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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Gaskell's depiction of a fallen woman as her heroine shocked contemporary readers. Ruth is seduced and heartlessly abandoned but finds shelter and love with her illegitimate child until a twist of fate brings her past back to haunt her. This new edition explores the novel's radicalism and cultural influence. Editor(s): Dolin, Tim. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199581955
ISBN
9780199581955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. From the reign of the Tsars to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, this short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included are pieces from many of the acknowledged masters of Russian literature alongside tales by long-suppressed figures. They offer a representation of an enduring form of Russian literature. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448467
ISBN
9780140448467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Karetnyk, Bryan. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241299739
ISBN
9780241299739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. In this chilling novel of the future, Daphne du Maurier explores the implications of a political, economic and military alliance between Britain and the United States Series: VMC. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080632
ISBN
9781844080632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Rudin, Turgenev's first novel, is a subtle examination of human weakness which foreshadows many of the themes in the author's later work, with its lead character personifying the type of the "superfluous man" which came to dominate much of the literature of nineteenth-century Russia. Translator(s): O'Brien, Dora. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492265
ISBN
9781847492265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. RSVP is a sumptuous family saga, packed with sex, love and betrayal. Now who could refuse an invitation like that..? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246. 8vo Good copy .
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Publication date
2011
SKU
KEX0255169
ISBN
9781409102779
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Mullan, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536740
ISBN
9780199536740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Klimaszewski, Melisa. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 123 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001439
ISBN
9781843911647
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Features recollections of the author's experiences prospecting for gold, speculating in timber, and writing for a succession of small Western newspapers during the 1860s. Editor(s): Hill, Hamlin. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
16th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140390100
ISBN
9780140390100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Hardcover. Translator(s): Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 122 x 28. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Hardcover Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823119
ISBN
9781933823119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. A Room of One's Own has become a classic feminist essay; The Voyage Out is highly significant as her first novel. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840226799
ISBN
9781840226799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117577
ISBN
9781551117577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.78

Paperback. Although not among George Eliot's most admired works, this story is set in Florence at the end of the 15th century. It re-creates the picturesque complexion of the city and the characters of the historical figures, Charles VIII, Machiavelli and Savanorola. Editor(s): Barrett, Dorothea. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434705
ISBN
9780140434705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Explores the city's fateful impact through the writing of classical historians, a Renaissance sculptor, 18th-century tourists, American, British and French novelists and the authors of modern Rome, each testing and unravelling the city's ageless paradoxes. Editor(s): Keates, Jonathan. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596228
ISBN
9781841596228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Series: Tuttle Classics of Asian Literature S. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; BT; FC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804834674
ISBN
9780804834674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.66

Paperback. Translator(s): Brewitt-Taylor, C.H. Series: Tuttle Classics of Asian Literature S. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; BT; FC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 46. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing United States
Number of pages
1024
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804834681
ISBN
9780804834681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.66

Paperback. The first major work of literature written in Catalan and arguably the first European novel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADC; DSBB; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Bilingual
SKU
V9781855663046
ISBN
9781855663046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

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
€ 16.06

Paperback. This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in a frozen landscape is eloquent in its innocence. A Christmas story set in a terrifying and beautiful world of snow and ice, Rock Crystal is a classic of German literature, loved by children and adults alike. Translator(s): Mayer, Elizabeth; Moore, Marianne. Series: Pushkin Collection. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 120 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908968319
ISBN
9781908968319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. This perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory, but it is readers of all ages over the last 280 years who have given "Robinson Crusoe" its abiding position as a classic tale of adventure. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KEX0302691
ISBN
9781853260452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 6.74

Paperback. This perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory, but it is readers of all ages over the last 280 years who have given "Robinson Crusoe" its abiding position as a classic tale of adventure. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KEX0245143
ISBN
9781853260452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.74

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First PB Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780375757327
ISBN
9780375757327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.86

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 183 x 112 x 20. Weight in Grams: 172. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0009171
ISBN
9780007350841
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 9.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Series: Arcturus Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with some shelf wear, tear to spine at bottom back cover
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004992
ISBN
9781848373150
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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