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Paperback. The arrival of handsome young Doctor Harrison causes yet further agitation not just because of his revolutionary methods but also because of his effect on the hearts of the ladies. Meanwhile Miss Matty Jenkyns nurses her own broken heart after she was forced to give up the man she loved when she was a young girl. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099518457
- ISBN
- 9780099518457
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Set in a fictional Whitby at the turn of the eighteenth century, Sylvia's Lovers (1863) is a compelling story of an ordinary girl's tragic passion for a man who disappears. This wide-ranging new edition includes freshly researched notes and considers the novel's debates with the legacy of the Brontes. Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199656738
- ISBN
- 9780199656738
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.44
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Paperback. When seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson's widowed father remarries, her life is turned upside down by the arrival of her vain, manipulative stepfather. She also acquires an intriguing new stepsister, Cynthia, glamorous, sophisticated and irresistible to every man she meets. Num Pages: 720 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434781
- ISBN
- 9780140434781
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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Paperback. Gaskell's depiction of a fallen woman as her heroine shocked contemporary readers. Ruth is seduced and heartlessly abandoned but finds shelter and love with her illegitimate child until a twist of fate brings her past back to haunt her. This new edition explores the novel's radicalism and cultural influence. Editor(s): Dolin, Tim. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199581955
- ISBN
- 9780199581955
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. This representative selection includes five tales of very different kinds written in the 1850s and the longer Cousin Phillis. Immensely readable and sophisticated works of art, they show Gaskell's mastery of the genre, in an edition that celebrates her achievements in shorter fiction and the context in which they first appeared. Editor(s): Glen, Heather; Glen, Heather. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239498
- ISBN
- 9780199239498
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. Set in 1790 in Monkshaven, where press-gangs wreak havoc by seizing young men for service in the Napoleonic wars. One of their victims is Charley Kinraid, who captured the heart of Sylvia Robson. But Sylvia's cousin, Philip Hepburn, hopes to marry her himself and, in order to win her, withholds crucial information with devastating consequences. Editor(s): Foster, Shirley. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434224
- ISBN
- 9780140434224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
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Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell, one of the nineteenth century's most significant novelists, was widely held to be the social conscience of Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Editor(s): Recchio, Thomas. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 672 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 649
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393930634
- ISBN
- 9780393930634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
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Paperback. A novel that follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. It focuses on family relationships - father, daughter and step-mother, father and sons, father and step-daughter. It portrays the world of the late 1820s and the forces of change within it. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224160
- ISBN
- 9781840224160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
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Paperback. The stories in this collection combine realism and fantasy. The themes are familiar from Gaskell's novels, but their treatment is revealingly different, ranging from ghost stories and comic fantasy, to a realistic tale of 17th-century witch trials. Editor(s): Kranzler, Laura. Num Pages: 416 pages, notes, further reading. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437416
- ISBN
- 9780140437416
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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Hardback. Elizabeth Gaskell's Victorian love story, set in the mill towns of the industrial North of England Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 100 x 32. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509827947
- ISBN
- 9781509827947
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. Editor(s): Easson, Angus. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537006
- ISBN
- 9780199537006
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Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.31
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paperback. Features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. This title shows how, forced to move from the country to an industrial northern town, she develops a passionate sense of social justice, and a turbulent relationship with mill-owner John Thornton. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141198927
- ISBN
- 9780141198927
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Milton is a northern town centred around the cotton mills that employ most of its inhabitants. Arriving from a rural idyll, Margaret Hale is initially shocked by the social unrest and poverty she finds in her new hometown. However, as her stormy relationship with the mill-owner John Thornton develops, she starts to see Milton in a different light. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099511489
- ISBN
- 9780099511489
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
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Paperback. According to many critics, Wives and Daughters is Elizabeth Gaskell's masterpiece. Set in a provincial English town, the novel is a subtle representation of historical change explored in human terms. Editor(s): Easson, Angus. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538263
- ISBN
- 9780199538263
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Condition: New
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Paperback. When the author's father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, she is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the North of England. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434248
- ISBN
- 9780140434248
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
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Paperback. Cranford is a vivid and affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England, dominated by its independent and refined women, a blend of social comedy and astute observation. This edition includes two related short works by Gaskell and contemporary comment on the novel, household management, fashion, and financial scandals. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199558308
- ISBN
- 9780199558308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.02
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Paperback. Ruth Hilton, an orphan and dressmaker's assistant, is seduced and then heartlessly deserted by the wealthy Henry Bellingham. A dissenting minister advises her to pass as a widow and be employed as a governess with the tyrannical Mr Bradshaw. However, the deceit brings grievous consequences. Editor(s): Easson, Angus. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434309
- ISBN
- 9780140434309
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
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Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612192185
- ISBN
- 9781612192185
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.82
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Paperback. Seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson worships her widowed father. But when he decides to remarry, Molly's life is thrown off course by the arrival of her vain, shallow and selfish stepmother. There is some solace in the shape of her new stepsister Cynthia, who is beautiful, sophisticated and irresistible to every man she meets. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141389462
- ISBN
- 9780141389462
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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Paperback. Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making a better life for herself and her father. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself painfully torn between the two men. Editor(s): Daly, Macdonald. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434644
- ISBN
- 9780140434644
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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€ 10.89