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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

paperback. Based on the author's personal experience as a teacher in Brussels, this work presents a tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position, borne with heroic fortitude. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260728
ISBN
9781853260728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There, she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, the hostility of headmistress Madame Beck, and her own complex feelings. Editor(s): Cooper, Helen. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434798
ISBN
9780140434798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 116 x 36. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007449415
ISBN
9780007449415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.80

paperback. With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster and her complex feelings, first for school's English doctor and then for dictatorial professor. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141199887
ISBN
9780141199887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There, she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, the hostility of headmistress Madame Beck, and her own complex feelings first for the school's English doctor and.. Editor(s): Cooper, Helen. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 207 x 41. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780241198964
ISBN
9780241198964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375758508
ISBN
9780375758508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 143 x 29. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062356161
ISBN
9780062356161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.86

Paperback. The Bright Young Things of twenties Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade - whether promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182872
ISBN
9780141182872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns his back on humanity once more. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241189658
ISBN
9780241189658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Hardcover. 3et in the Malay Archipelago, where the author spent much of his youth as an officer in the British Merchant Navy, this book is a sombre yet brilliant study of good and evil in his mature manner. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151442
ISBN
9781857151442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Portion of edition statement from page 4 of cover. Editor(s): Kalnins, Mara. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 107 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554058
ISBN
9780199554058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198737599
ISBN
9780198737599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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

CD-Audio. Bertie's chums from bowls of proverbial soup, or arranging unhingeing performances of 'Sonny Boy', Jeeves' genius (and Wodehouse's) is unparalleled. Especially concerning the extraordinary incident of the punctured hot-water bottle! But Jeeves' greatest achievements is, of course, in saving Bertie from himself. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
CD
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906147525
ISBN
9781906147525
CD
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 17.81

paperback. Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss are both reeling from recent unhappiness when they meet and swiftly fall in love. Lucy is Wemyss' 'sweet girl', and to Lucy, Everard is the whole world. The only blot on Lucy's happiness is the shadowy figure of Wemyss' first wife, Vera, who died in mysterious circumstances. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781784872335
ISBN
9781784872335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman desires to be enslaved to a woman. Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew. This book portrays one man's struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and others in the realm of desire. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447811
ISBN
9780140447811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.88

Paperback. A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary fantasy, the novel has influenced writers from Byron to Lovecraft. This new edition combines a definitive text with new introduction and notes. Editor(s): Keymer, Thomas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199576951
ISBN
9780199576951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

CD-Audio. Orphan Becky Sharp and wealthy Amelia Sedley are best friends at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies. On leaving school, ambitious, social-climbing Becky looks for a rich man to support her, while the sweet-natured Amelia meets her old friend Dobbin, who is instantly captivated. As time goes by, the girls' fortunes rise and fall. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2016
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785295201
ISBN
9781785295201
CD
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.46

Hardcover. Set in the years before and after Waterloo, the novel tells the parallel stories of two schoolfriends - the quiet, long-suffering Amelia and her brilliant, scheming friend, Becky Sharp. The novel portrays all the corruption and decadence of 19th-century England. Num Pages: 878 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 42. Weight in Grams: 826. Good clean copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150124
ISBN
9781857150124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.98

Paperback. Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of two contrasting but inter-linked lives. Through the retiring Amelia Sedley and the brilliant Becky Sharp, Thackeray examines the position of women in an intensely exploitative male world. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 38. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260193
ISBN
9781853260193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.35

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