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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241962527
ISBN
9780241962527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

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
€ 18.88

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
€ 18.77

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
€ 10.22

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

€ 19.21

Paperback. Translator(s): Rothwell, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536856
ISBN
9780199536856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

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
€ 10.22

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
€ 11.62

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155639
ISBN
9781903155639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

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
€ 11.04

Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories including "The Yellow Wall-Paper", the novel "Herland", and poems. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105855
ISBN
9780143105855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Shulman, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538843
ISBN
9780199538843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.47

Paperback. Presents the horror story scandalized nineteenth-century readers with its portrayal of a woman who loses her mind because she has literally nothing to do. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397412
ISBN
9780141397412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.53

Paperback. Translator(s): Vetch, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811222181
ISBN
9780811222181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. Follows the lives of the Pargiters, a large middle-class London family, from an uncertain spring in 1880 to a party on a summer evening in the 1930s. We see them each endure and remember heart-break, loss, radical change and stifling conformity, marriage and regret. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872236
ISBN
9781784872236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. The principal theme of this ambitious book is Time, threading together three generations of an upper-class English family, the Pargiters. The characters come and go, meet, talk, think, dream, grow older, in a continuous ritual of life that eludes meaning. Editor(s): Lee, Hermione. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555390
ISBN
9780199555390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. On the cusp of the Spanish Civil War in a coastal village in the Basque country, three men stop off at Extarri's bar on their way to a wedding. There, a bizarre and seemingly incidental event marks the beginning of a powerful story about a bond and a secret that endures even in death. Translator(s): Cullen, John. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099551850
ISBN
9780099551850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. The lost classic masterpiece of magical realms, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007578115
ISBN
9780007578115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. An omnibus of Jeeves and Wooster stories. It contains "Carry On, Jeeves", "The Inimitable Jeeves", "Very Good, Jeeves" and the short stories "Jeeves Makes an Omelette" and "Jeeves and the Greasy Bird". Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 45. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099514237
ISBN
9780099514237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

paperback. A Blandings', the fattest pig in Shropshire and England, omnibus. It contains "Something Fresh", "Summer Lightning" and three short stories. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099514244
ISBN
9780099514244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349010007
ISBN
9780349010007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. At a party in the Hollywood Hills, Stephen Monk finds his wife in the arms of another man. Betrayed and furious, he packs his belongings and returns to the home he was born in. Can he forgive his wife, and most importantly, himself? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561149
ISBN
9780099561149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.77

Paperback. Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne. Her alternative choice proves disastrous. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262937
ISBN
9781853262937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

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