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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: "The Castle of Otranto", published pseudonymously in 1765; "Vathek" (1786); and the story of "Frankenstein" (1818). Editor(s): Fairclough, Peter. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430363
- ISBN
- 9780140430363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Three Diggers Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Nonsuch Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845880842
- ISBN
- 9781845880842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.37
€ 9.37
Paperback. Those Who Walk Away is a brilliant psychological thriller - a deadly game of cat-and-mouse in the labyrinthine streets of Venice. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349004860
- ISBN
- 9780349004860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A critical account of its own era, introducing many themes which would be developed in later works, Fitzgerald's first novel was an instant critical and commercial success, propelling him into the limelight as a literary celebrity. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292. 320 pages, illustrations. A critical account of its own era, introducing many themes which would be developed in later works, Fitzgerald's first novel was an instant critical and commercial success, propelling him into the limelight as a literary celebrity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight: 282.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492227
- ISBN
- 9781847492227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fine Communications,US United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593082437
- ISBN
- 9781593082437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.14
€ 10.99
€ 10.14
Paperback. Amory Blaine, intent on rebelling against his staid, Midwestern upbringing, longs to acquire the patina of Eastern sophistication. In his quest for sexual and intellectual enlightenment, he progresses through a series of relationships, until he is cast out into the real world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185576
- ISBN
- 9780141185576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Hardback. Presents the story of a young man's painful sexual and intellectual awakening that echoes Fitzgerald's own career. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194097
- ISBN
- 9780141194097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Editor(s): Levine, Susan F. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204997
- ISBN
- 9780872204997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.31
€ 51.99
€ 37.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Levine, Susan F. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204980
- ISBN
- 9780872204980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Hardback. Designed to appeal to both general and specialist readers, this volume presents a group of works by O'Brien (1828-1862), an early innovator in the short story form, that explore one of his special interests-the representation of individual consciousness. All but three of the thirteen stories are reprinted here for the first time Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611494020
- ISBN
- 9781611494020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.04
€ 123.04
Paperback. A story of a young couple who want to enjoy life, but the only way they know how to do so is through ownership of 'things'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541660
- ISBN
- 9780099541660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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€ 11.76
Paperback. Ex-detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. He thinks his sleuthing days are over, but when Julia Wolf, a former acquaintance, is found dead, her body riddled with bullets, Nick - along with his glamorous wife, Nora - can't resist making a few enquiries. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136. T
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241962527
- ISBN
- 9780241962527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.20
€ 11.99
€ 11.20
Hardcover. The liberal hero, Balint, is at odds with the politics of his time; he describes the idyllic pre-industrial world of Hungarian Transylvania, later to fall into the hands of first the Nazis and then the Communists, his love for Adrienne, married to an unpleasant and dangerous lunatic, and a Proustian society helplessly bent on its own destruction. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 54. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593548
- ISBN
- 9781841593548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Hardcover. Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself. Series: Transylvania Trilogy. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 204 x 38. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593531
- ISBN
- 9781841593531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.06
€ 26.99
€ 19.06
Paperback. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of a dingy haberdasher's shop on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Therese Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. Therese Raquin caused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and borught its twenty-seven-year-old author a notoriety that followed him throughout his life. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449440
- ISBN
- 9780140449440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Emile Zola's own stage adaptation of his taut, psychological thriller. An intense story of adultery, murder and revenge, streaked with social satire. Translator(s): Broughton, P. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948230134
- ISBN
- 9780948230134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.40
€ 19.40
Paperback. Therese Desqueyroux walks free from court, acquitted of trying to poison her husband. As she travels home to the gloomy forests of Argelouse, Therese looks back over the marriage that brought her nothing but stifling darkness, and wonders, has she really escaped punishment or is it only just about to begin? Translator(s): Hopkins, Gerard; Hopkins, Gerard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 198 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394053
- ISBN
- 9780141394053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. A priceless chronicle of its time which highlights universal themes, Dovlatov's genre-defying novel also provides moments of high entertainment and humour, rendered in his characteristically sharp, concise and sardonic style. Translator(s): Frydman, Anne. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493576
- ISBN
- 9781847493576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. A story of life and love in later Victorian England as seen from the nursery window. Written in 1890 by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford, it all starts when Alfred Salteena, who is 'not quite the right side of the blanket', takes young Ethel Montacue to stay with his friend Bernard Clarke.. Illustrator(s): Simmonds, P. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148. From the library of George Eogan. Good copy with some shelf wear, wear with nicks and tears to cover and spine, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0008070
- ISBN
- 9780701127251
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A collection of writings from Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the most important American feminist of the early twentieth century. Includes the chilling and hugely influential 'The Yellow Wallpaper', which documents the powerless of women in Victorian marriage. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085583
- ISBN
- 9781844085583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76