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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 9. Weight in Grams: 76.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0302726
ISBN
9780007351008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A classic and hugely influential thriller. May 1914, Richard Hannay is asked for help by an American spy who has uncovered an assasination plot. The spy is promptly murdered in Hannay's flat, and Hannay is compelled to flee and prevent the assasination while on the run from the police in Scotland. Introduced by Stuart Kelly. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846971983
ISBN
9781846971983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. Talks about the narrator's dream-like adventures in fairyland, where he confronts tree-spirits and the shadow, sojourns to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. This tale aims to convey a profound sadness and a poignant longing for death. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292. A Faerie Romance. 185 pages. Talks about the narrator's dream-like adventures in fairyland, where he confronts tree-spirits and the shadow, sojourns to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. This tale aims to convey a profound sadness and a poignant longing for death. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 14. Weight: 292.
Publisher
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Number of pages
185
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1959
Edition
15th ptg.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802860606
ISBN
9780802860606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.01

Paperback. Within the ivied walls of Blandings Castle there are snakes in the rolling parkland ready to nip Clarence, the absent-minded Ninth Earl of Emsworth, when he least expects it. Empress of Blandings, in the running for her first prize in the Fat Pigs Class, is off her food - and can only be coaxed back to the trough by a call in her own language. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513834
ISBN
9780099513834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547870
ISBN
9781857547870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Brother and sister, Constance and Kenneth Fielding live in calm respectability, just out of reach of London and the Blitz. But when a series of uninvited guests converge upon them - from a Balkan exile to Ken's old flame and the siblings' own raffish father - the household struggles to preserve its precious peace. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529323
ISBN
9780099529323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.47

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. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107323
ISBN
9780143107323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538591
ISBN
9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.72

hardcover. Examines the conflict of attitudes in mid-19th-century Russia, as distant pre-echoes of the Revolution continue to rumble through the remote rural landscape. The story follows the Kirsanov family, representatives of the old regime, and the violent character of the anti-hero Bazarov. Translator(s): Pyman, A. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
247
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150179
ISBN
9781857150179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.36

Hardback. Presents the story of a young man's painful sexual and intellectual awakening that echoes Fitzgerald's own career. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194097
ISBN
9780141194097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Hardcover. Tells the story of the beautiful Esmeralda, a gypsy girl loved by three men: Archdeacon Frollo, his adoptive son Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame cathedral, and Captain Phoebus. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593456
ISBN
9781841593456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486434094
ISBN
9780486434094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. The terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. A nightmare vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes. Translator(s): Muir, Edwin; Muir, Willa. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428640
ISBN
9780099428640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his admirers as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443158
ISBN
9780140443158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 38. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143123149
ISBN
9780143123149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 652.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199641
ISBN
9780141199641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Written between 1938 and 1944 and set in the context of a disintegrating Russian culture, this collection of short fiction centres around dark, erotic liaisons told in prose. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494740
ISBN
9781847494740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Highsmith blends savage humour with brilliant social satire in this dark tale. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004891
ISBN
9780349004891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. From Collins Classics and the author of 'The Great Gatsby' a marriage unravels in this autobiographical tale. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007449484
ISBN
9780007449484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.41

Paperback. Policarpo Quaresma - fastidious civil servant, dedicated patriot, self-styled visionary - is a defender of all things Brazilian, full of schemes to improve his beloved homeland. Yet somehow each of his ventures, whether it is petitioning for Brazil's national language to be changed, buying a farm to prove the richness and fertility of the land. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395708
ISBN
9780141395708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Biggs, Geoffrey; Keifer, Henry C. Series: Classics Illustrated. Num Pages: 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: FC; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 3. Weight in Grams: 148. Series: Classics Illustrated. 48 pages, fully illustrated. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FX. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 3. Weight: 146.
Publisher
Classic Comic Store Ltd
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906814236
ISBN
9781906814236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.26

Paperback. A critical account of its own era, introducing many themes which would be developed in later works, Fitzgerald's first novel was an instant critical and commercial success, propelling him into the limelight as a literary celebrity. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292. 320 pages, illustrations. A critical account of its own era, introducing many themes which would be developed in later works, Fitzgerald's first novel was an instant critical and commercial success, propelling him into the limelight as a literary celebrity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight: 282.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492227
ISBN
9781847492227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
HarperPress
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007902262
ISBN
9780007902262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.76

Paperback. Captures the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, this is a comedy of English manners. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181493
ISBN
9780141181493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.80

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