Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140433388
- ISBN
- 9780140433388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
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€ 11.81
Paperback. Aphra Behn, the poet, playwright, novelist and political satirist was the first truly professional woman writer in English. This title demonstrates the sophistication and vitality of Aphra Behn's genius. It contains the plays "The Rover" and "The Widow", "Ranter" together with "Love Letters to a Gentleman", a choice of poems. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- paperback / softback edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140439885
- ISBN
- 9780140439885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
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€ 10.23
Paperback. This well-conceived edition is indispensable. Heidi Hutner, Hunter College, City University of New York Editor(s): Russell, Anne. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112145
- ISBN
- 9781551112145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.77
€ 25.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 169 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612193243
- ISBN
- 9781612193243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.77
€ 13.99
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Paperback. "This translation first published 1959"--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Rieu, E. V. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140440850
- ISBN
- 9780140440850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.88
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€ 13.88
Paperback. Tells the story of Lucius, a curious and silly young man, who is turned into a donkey when he meddles with witchcraft. Doomed to wander from region to region and mistreated by a series of deplorable owners, Lucius at last is restored to human form with the help of the goddess Isis. Translator(s): Ruden, Sarah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198140
- ISBN
- 9780300198140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.40
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€ 14.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Tra Rei
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540556
- ISBN
- 9780199540556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
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Paperback. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner - encountering a desperate gang of robbers and being forced to perform lewd 'human' tricks on stage - until the Goddess Isis finally breaks the spell and Lucius is initiated into her cult. Editor(s): Kenney, E. J. Translator(s): Kenney, E. J. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435900
- ISBN
- 9780140435900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.77
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Paperback. Num Pages: 501 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Bantam USA
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780553213430
- ISBN
- 9780553213430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.77
€ 9.77
Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 309 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241255773
- ISBN
- 9780241255773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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€ 11.02
Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241255544
- ISBN
- 9780241255544
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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Paperback. No longer a boy, not quite a man, Edwin Clayhanger stands on a canal bridge on his last day of school, and surveys the valley of Bursley and the Five Towns. Serious, good-natured and full of incoherent ambition, Edwin's hopes and dreams for the future are just taking shape, even as they are put to the test by challenges from Edwin's father. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872359
- ISBN
- 9781784872359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
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Paperback. Miserly and mysterious, the richest man in the Five Towns lives simply, ruling his household with an iron fist and a cruel temper. His daughter, Anna, is used to the life of strict, thrifty order imposed by her father. But when she comes of age, Anna inherits a small fortune and attracts the attentions of the town's most eligible bachelor. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872366
- ISBN
- 9781784872366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. You might find it hard to imagine that those ageing spinsters living quietly in small English towns ever led lives of passion or hardship, that they ever possessed beauty or romantic ideals. This title tells the story of two such old wives, sisters Constance and Sophia, from youth, through marriage, heartbreak, triumphs and disasters, to old age. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 40. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099595359
- ISBN
- 9780099595359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
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Paperback. Nella, daughter of millionaire Theodore Racksole, orders a dinner of steak and beer at the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel in London. Her order is refused, so Theodore promptly buys the chef, the kitchen and the whole hotel. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872373
- ISBN
- 9781784872373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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Paperback. Affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters. This work traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442112
- ISBN
- 9780141442112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.62
€ 18.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442. Fine in good cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing shelf wear. Exlibris label to inside front cover. Pages edges stained and with light foxing, however text is clean and clear and remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- House of Stratus United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0017206
- ISBN
- 9780755116003
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 11.99€ 10.12
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Paperback. Includes some of Conan Doyle's tales of murder and mystery. This title contains twelve short stories. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849903677
- ISBN
- 9781849903677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
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Paperback. First published in 1922 and here presented in a fully annotated edition - the only currently available to English readers - this collection will offer the opportunity to discover a lesser-known side of this master storyteller's ability to surprise and enthrall. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493309
- ISBN
- 9781847493309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.01
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Paperback. Includes stories - ranging from the Boscombe Valley Mystery to the Adventure of Silver Blaze, from the Adventure of the Norwood Builder to A Case of Identity, but above to the uniquely strange and macabre Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395500
- ISBN
- 9780141395500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45