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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Hardback. Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. Editor(s): Davies, Stevie. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: D; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 142 x 49. Weight in Grams: 764.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780141040387
ISBN
9780141040387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: "The Castle of Otranto", published pseudonymously in 1765; "Vathek" (1786); and the story of "Frankenstein" (1818). Editor(s): Fairclough, Peter. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140430363
ISBN
9780140430363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. The time has come for an unlikely heroine to have a real adventure. Illustrator(s): Kronheimer, Ann. Series: Real Reads. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: CJCR; FC; YQCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Real Reads United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906230081
ISBN
9781906230081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.62

Paperback. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, a piece of string or a single match in a world where survival is all. This work lets you participate in the struggle of men to survive both the terrible rigours of nature and the inhumanity of the system that defines their conditions of life. Translator(s): Parker, Ralph. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184746
ISBN
9780141184746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Wu Ch'eng-en wrote "Monkey" in the middle of the 16th century, adding to an ancient Chinese legend his own touches of delicacy and humour. The result is a jumble of the absurd and the profound, of religion and history, of anti-bureaucratic satire and pure poetry. Translator(s): Waley, Arthur. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441116
ISBN
9780140441116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Roderick is combative, often violent, but capable of great affection and generosity. His father had been disinherited and has left Scotland leaving his son penniless. After a brief apprenticeship to a surgeon, the innocent Roderick travels to London where he encounters various rogues. Num Pages: 512 pages, facsim., maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433326
ISBN
9780140433326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann Hermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with a man he believes to be his double reveals a frightening 'split' in Hermann's nature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184548
ISBN
9780141184548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FFC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621794
ISBN
9781909621794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. An annotated edition of the most dramatic part of the most famous story of the Arthurian legend, edited and in the original spelling to bring it as close as possible to the medieval original. Editor(s): Field, P. J. C. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
218
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209466
ISBN
9780872209466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling). Num Pages: 421 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 456. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight: 448. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling).
Publisher
Dedalus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517819
ISBN
9781903517819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. It is Christmas Eve, and John Rivers is thinking about the past; about his sheltered upbringing; about an extraordinary time spent as a lab assistant to the great physicist Henry Maartens; about Maartens' beautiful wife, Katy, and about a love affair which shook Rivers to the core and caused him to question everything he once revered. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870362
ISBN
9781784870362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. As James Joyce was working on Finnegans Wake, he asked his friend T S Eliot to shepherd an early extract, simply known as 'Work in Progress' into print. This celebrated episode, Anna Livia Plurabelle, was the first part of Joyce's extraordinary text to be published in England, printed in pamphlet form in 1930. This is a new edition of the episode. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 261 x 7. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571333714
ISBN
9780571333714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Not only is Vita Nuova a lasting monument to the powers of imagination, it also represents the triumph of poetry, love and faith over death - and can now be fully appreciated by English readers in Anthony Mortimer's stunning verse translation in a dual language edition. Translator(s): Mortimer, Anthony. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496959
ISBN
9781847496959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love and revere the penetrating mind and ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals. Illustrator(s): Paget, Sidney; etc. Series: Special Editions. Num Pages: 1408 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1168.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
1408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853268960
ISBN
9781853268960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Set in 1820s Russia, this title follows the fates of three men and three women. It offers the reader many literary, philosophical, and autobiographical digressions, often in a highly satirical vein. Editor(s): Mitchell, Stanley. Translator(s): Mitchell, Stanley. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448108
ISBN
9780140448108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. In the summer of 1920 two men, both war survivors meet in the quiet English countryside. One is living in the church, intent upon uncovering and restoring an historical wall painting while the other camps in the next field in search of a lost grave. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182308
ISBN
9780141182308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The full story in quick modern English for a fast-paced read. A respectable household is shocked when a strange man visits them shortly after dinner and proceeds to unravel their prejudices and lies. Illustrator(s): Volley, Will. Translator(s): Cobley, Jason. Num Pages: 144 pages, chiefly col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AN; FC; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 478. Quick Text. 144 pages, chiefly col. Illustrations. Illustrator(s): Volley, Will. The full story in quick modern English for a fast-paced read. A respectable household is shocked when a strange man visits them shortly after dinner and proceeds to unravel their prejudices and lies. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AN; FC; FX. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 12. Weight: 474. Translator(s): Cobley, Jason.
Publisher
Classical
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
British English ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906332334
ISBN
9781906332334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 144.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007449439
ISBN
9780007449439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.41

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621466
ISBN
9781909621466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. Anxious, accident-prone, occasionally waspish, Charles Pooter has come to be seen as the epitome of English suburban life. This edition features Weedon Grossmith's hilarious illustrations and is complemented by an introduction detailing the book's social background. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, line drawings by Weedon Grossmith. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540150
ISBN
9780199540150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.10

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