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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. In the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes completely devoted. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443530
ISBN
9780140443530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

hardcover. Contains further stories of members of the Drones Club and several adventures related by the Oldest Member of the golf club. This title contains stories including: "The Shadow Passes", "Bramley is so Bracing", "Up From the Depths", "Feet of Clay", "Excelsior", "Rodney Has a Relapse", "Tangled Hearts", and, "Birth of a Salesman". Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591575
ISBN
9781841591575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Stylistically brilliant and brimming with humour and literary allusion, Notes on a Cuff is presented here in a new translation, along with a collection of other short pieces by Bulgakov, many of them - such as 'The Cockroach' and 'A Dissolute Man' - published for the first time in the English language. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Oneworld Classics Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493873
ISBN
9781847493873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of the author's own insignificance, this book tells the story of his tortured life. It describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455120
ISBN
9780140455120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, this new edition includes pictures and section on Dostoevsky's life and works. Seen by many as the first existentialist novel, Notes from Underground was a pivotal moment in the development of modern literature and has inspired countless novelists, thinkers and film-makers. Translator(s): Zinovieff, Kyril; Hughes, Jenny. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493743
ISBN
9781847493743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

paperback. A collection of Dostoevsky's short stories, including Notes From The Underground which is considered to be one of the first works of existential literature. Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840225778
ISBN
9781840225778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. The text for this edition of Notes from Underground is Michael Katz's acclaimed translation of the 1863 novel, which is introduced and annotated specifically for English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 272 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393976120
ISBN
9780393976120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.26

Paperback. Translator(s): Kentish, Jane. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536382
ISBN
9780199536382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. As well as the text itself and an informative introduction, this new edition includes a selection of background documents (also newly translated), which help set the work in the cultural and intellectual context out of which it emerged. Translator(s): Lodge, Kirsten. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554812219
ISBN
9781554812219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.74

Hardcover. An introduction that places the underground man in the historical context of nineteenth-century modernity's movement toward secularism, examines his psychological dynamics, and identifies the developments in Russian intellectual life that the work parodies and criticises. Editor(s): Guignon, Charles; Aho, Kevin. Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
99
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209060
ISBN
9780872209060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. An introduction that places the underground man in the historical context of nineteenth-century modernity's movement toward secularism, examines his psychological dynamics, and identifies the developments in Russian intellectual life that the work parodies and criticises. Editor(s): Guignon, Charles; Aho, Kevin. Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
99
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209053
ISBN
9780872209053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Presenting the apology and confession of a minor mid-19th-century Russian official, this title offers a half-desperate, half-mocking political critique and an account of man's breakaway from society and descent 'underground'. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099140115
ISBN
9780099140115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Hardcover. Using multiple narrators, playing with literary stereotypes and identities, this title tells the story of an aspiring young writer, James Orlebar Cloyster, prepared to do almost anything, first for success and then for gratification. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591926
ISBN
9781841591926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo enacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. This edition offers new insights into Conrad's masterpiece. Editor(s): Berthoud, Jacques; Kalnins, Mara. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555918
ISBN
9780199555918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Barsetshire in the war years. The next Angela Thirkell novel in the hugely successful series of charming English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire. Perfect for fans of Stella Gibbons, PG Wodehouse or E. F. Benson. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349007427
ISBN
9780349007427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. In her introduction to Northanger Abbey--part of Harvard's celebrated annotated Austen series--Susan Wolfson proposes that Austen's most underappreciated, most playful novel is about fiction itself and how it can take possession of everyday understandings. Wolfson's running commentary will engage new readers and delight scholars. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (colour), maps (colour). BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 249 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725676
ISBN
9780674725676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.70

Paperback. The story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9781853260438
ISBN
9781853260438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety and love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath and her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing and entertaining consequences. Series: Vintage Classics Austen Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589297
ISBN
9780099589297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue, Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621671
ISBN
9781909621671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 19. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007368600
ISBN
9780007368600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Grogan, Claire. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114798
ISBN
9781551114798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307386830
ISBN
9780307386830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.25

Paperback. With its loveable, impressionable heroine and its themes of growing up and learning to live in the real world, Northanger Abbey remains one of Jane Austen's most irresistible and up-to-date novels. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Headline Book Publishing
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755331444
ISBN
9780755331444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.94

Hardback. During an eventful season at Bath, young, naive Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror, and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 206 x 29. Weight in Grams: 440.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780141197715
ISBN
9780141197715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.29

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