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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Boccaccio's Decameron recasts the storytelling heritage of the ancient and medieval worlds into perennial forms that inspired writers from Chaucer and Shakespeare down to our own day. Translator(s): Payne, John. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 51. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840221336
ISBN
9781840221336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.13

Paperback. When Celine's first novel, Journey to the End of the Night was first published in 1932, it created an instant scandal. Four years later came the sequel, Death on Credit. Both were a new kind of novel, frank about the author's thoughts and actions in ways that readers had never encountered. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Alma Books London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496348
ISBN
9781847496348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106876
ISBN
9780143106876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The classic humorous novel about an alcohol-loving clergyman who thinks he is the reincarnation of a dog. Complete with the award-winning film screenplay that expands upon the tale. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 col plates (16pp). BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Film tie-in ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007314270
ISBN
9780007314270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. A biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls, here presented in a brand new translation, is part of Alma Classics Evergreens series of popular classics. Translator(s): Rayfield, Donald. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496287
ISBN
9781847496287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.42

Hardcover. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152807
ISBN
9781857152807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Translator(s): Rayfield, Donald. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173763
ISBN
9781590173763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486426822
ISBN
9780486426822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

paperback. Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in the provincial town of 'N', visiting a succession of landowners and making each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these 'dead souls' as collateral to re-invent himself as a aristocrat. Translator(s): Maguire, Robert A. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448078
ISBN
9780140448078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Presenting Gogol's comic novel about a mysterious con man and his grotesque victims, this translation is accompanied by an introduction and by appendices that outline excerpts from the translator's work on other Gogol texts, and by letters Gogol wrote around the time he was writing this novel. Editor(s): Fusso, Ms. Susanne. Translator(s): Guerney, Bernard Guilbert. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300060997
ISBN
9780300060997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.82

Paperback. A semi-autobiographical story of a writer who fails to sell his novel and fails to commit suicide. When his play is taken up by the theatre, literary success beckons, but he has reckoned without the grotesquely inflated egos of the actors, directors and theatre managers. Editor(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455144
ISBN
9780140455144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Following the life of David Copperfield through sufferings and adversity, this book helps reader find many light-hearted moments in the company of a host of English fiction's stars including Mr Micawber, Traddles, Uriah Heep, Creakle, Betsy Trotwood, and the Peggoty family. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 498.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260247
ISBN
9781853260247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.74

Paperback. A story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth. Illustrator(s): Browne, H. K.; Barlow, Chris. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 58 x 45. Weight in Grams: 694.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439441
ISBN
9780140439441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 206 x 46. Weight in Grams: 854.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307947178
ISBN
9780307947178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.54

Hardback. Recounts author's experiences from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. This book draws openly and revealingly on author's own life. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 199 x 45. Weight in Grams: 880.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394640
ISBN
9780141394640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 15.93

Paperback.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2000 Modern Library pbk. ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679783411
ISBN
9780679783411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.34

Paperback. When David Copperfield escapes from the cruelty of his childhood home, he embarks on a journey to adulthood which will lead him through comedy and tragedy, love and heartbreak and friendship and betrayal. Num Pages: 976 pages, b/w illust. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511465
ISBN
9780099511465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 45. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
944
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536290
ISBN
9780199536290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509825394
ISBN
9781509825394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Chronicles David Copperfield's extraordinary journey through life, as he encounters villains, saviours, eccentrics and grotesques, including the wicked Mr Murdstone, stout-hearted Peggotty, formidable Betsey Trotwood, impecunious Micawber and odious Uriah Heep. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 198 x 47. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1008
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199160
ISBN
9780141199160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

hardcover. Featuring part fairy tale and part thinly veiled autobiography, the author transmutes his life experience into a brilliant series of comic and sentimental adventures in the spirit of the great eighteenth-century novelists he so much admired. Num Pages: 878 pages, 39 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 45. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
878
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150315
ISBN
9781857150315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Written between 1938 and 1944 and set in the context of a disintegrating Russian culture, this collection of short fiction centres around dark, erotic liaisons told in prose. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494740
ISBN
9781847494740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Follows lives of the beautiful but spoiled Gwendolene Harleth and selfless yet alienated Daniel Deronda, as they search for personal and vocational fulfilment and sympathetic relationship. Set in the degenerate English aristocratic society of the 1860s, this book charts their search for meaningful lives against a background of imperialism. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 125 x 40. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1996th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853261763
ISBN
9781853261763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear. Clothbound with title in gilt to spine. Some scuffs to dust jacket. Interior is very clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
768
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025596
ISBN
9780199538485
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

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