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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Growing up in Kenya in the early twentieth century, the brothers Matu and Muthegi are raised according to customs that, they are told, have existed since the beginning of the world. But when the red' strangers come, sunburned Europeans who seek to colonize their homeland, the lives of the two Kikuyu tribesmen begin to change in dramatic new ways. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188508
ISBN
9780141188508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Presented here in a new translation, Money is, in the wake of recent financial scandals, an all-too-topical exploration of the dynamics of greed, the excesses of capitalism and its dangerous relationship with politics and the press. Translator(s): Naffis-Sahely, Andre. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495792
ISBN
9781847495792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. Translator(s): Nelson, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536924
ISBN
9780199536924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Levasseur, who never seems to have suffered, his hatred is immediate. Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442809
ISBN
9780140442809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Roubaud is consumed by a jealous rage when he discovers a sordid secret about his young wife's past. The only way he can rest is by forcing her to help him murder the man involved, but there is a witness - Jacques Lantier, a fellow railway employee. Editor(s): Whitehouse, Roger. Translator(s): Whitehouse, Roger. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449631
ISBN
9780140449631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Translator(s): Pearson, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538669
ISBN
9780199538669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Money centres on the figure of Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, and his unscrupulous money-making schemes. His story intertwines the worlds of politics, finance, and the press, and resonates disturbingly with our own times. This is the first new translation for more than a hundred years, and the first unabridged translation in English. Translator(s): Minogue, Valerie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199608379
ISBN
9780199608379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Zola's novel of peasant life describes the disintegration of the Fouan family when Papa Fouan decides to divide his land between his three children. Greed and violence feed a bitter struggle for supremacy. This new translation captures the novel's blend of brutality and lyricism in its evocation of the inexorable cycle of the natural world. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199677870
ISBN
9780199677870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Florent Quenu returns to Paris after being unjustly imprisoned and finds the city utterly changed. The great new food market, Les Halles, has been built, and food dominates the political and social life of the capital. The third in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, The Belly of Paris appears in a vibrant new translation. Translator(s): Nelson, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555840
ISBN
9780199555840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of a dingy haberdasher's shop on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Therese Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. Therese Raquin caused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and borught its twenty-seven-year-old author a notoriety that followed him throughout his life. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449440
ISBN
9780140449440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. An ambitious and unscrupulous priest arrives in the provincial town of Plassans, intent on conquering its political and social life. His arrival has profound consequences for the Mouret family, whose lives are turned upside down. This is the fourth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199664788
ISBN
9780199664788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Rothwell, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536856
ISBN
9780199536856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. La Debacle is the penultimate novel in Zola's great Rougon-Macquart cycle. A stirring account of profound friendship between two soldiers from opposite ends of the class divide during the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of 1870-1. Editor(s): Lethbridge, Robert. Translator(s): Dorday, Elinor. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198801894
ISBN
9780198801894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The Ladies' Delight is the glittering Paris department store run by Octave Mouret. He has used charm and drive to become director of this mighty emporium, unscrupulously exploiting his young female staff and seducing his lady customers with luxurious displays of shimmering silks, satins, velvets and lace. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 464 pages, chronology, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Addison Wesley
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447835
ISBN
9780140447835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The Sin of Abbe Mouret is the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. It follows Serge Mouret, a young priest, aspiring to perfect purity and sanctity. An illness leaves him with amnesia, and no longer knowing he is a priest, he falls in love with his nurse. Together they roam an Eden-like garden called the 'Paradou'. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198736639
ISBN
9780198736639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. When she accepts marriage proposal of Monsieur Coupeau, it seems as though she is on path to a decent, respectable life at last. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449549
ISBN
9780140449549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A depiction of the poverty and wretchedness of a mining community in northern France under the second empire. Translator(s): Pearson, Roger. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447422
ISBN
9780140447422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Pearson, Roger. Translator(s): Walton, Thomas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536917
ISBN
9780199536917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538706
ISBN
9780199538706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. The Fortune of the Rougons is the first in Zola's famous Rougon-Macquart series of novels. Not only the inaugural novel, it is the series' founding text, establishing its genealogical basis. The family's greed and rapacity mirrors the diseased society in which it flourishes. This lively new translation is accompanied by introduction and notes. Translator(s): Nelson, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199560998
ISBN
9780199560998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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