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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. When Nicholas' father dies he, his mother and sister are left penniless. To earn his keep, Nicholas becomes a tutor at Dotheboys Hall but soon discovers that the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, is a one-eyed tyrant who insists on a harsh regime. Nicholas embarks on an adventure that takes him from loathsome boarding schools to the London stage. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 44. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540793
ISBN
9780099540793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Against a background of government incompetence and financial scandal, Arthur Clennam searches for the key to the affairs of the Dorrit family, prisoners for debt in the Marshalsea. Mixing humour and pathos, irony and satire, Little Dorrit reveals a master of fiction in top form. This new edition includes all of Phiz's original illustrations. Editor(s): Sucksmith, Harvey Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 912 pages, 41 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199596485
ISBN
9780199596485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Tells the story of the solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas. This title also includes: "The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton", and the short story from "The Pickwick Papers" on which "A Christmas Carol" was based. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439052
ISBN
9780140439052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.42

Paperback. Little Nell Trent lives in the quiet gloom of the old curiosity shop with her ailing grandfather, for whom she cares with selfless devotion. But when they are unable to pay their debts to the stunted, lecherous and demonic money-lender Daniel Quilp, the shop is seized and they are forced to flee, thrown into a shadowy world. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz); Cattermole, George; Maclise, Daniel; Williams, Samuel. Editor(s): Page, Professor Norman. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437423
ISBN
9780140437423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardback. Tells the story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, has been adapted into countless film and stage versions and is today the most famous and loved of all Christmas tales. Series: Penguin Christmas Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 185 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143122494
ISBN
9780143122494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. Set in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment, which is the the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby. Illustrator(s): Walker, Fiona; Greiffenhagen, Maurice. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New
SKU
KRF0020530
ISBN
9781853262326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When David Copperfield escapes from the cruelty of his childhood home, he embarks on a journey to adulthood which will lead him through comedy and tragedy, love and heartbreak and friendship and betrayal. Num Pages: 976 pages, b/w illust. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511465
ISBN
9780099511465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Having moved into an abandoned haunted house, the narrator, undaunted by the warnings of the locals, invites a party of friends over, setting them the task of driving out the ghosts from the various rooms and reporting back on Twelfth Night. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494337
ISBN
9781847494337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. Dickens' final, unfinished novel features themes and motifs such as: drugs, disappearances, sexual obsession, disguise and a possible murder. It also includes a number of stories and sketches, with subjects as different as murder, guilt and childhood romance. Illustrator(s): Fildes, S. L.; Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853267291
ISBN
9781853267291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Ebenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529736
ISBN
9780099529736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Hische, Jessica. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 43. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143123798
ISBN
9780143123798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.71

Paperback. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There, two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. Illustrator(s): "Phiz". Num Pages: 544 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Updated and REV ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439600
ISBN
9780141439600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.42

Paperback. Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199566
ISBN
9780141199566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. A scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy, "Hard Times" is a daring novel of ideas--and ultimately a celebration of love, hope, and limitless possibilities of the imagination. Revised reissue. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 195 x 59. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536276
ISBN
9780199536276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. A story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth. Illustrator(s): Browne, H. K.; Barlow, Chris. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 58 x 45. Weight in Grams: 694.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439441
ISBN
9780140439441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 25. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007449941
ISBN
9780007449941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.38

Paperback. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea prison. Editor(s): Small, Helen; Wall, Stephen. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1024
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439969
ISBN
9780141439969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. The complex story of a notorious law-suit in which love and inheritance are set against the classic urban background of 19th-century London, where fog on the river, seeping into the very bones of the characters, symbolizes the corruption of the legal system and the society which supports it. Num Pages: 880 pages, 39 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 898.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150087
ISBN
9781857150087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.10

Paperback. deals with the London the author knew at its best and worst - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons, omnibuses and the river Thames - in honest and visionary descriptions of everyday life and people. Illustrator(s): Cruikshank, George. Editor(s): Walder, Dennis. Num Pages: 688 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433456
ISBN
9780140433456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gathers them, providing an insight into the author's storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188. Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gathers them, providing an insight into the author's storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight: 190.
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492272
ISBN
9781847492272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

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