Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Tells of the adventures of the naive Candide, who doggedly believes that all is for the best even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039426
- ISBN
- 9780143039426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.21
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€ 14.21
Paperback. From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life and history of life in the colonies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099289609
- ISBN
- 9780099289609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
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€ 13.44
Paperback. An attempt to restore the original 1824 text to as close to its original format and content as possible. Editor(s): Garside, Peter. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748663156
- ISBN
- 9780748663156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.36
€ 32.36
Paperback. It is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate, ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin - ex-consul, ex-husband, an alcoholic and a ruined man - is living out the last day of his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182254
- ISBN
- 9780141182254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and HM forces have to show respect for the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of Crete. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184678
- ISBN
- 9780141184678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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€ 11.05
Hardcover. Blandings Castle lacks its usual balm for the Earl of Emsworth, as his stern sister Lady Constance Keeble is once more in residence. The Duke of Dunstable is also infesting the place again, along with the standard quota of American millionaires, romantic youths, con artists, imposters and so on. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591698
- ISBN
- 9781841591698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. The fraternal love that Pierre Roland feels for his younger brother Jean has always been tinged with jealousy. But when a lawyer arrives at the house, to declare that an old family friend has bequeathed his entire fortune to Jean, this envy rapidly becomes an all-consuming force.. This is a personal story of suspicion, jealousy and family love. Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443585
- ISBN
- 9780140443585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Accounts the education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Penguin Classics Deluxe ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039013
- ISBN
- 9780143039013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
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€ 13.37
Paperback. Although not among George Eliot's most admired works, this story is set in Florence at the end of the 15th century. It re-creates the picturesque complexion of the city and the characters of the historical figures, Charles VIII, Machiavelli and Savanorola. Editor(s): Barrett, Dorothea. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434705
- ISBN
- 9780140434705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
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
€ 13.07
€ 13.07
Leather / fine binding. Series: Leather-Bound Classics. Num Pages: 1392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DDS; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 237 x 74. Weight in Grams: 1924.
- Publisher
- Canterbury Classics
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Lea
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626860988
- ISBN
- 9781626860988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.62
€ 38.62
Paperback. Translator(s): Healy, George R. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204904
- ISBN
- 9780872204904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.28
€ 18.99
€ 15.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840225846
- ISBN
- 9781840225846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.31
€ 6.31
Paperback. Marlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading the jungle like a thick, obscuring mist. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 144 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Deluxe
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106586
- ISBN
- 9780143106586
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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€ 11.02
Paperback. A priceless chronicle of its time which highlights universal themes, Dovlatov's genre-defying novel also provides moments of high entertainment and humour, rendered in his characteristically sharp, concise and sardonic style. Translator(s): Frydman, Anne. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493576
- ISBN
- 9781847493576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
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Paperback. Indiana (1831) is an absorbing and vivid romantic novel, set partly in provincial France, partly in Paris, and partly on a tropical island. It tells the story of a beautiful and innocent young woman, married at sixteen to a much older man. Editor(s): Schor, Naomi. Translator(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540488
- ISBN
- 9780199540488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.89
€ 13.89
Paperback. The name of F.D. Bedford it is erroneously printed as "J. D. Bedford" on the title page. Illustrator(s): Bedford, Francis D.; Rackham, Arthur. Series: Word Cloud Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 139 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Canterbury Classics
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626863927
- ISBN
- 9781626863927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.21
€ 16.99
€ 12.21
Hardback. Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike and soon brings jealously and bitterness in its wake. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 208 x 53. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141199610
- ISBN
- 9780141199610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.06
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€ 18.06
Paperback. Presents war stories that are often shocking accounts of the incivilities perpetrated by and on men suddenly confronting their own mortality. This book presents stories that center on the subject of the awareness of imminent violent death. It includes the classic "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", "Chickamauga", "The Mocking Bird," and others. Editor(s): Hopkins, Ernest Jerome. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 6. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 139
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260870
- ISBN
- 9780803260870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.33
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€ 16.33
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
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€ 11.02
Paperback. Meet Elizabeth and discover there is no greater happiness to be found than when lost in a wilderness of a garden, with bird cherries, lilacs, hollyhocks and lilies crowding the vision. This is her sanctuary from a host of unreasonable demands, whether from the Man of Wrath (husband), babies, servants and (worst of all horrors) house guests. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872328
- ISBN
- 9781784872328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
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Hardcover. A melodrama of honest youth triumphing over vice and injustice, this novel is an indignant protest against cruelty and oppression, most memorably encapsulated in Dickens's portrayal of Mr Squeers and his wicked boarding school - a passage which helped to reform the Victorian education system. Num Pages: 848 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 49. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151596
- ISBN
- 9781857151596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.09
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€ 18.09
Paperback. This new translation includes Kafka's most famous story, The Metamorphosis, together with two other stories, The Judgement and In the Penal Colony, and Meditation and the autobiographical Letter to his Father. The edition includes a detailed introduction, notes, and other helpful items. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199238552
- ISBN
- 9780199238552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
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Paperback. Set in the early-twentieth century, this book features Father Brown whose world is quintessentially English; crime scenes await in country houses, rural parish churches and quaint gardens as well as foggy London streets and shadowy railway stations. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 43. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849906463
- ISBN
- 9781849906463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58