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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Results 1945 - 1968 of 3117
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Hardback. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 143 x 47. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141394664
- ISBN
- 9780141394664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.01
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Paperback. Opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, the 'Napoleon of crime', who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Editor(s): Sweet, Matthew. Num Pages: 720 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439617
- ISBN
- 9780141439617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.33
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Paperback. Presenting an account of the author's childhood in Czechoslovakia, this title features the tales of the his father's battle to provide for his family both in wealthy freedom and in terrifying persecution. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192833
- ISBN
- 9780141192833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Professor Timofey Pnin, previously of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously positioned at the heart of campus America. Battling with American life and language, Pnin must face great hazards in this new world. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183756
- ISBN
- 9780141183756
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this title follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 181 x 32. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394893
- ISBN
- 9780141394893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. It is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very different world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530046
- ISBN
- 9780099530046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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hardcover. Contains the investigations and adventures of the world's most popular detective, Sherlock Holmes from "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" to "His Last Bow". This title follows the illustrious career of this quintessential British hero from his university days to his final case. Num Pages: 1136 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1406.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529934
- ISBN
- 9780099529934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
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Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140. Series: Dover Thrift S. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FL; FM. Dimension: 209 x 132 x 11. Weight: 140.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486290386
- ISBN
- 9780486290386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.31
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Modern Library Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812967197
- ISBN
- 9780812967197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.04
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Paperback. The heroes of the Spanish novels make their way through a seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Lazarillo de Tormes and Pablos the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for the gentlemanly ideals of religion, justice, honour and nobility. Translator(s): Alpert, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 maps, chronology, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 192 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449006
- ISBN
- 9780140449006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
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Paperback. Mathieu Delarue, a philosophy teacher, has so far managed to contain sex and personal freedom in separate compartments. But now he is in trouble, trying to raise 4,000 francs to procure a safe abortion for his mistress, Marcelle. Beyond all this, filtering an uneasy light on his predicament, rises the threat of the coming of the Second World War. Translator(s): Sutton, Eric. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185286
- ISBN
- 9780141185286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Presents an extraordinary series of murders, suicides, affairs, fighting, fires and at least one explosion, blackmail, gambling, illness, madness, lots of parties and plenty of sex. This title includes "Bring Forth the Body" and "The Survivors". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 194 x 35. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561347
- ISBN
- 9780099561347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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€ 14.33
Hardcover. This is a study of decadence among the merchant families of Hamburg at the end of the 19th century. The novel is based on Mann's own experience as the son of a German merchant prince, but goes beyond his own experience in its sweep. Translator(s): Woods, John E. Num Pages: 732 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 41. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151077
- ISBN
- 9781857151077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
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Paperback. With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses and his hands covered even indoors, Griffin - the new guest at The Coach and Horses - is at first assumed to be a shy accident-victim. He has developed a process that has made him invisible, and is locked in a struggle to discover the antidote. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141389516
- ISBN
- 9780141389516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551116907
- ISBN
- 9781551116907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.88
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Paperback. "If in doubt, wash!" What is it like to be a cat? Find out in this classic animal story from the renowned writer Paul Gallico. Series: Essential Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007395194
- ISBN
- 9780007395194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Hardcover. The distinctive combination of manic comedy, bitter satire and fierce melodrama separates this novel from most of Dickens's other works. The storyline alternates between Britain and the United States in ways which highlight the failings of both societies. Num Pages: 851 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 45. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Publisher
- Everyman London
- Number of pages
- 851
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152005
- ISBN
- 9781857152005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.20
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Paperback. Editor(s): Keymer, Thomas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised, New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536986
- ISBN
- 9780199536986
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Series: Pulp! The Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Oldcastle Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843441342
- ISBN
- 9781843441342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
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Paperback. Considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically every philosopher over the past two hundred years has been murdered - 'insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher, and never had his life attempted, rest assured there is nothing in him'. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 160 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397887
- ISBN
- 9780141397887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.88
€ 4.88
Paperback. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed Edmond Dantes spends fourteen bitter years imprisoned in grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth treasure and use it to plot destruction of men responsive for his incarceration. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 1312 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 56. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 1312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449266
- ISBN
- 9780140449266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Love gets in the way of progress when Raman, a sign painter, meets Daisy, who wishes to bring birth control to the city of Malgudi. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140185492
- ISBN
- 9780140185492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
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Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Vintage Classics ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375719004
- ISBN
- 9780375719004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.60
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590177648
- ISBN
- 9781590177648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47