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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. One of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's great Comedie Humaine, Eugenie Grandet (1833) is a story of family conflict, unrequited love and self-sacrifice set against the aftermath of the French Revolution. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555895
ISBN
9780199555895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. In a gloomy house in provincial Saumur, the miser Grandet lives with his wife and daughter, Eugenie, whose lives are stifled and overshadowed by his obsession with gold. Guarding his piles of glittering treasures and his only child equally closely, he will let no one near them. Translator(s): Crawford, Marion. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1955
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440508
ISBN
9780140440508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Monsieur Grandet is a very rich man whose chief care is his gold. He runs his household with exacting miserly attention and his wife and daughter suffer a Spartan existence. On the evening of his daughter Eugenie's twenty third birthday his foppish nephew Charles suddenly arrives from Paris. Eugenie has never known passion. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560869
ISBN
9780099560869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the fates of three men and three women. It was Pushkin's own favourite work, and this new translation conveys the literal sense and the poetic music of the original. Translator(s): Falen, James E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538645
ISBN
9780199538645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Eugene Onegin - presented here in a sparkling translation by Roger Clarke, along with extensive notes and commentary - was the founding text of modern Russian literature. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 39. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Dual language ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494177
ISBN
9781847494177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.33

Paperback. Translator(s): Nabokov, Vladimir. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 1056 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DCF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
1056
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019048
ISBN
9780691019048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.84
€ 51.06

Paperback. Set in 1820s Russia, this title follows the fates of three men and three women. It offers the reader many literary, philosophical, and autobiographical digressions, often in a highly satirical vein. Editor(s): Mitchell, Stanley. Translator(s): Mitchell, Stanley. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448108
ISBN
9780140448108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Translator(s): Javadi, Hasan; Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 140 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823225
ISBN
9781933823225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.57

Paperback. On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan's farm. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224085
ISBN
9781840224085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Singley, Carol. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FR; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810178
ISBN
9781554810178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.81

Paperback. Set against the bleak winter landscape of New England, Ethan Frome tells the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zenia, and her cousin, the enchanting Mattie Silver. In her introduction the distinguished critic Elaine Showalter discusses the background to the novel's composition and the reasons for its enduring success. Editor(s): Showalter, Elaine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538096
ISBN
9780199538096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena's vivacious cousin enters their household as a 'hired girl', Ethan finds himself obsessed with her and with the possibilities for happiness she comes to represent. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141389400
ISBN
9780141389400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. One of the great novels of London life and labour in the 1890s, Esther Waters is the story of a single mother struggling against prejudice and injustice. It vividly brings to life a world of horse racing, gambling, and public houses and was groundbreaking in its approach. This is the only available edition of this powerful novel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583010
ISBN
9780199583010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

paperback. "Esau and Jacob" is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level, the story of Brazil itself, it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman. Assis presents a study of the doubts and insecurities of the human condition, rather than an heroic bible fable. Editor(s): Borges, Dain (Professor of History, University of California, San Diego, USA). Translator(s): Lowe, Elizabeth. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195108118
ISBN
9780195108118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.67

Paperback. Translator(s): Boehm, Philip. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173411
ISBN
9781590173411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.73

Paperback. Setting out to make his fortune, a young traveller discovers the remote and beautiful land of Erewhon, and is given a home among its handsome citizens. But their visitor soon discovers that this ideal community has its faults.. This is a humorous satire on conventional virtues, religious hypocrisy and the unthinking acceptance of beliefs. Editor(s): Mudford, Peter. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140430578
ISBN
9780140430578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.29

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621466
ISBN
9781909621466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oleander Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900891878
ISBN
9780900891878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. The novel and appendices. Appendices include primary source material relating to: the novel's reception; women, marriage and work; and landscape in the eighteenth-century fiction. Mary Hays' biographical writing on Smith is also included, as is selected correspondence. Series: Encore Editions. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 475.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113593
ISBN
9781551113593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Brings Jane Austen's classic tale of youthful folly and romantic exuberance to a modern audience with this beautiful, new manga adaptation. This title delivers both humor and heartache through the gorgeous artwork of manga-ka Po Tse. Editor(s): King, Stacy; Chan, Crystal. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FXA; YFA; YFW. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Udon Entertainment Corp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927925355
ISBN
9781927925355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.19

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