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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Hardcover. In a classic plot, Vicky Underwood is parted from her fiance, Jeff Bennison, which means that her uncle, Galahad Threepwood, has to engineer a complicated plot to bring them back together. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 390 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591988
ISBN
9781841591988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Translator(s): Corner, Mark. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 23. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Edition
Classroom
SKU
V9788024632896
ISBN
9788024632896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Poor Sir Buckstone Abbott, Bart! Not only does he own in Walsingford Hall one of the least attractive stately homes in the country, but he has to take in paying guests to keep it upright. So when it seems a rich (if not very nice) continental princess might buy it, he's overjoyed. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099514169
ISBN
9780099514169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The Empress of Blandings, prize-winning pig and all-consuming passion of Clarence, Ninth Earl of Emsworth, has disappeared. Blandings Castle is in uproar and there are suspects a-plenty - from Galahad Threepwood to the Efficient Baxter, chilling former secretary to Lord Emsworth. Even Beach the Butler seems deeply embroiled. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513827
ISBN
9780099513827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A captivating comic novel from Angela Thirkell's much-loved 1930s Barsetshire series: trainee barrister Colin Keith makes an ill-advised foray into teaching at Southbridge School. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089697
ISBN
9781844089697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Charity Royall lives unhappily with her hard-drinking adoptive father in a village, until a visiting architect awakens her sexual passion and the hope for escape. Exploring Charity's relation to her father and her lover, this title delves into dark cultural territory: repressed sexuality, small-town prejudice, and, in subtle hints, incest. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140186796
ISBN
9780140186796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198709985
ISBN
9780198709985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Series: Dover Children's Classics. Num Pages: 32 pages, 25col.ill. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 191 x 2. Weight in Grams: 142. 32 pages, 25col.ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 199 x 191 x 2. Weight: 142.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486284699
ISBN
9780486284699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.73

Paperback. Act as miniatures that aim to be regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. These tales with their prose and wordplay, include 104 stories that reveal a world, in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a pear tree, a scholar recounts his incarnations, and a woman out-foxes the fox-spirit that possesses her. Translator(s): Minford, John. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447408
ISBN
9780140447408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare, that has thrilled readers ever since. Also included in this edition are a number of short stories and essays of the 1880s and extracts from writings on personality disorder that set the works in their historical context. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536221
ISBN
9780199536221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Martin Danahays edition of Jekyll and Hyde is a treasure trove of biographical, cultural, and historical materials. John Kucich, University of Michigan Editor(s): Danahay, Martin A. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810246
ISBN
9781554810246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.11

Paperback. Jerome Palissier spends many summers at his uncle's house in the Normandy countryside. There he falls in love with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually she becomes convinced that Jerome's love for her is endangering his soul. In the interests of his salvation, she decides to suppress everything that is beautiful in herself. Translator(s): Bussy, Dorothy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185248
ISBN
9780141185248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. A pornographic fantasy in which the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185385
ISBN
9780141185385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. The timeless boyhood adventures of a mischievous lad in 19th-century New England, in a new edition for today's readers. Illustrator(s): White, A.B. Series: Hardscrabble Classics. Num Pages: 314 pages, 71 drawings. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874517941
ISBN
9780874517941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Series: A Ming Dynasty Collection. Num Pages: 792 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780295985688
ISBN
9780295985688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.16

Paperback. Provides an unparalleled view of the art of traditional Chinese short fiction. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993713
ISBN
9780295993713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.66
€ 62.86

hardcover. A collection of stories that provides a vivid panorama of the bustling world of imperial China before the end of the Ming dynasty. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989037
ISBN
9780295989037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.94

Hardcover. Includes classic adventure stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London that mix with imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith and J G Ballard. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596051
ISBN
9781841596051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Hardcover. Offers an mouth-watering smorgasbord of stories with food in the starring role, this book includes choice titbits from famous novels: the triumphant boeuf en daube served in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, and Proust's rhapsodic memories of watching the family cook prepare asparagus in Remembrance of Things Past. Editor(s): Tesdell, Diana Secker. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 190 x 33. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596198
ISBN
9781841596198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. First published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series, this comprehensive selection of Kipling's stories and poems covers the full range of his career. It displays Kipling's comic mastery as well as his bleak insights into human behaviour, from the days of British India to the aftermath of the First World War. With Introduction and full notes. Editor(s): Karlin, Daniel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages, 1 map; 3 black and white. BIC Classification: DCF; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198723431
ISBN
9780198723431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death his colleagues remember him rarely. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561545
ISBN
9780099561545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted, Faust-like underworld. Through a series of shadowy encounters, romantic, freakish and savage by turn, Haller begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth. Translator(s): Creighton, Basil. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 17. Weight in Grams: 146.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951521
ISBN
9780241951521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.45

Hardback. The essential thrust of this book is an examination of the origins and development of the satirical element of Stendal's writing in Italy, which culminates with the creation of what many critics consider to be his finest achievement, the novel La Chartreuse de Parme. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859894463
ISBN
9780859894463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.32

Hardback. Dickens' A Christmas Carol is brought to life with Steampunk-inspired illustrations in this ultra-deluxe and unabridged edition. Illustrator(s): Basic, Zdenko. Num Pages: 204 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Running Press,U.S.
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762450909
ISBN
9780762450909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.79

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