Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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€ 11.76
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Paperback. When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meagre income and assert her independence. But Agnes' enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 12th printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432107
- ISBN
- 9780140432107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
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Paperback. Mr Charles Pooter has just moved into a home in Holloway with his dear wife Carrie. Unfortunately neither his friends Mr Cummings and Mr Gowing, nor the butcher, the greengrocer's boy and the Lord Mayor seem to recognise Mr Pooter's innate gentility, and his disappointing son Lupin has gone and got himself involved with a most unsuitable fiancee. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540885
- ISBN
- 9780099540885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. As the interminable case of 'Jarndyce and Jarndyce' grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn. Editor(s): Bradbury, Dr. Nicola. Num Pages: 1088 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439723
- ISBN
- 9780141439723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Hardcover. Translator(s): Woods, John E. Num Pages: 904 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 39. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 854
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152890
- ISBN
- 9781857152890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.06
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€ 19.06
Paperback. Justine's attachment to virtue attracts nothing but misfortune, and she is subjected to an unending catalogue of sexual abuse. Sade's best-known novel, it overturns all religious, moral, and political norms, and still has the power to shock. This new translation of the 1791version is the first for over 40 years, and the first critical edition. Translator(s): Phillips, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199572847
- ISBN
- 9780199572847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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Paperback. Dr Sloper is disappointed in his dull daughter, Catherine, a mediocre replacement for his beautiful and intelligent wife who died soon after childbirth. Yet, as Sloper threatens, beguiles and dictates to his daughter, he discovers in Catherine a pale reflection of his own obdurate character. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224276
- ISBN
- 9781840224276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
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CD-Audio. Features ten of Rudyard Kipling's famous tales, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4. This title includes: How the Whale Got His Throat, How the Leopard Got His Spots, The Beginning of the Armadillos, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, The Cat That Walked By Himself, How the Camel Got His Hump, and, The Butterfly That Stamped The Elephant's Child. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 219 x 11. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785290336
- ISBN
- 9781785290336
CD
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.96
€ 18.99
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Paperback. Tells the story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner - a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England - and how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853262210
- ISBN
- 9781853262210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
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Hardback. This collection features more than twenty stories, in the classic translation of Sir Richard Burton, published between 1884 and 1886, and full-colour illustrations by Renata Fucikova and Jindra Capek. Among them are some of the best-known legends of eastern storytelling, including the "Sinbad the Sailor" and "Aladdin and His Magic Lamp" . Translator(s): Burton, Sir Richard Francis. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 744 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Inc
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781435156234
- ISBN
- 9781435156234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.27
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Paperback. Winner of Hesperus' 'Uncover a Classic' competition The Great Meadow is a romantic saga of young love on the Kentucky trail in colonial America. A long neglected American classic. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843913887
- ISBN
- 9781843913887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. First published in 1911, Burnett's classic story of a frightened orphan who discovers the joyful wonders of life on the Yorkshire Moors with the help of two local boys and a mysterious, abandoned garden where all things seem possible. Includes a new Afterword. Reissue. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 174 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451528834
- ISBN
- 9780451528834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.28
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Hardcover. An obsessive German professor and his nephew travel towards the earth's core in the steps of a medieval explorer beneath an Icelandic volcano where they discover a lost world. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 39. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 680
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593517
- ISBN
- 9781841593517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.47
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Paperback. When Celine's first novel, Journey to the End of the Night was first published in 1932, it created an instant scandal. Four years later came the sequel, Death on Credit. Both were a new kind of novel, frank about the author's thoughts and actions in ways that readers had never encountered. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Alma Books London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496348
- ISBN
- 9781847496348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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CD-Audio. Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and beautifully repackaged. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008154660
- ISBN
- 9780008154660
CD
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.47
€ 13.99
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Paperback. E T A Hoffmann studied law and entered the Prussian civil service, but his over-riding ambition was to become a graphic artist and painter. This selection of his finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with the supernatural, placing him at the forefront of both surrealism and the modern horror genre. Translator(s): Hollingdale, R. J. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443929
- ISBN
- 9780140443929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- (38th printing)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141984612
- ISBN
- 9780141984612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. A modern English translation of Cervantes' final novel, an exotic romance, and the novel he considered to be his finest. Translator(s): Weller, Celia Richmond; Colahan, Clark A. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 402
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209701
- ISBN
- 9780872209701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
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Paperback. Presents an apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, this novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with a futuristic theme, it incorporates portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism, and its faith in art and nature. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224030
- ISBN
- 9781840224030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
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Paperback. Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in which they live. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 193 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141199009
- ISBN
- 9780141199009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.51
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€ 9.51