×


 x 

Shopping cart

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Results 2713 - 2736 of 3145

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. A young governess is sent to a great country house to care for two orphaned children. To begin with Flora and Miles seem to be model pupils but gradually the governess starts to suspect that something is very wrong with them. As she sets out to uncover the corrupt secrets of the house she becomes convinced that something evil is watching her. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Random House UK
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511236
ISBN
9780099511236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. A sparkling, unconventional social comedy set in bohemian 1930s London. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089529
ISBN
9781844089529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540426
ISBN
9780199540426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Finnegans Wake is Joyce's last great work, and is formulated as one dense, tongue-twisting soundscape. It also remains the most hilarious, 'obscene', book of innuendos ever to be imagined. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Wordsworth Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840226614
ISBN
9781840226614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

paperback. Robert Wringham's family is composed of a dissolute father and brother, a pious mother, and a rival father in the person of a fanatical Calvinist minister. He comes to believe that he is one of the elect, predestined to be saved, while others are damned. Editor(s): Miller, Karl. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441535
ISBN
9780141441535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Paperback. A biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls, here presented in a brand new translation, is part of Alma Classics Evergreens series of popular classics. Translator(s): Rayfield, Donald. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496287
ISBN
9781847496287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.42

Paperback. Helps readers who would claim that The Adventure of the Copper Beeches or The Man with the Twisted Lip was their favourite Sherlock Holmes story - but then that would be doing an injustice to The Adventure of the Yellow Face and The Problem of Thor Bridge. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395548
ISBN
9780141395548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Paperback. Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a 'heroine whom no one but myself will much like', but Emma is irresistible. 'Handsome, clever, and rich', Emma is also an 'imaginist', 'on fire with speculation and foresight'. Her matchmaking maps out relationships that Jane Austen ironically tweaks into a clearer perspective. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
Edition
Complete and Unabridged
SKU
V9781853260285
ISBN
9781853260285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185736
ISBN
9780141185736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. At a party in the Hollywood Hills, Stephen Monk finds his wife in the arms of another man. Betrayed and furious, he packs his belongings and returns to the home he was born in. Can he forgive his wife, and most importantly, himself? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561149
ISBN
9780099561149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

paperback. .
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840225990
ISBN
9781840225990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.07

Hardcover. In this novel of obsessive passion the author tells stories of Old Goriot and the ungrateful daughters he adores; young Rastignac, a country lad determined to make his way in Paris; and Vautrin, his satanic tempter. Their lives all cross in the Maison Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris. Translator(s): Marriage, E. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150377
ISBN
9781857150377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.12

Hardcover. A collection of stories that looks at English public-school life at the turn of the twentieth century. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Overlook Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591803
ISBN
9781841591803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. In the summer of 1348, as the "Black Death" ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. In this title, the characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 1072 pages, maps, bibliog. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 53. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449303
ISBN
9780140449303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Found in the Street is a haunting psychological thriller, by the queen of the genre, in which there is only a breath between nightmare and reality. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004884
ISBN
9780349004884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Translator(s): Kang, Minsoo. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2GK; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 251 x 17. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107699
ISBN
9780143107699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DCF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edit/Cover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621596
ISBN
9781909621596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; FC; FJH; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue, Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509842933
ISBN
9781509842933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. 'Desperate Remedies' was Hardy's first published novel and is part gothic romance, part sensation novel as well as being an intriguing mystery. Hardy's open and intimate descriptions of middle class women caused great controversy in 1871. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554829
ISBN
9780199554829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

CD-Audio. This excellent value bumper bundle encompasses 6 abridged classic Dickens novels - an ideal gift set as an introduction to Dickens' works or an excellent resource for school or university students. Title listings: David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby. 12CDs / 15Hrs / Abridge BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 276. This excellent value bumper bundle encompasses 6 abridged classic Dickens novels - an ideal gift set as an introduction to Dickens' works or an excellent resource for school or university students. Title listings: David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby. 12CDs / 15Hrs / Abridge. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 129 x 149 x 29. Weight: 300.
Publisher
CSA Word
Format
CD
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906147785
ISBN
9781906147785
CD
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 25.46

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 4. Weight in Grams: 62. Series: Dover Thrift S. 64 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Dimension: 208 x 134 x 4. Weight: 62.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486287591
ISBN
9780486287591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.13

Paperback. When Rachel Verinder receives a gift of an astonishing yellow diamond from her bitter old uncle for her eighteenth birthday, she has no idea that the stone brings great danger with it. When the diamond goes missing during the night the ensuing investigations gradually bring to light the sinister history of the jewel. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099519003
ISBN
9780099519003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a good job to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395470
ISBN
9780141395470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Editor(s): King, Brendan. Translator(s): Bell, Clara; King, Brendan. Num Pages: 364 pages, 20 b&w photos of Chartres cathedral taken by Brendan King. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517901
ISBN
9781903517901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.53

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!