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538904
ISBN
9780199538904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. Includes stories that combine passion with forceful feminist argument. In "Mary Wollstonecraft's Mary", the heroine flees her young husband in order to nurse her dearest friend, Ann, and finds genuine love, while Maria tells of a desperate young woman who seeks consolation in the arms of another man after the loss of her child. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005140
ISBN
9780140433715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Paley, Morton D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552351
ISBN
9780199552351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

Hardback. Published in 1818, Frankenstein has spellbound readers for generations and has inspired numerous retellings and sequels in every medium, making the myth familiar even to those who have never read a word of Mary Shelley's novel. This freshly annotated, illustrated edition illuminates the novel and its electrifying afterlife. Editor(s): Wolfson, Susan J.; Levao, Ronald. Num Pages: 400 pages, 98 color illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 238 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1334.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055520
ISBN
9780674055520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed of 1818 ed
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226752273
ISBN
9780226752273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.39

Paperback. Mary Shelley was a complex and committed soc ial thinker whose novels reveal her deep concern with the im pact of the emerging Victorian social dynamic upon the lives of women. Lodore tells of a woman"s journey to reconciliati on with her mother. ' Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 555 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
555
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110776
ISBN
9781551110776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.85

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Eko. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Regan Arts United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632060785
ISBN
9781632060785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. In the late eighteenth century, Matthew Gregory 'Monk' Lewis, a notorious author of lurid Gothic novels and plays, began to gather this collection of horror ballads. This title presents an eclectic collection of stories and ballads gathered by an early master of Gothic horror. It also includes ballads by Lewis, and the young Walter Scott. Editor(s): Thomson, Douglass H. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118352
ISBN
9781551118352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. Shows the diabolical decline of Ambrosio, a worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid who is tempted by Matilda, a young girl who has entered his monastery disguised as a boy. Descending into a hell of his own creation, Ambrosio is driven to magic and murder in an attempt to conceal his crimes from the Inquisition. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Penguin Classics England
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436037
ISBN
9780140436037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. John Newbery is celebrated as the first successful publisher of children's books, and the founder of modern children's literature. Three classic works published by Newbery (the authors unknown) are now available for a new generation of readers. Edited by M. O. Grenby, with an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading. Editor(s): Grenby, Matthew O. Series: Classics of Children's Literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSY; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137274274
ISBN
9781137274274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJW; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629143736
ISBN
9781629143736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJW; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620877951
ISBN
9781620877951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. Concerns the relationship between the great Danish astronomer and the younger, intellectually superior Johannes Kepler. This book talks of a conflict that becomes an emblem of the struggle between a weakened tradition and a self-conscious modernity. It conveys the intimate, emotional reality of a seventeenth-century political conflict. Series: Avant-garde & Modernism Collection. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810123816
ISBN
9780810123816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. Watch the clock strike twelve as Cinderella leaves her glass slipper behind at the ball, and see just how long brick Rapunzel's hair can grow as she waits in her tower. Watch the seven dwarfs plot against the evil Queen and her brick looking glass, and try to find your way home with Hansel's path of brick breadcrumbs. Num Pages: 272 pages, Color photos throughout. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628737325
ISBN
9781628737325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 106 x 39. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553213621
ISBN
9780553213621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.68

Paperback. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Series: A Ming Dynasty Collection. Num Pages: 792 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780295985688
ISBN
9780295985688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.33

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331650
ISBN
9780822331650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241251874
ISBN
9780241251874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.46

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this new edition of Frankenstein contains pictures and an extensive section on Shelley's life and works. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493507
ISBN
9781847493507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.95

Paperback. Tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who plunders graveyards to create a new being from the bodies of the dead - but whose botched creature causes nothing but murder and destruction. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
9780141198965
ISBN
9780141198965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.06

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 76 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375753411
ISBN
9780375753411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.86

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