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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights. Translator(s): Lyons, Malcolm; Lyons, Ursula. Num Pages: 880 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449402
ISBN
9780140449402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Features Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfillment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; and the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate, whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund and pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 197 x 43. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141199795
ISBN
9780141199795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial school teacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding member of society. As he pursues the idea of marrying to gain promotion, he descends into paranoia, arson, torture and murder. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141392936
ISBN
9780141392936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Part of the "Penguin Threads" series, this title features cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143106470
ISBN
9780143106470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780008195588
ISBN
9780008195588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.05

paperback. Editor(s): Menikoff, Barry. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804713993
ISBN
9780804713993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. Published in 1899, Muhammad Hadi Ruswa's famous novel "Umrao Jaan Ada" created a sensation when it came out. But few know that a month after the author wrote "Umrao Jaan Ada", he penned a sly novella entitled "Junun-e-Intezar". This title features both the Urdu original and an English translation of this novella. Translator(s): Shandilya, Krupa; Shahid, Taimoor. Series: Zubaan Books. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381017708
ISBN
9789381017708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.98

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 186 x 123 x 34. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192547040
ISBN
9780192547040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.88

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 190 x 195 x 127. Weight in Grams: 3136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
OUP USA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192547064
ISBN
9780192547064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.11

paperback. Set in the heart of the Wessex, this book charts the rise and downfall of a single 'man of character'. It's moving and contrived narrative is Shakespearian in its force, and features some of the author's episodes and passages of description. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, bibliography, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260988
ISBN
9781853260988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

paperback. The central figure of this novel is the returning "native", Clym Yeobright, and his love for the beautiful but capricious Eustacia Vye. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
Edition
Reprinted
SKU
V9781853262388
ISBN
9781853262388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Frederick, Earl of Ickenham, remains young at heart. So it is for him the act of a moment to lean out of the Drones Club window with a catapult and ping the silk top-hat off his grumpy in-law, the distinguished barrister Sir Raymond Bastable. Unfortunately, things don't end there. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
9780099514077
ISBN
9780099514077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140441734
ISBN
9780140441734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.29

paperback. Presents a story of a young man returning from London to work near to the school at which his father had been history master. This book reflects a close understanding of man's everyday experience with a delicate awareness of the spiritual. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183992
ISBN
9780141183992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.32

paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Dover Publications United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486295558
ISBN
9780486295558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.59

paperback.
Publisher
Vintage United States
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Vintage Classics ed.
SKU
V9780307947192
ISBN
9780307947192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.47

hardcover. Perhaps the most accomplished of Austen's novels, Emma is also, after Pride and Prejudice, her most popular. Film and television adaptations testify to the world's enduring affection for headstrong, often misguided Emma Woodhouse and her romantic schemes. Emma: An Annotated Edition is an illuminating gift edition that will be treasured by readers. Editor(s): Tandon, Bharat. Num Pages: 576 pages, 119 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 250 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1806.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780674048843
ISBN
9780674048843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 29.39

paperback. A collection of Jeeves stories, every one a winner, in which Jeeves endeavours to give satisfaction: by saving a grumpy cabinet minister from being marooned and attacked by a swan - in the process saving Bertie Wooster from his impending doom, and by rescuing Bingo Little and Tuppy Glossop from the soup (twice each). Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 1. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099513728
ISBN
9780099513728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.99

paperback. In the final adventure of the Musketeers, the Man in the Iron Mask sees D'Artagnan remain in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have gone their separate ways. Meanwhile a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask languishes in the Bastille, where he has been for eighteen years. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim; Rogers, Jacqueline. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140439243
ISBN
9780140439243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 9.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Modern Library
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375757853
ISBN
9780375757853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.80

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