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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Cranford is a vivid and affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England, dominated by its independent and refined women, a blend of social comedy and astute observation. This edition includes two related short works by Gaskell and contemporary comment on the novel, household management, fashion, and financial scandals. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199558308
- ISBN
- 9780199558308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.01
€ 10.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. This representative selection includes five tales of very different kinds written in the 1850s and the longer Cousin Phillis. Immensely readable and sophisticated works of art, they show Gaskell's mastery of the genre, in an edition that celebrates her achievements in shorter fiction and the context in which they first appeared. Editor(s): Glen, Heather; Glen, Heather. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239498
- ISBN
- 9780199239498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Thompson, Julian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537679
- ISBN
- 9780199537679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Poor, plain spinster Bette is compelled to survive on the condescending patronage of her socially superior relatives in Paris: her beautiful, saintly cousin Adeline, the philandering Baron Hulot and their daughter Hortense. Translator(s): Crawford, Marion. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780140441604
- ISBN
- 9780140441604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. This edition of Scott's last full novel, the first to have returned to the manuscript and to the many surviving proofs, realises Scott's original intentions. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605873
- ISBN
- 9780748605873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.74€ 131.77
€ 136.74
€ 131.77
paperback. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Edmund Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 50. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions U.K.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853267338
- ISBN
- 9781853267338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
paperback. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Edmund Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 50. Weight in Grams: 584. Good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear. Slight foxing to pages exterior
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions U.K.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025189
- ISBN
- 9781853267338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Leather / fine binding. Presents a classic adventure story. This title features an elegant bonded-leather binding, a satin ribbon bookmark, distinctive gilt edging and decorative endpapers. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 1072 pages, b/w throughout. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1560.
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Inc
- Number of pages
- 1072
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781435132115
- ISBN
- 9781435132115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199554607
- ISBN
- 9780199554607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. These three tales, unpublished for over a century (and in one case for nearly two centuries), are a fictional exploration of Otherness and the intercultural set in the New World, either among native Americans (Abenakis, Iroquois) or runaway slaves in Jamaica befriended by Quakers. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 88 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895446
- ISBN
- 9780859895446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.95
€ 40.95
Paperback. When Connecticut mechanic and foreman Hank Morgan is knocked unconscious, he wakes not to the familiar scenes of nineteenth-century America but to the bewildering sights and sounds of sixth-century Camelot. This is a darkly comic consideration of the nature of human nature and society. Illustrator(s): Beard, Daniel Carter. Editor(s): Kaplan, Justin. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005142
- ISBN
- 9780140430646
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. At the age of eighty-three and nearing death, Carlo Altoviti has decided to write down the confessions of his long life. He remembers everything: his unhappy childhood in the kitchens of the Castle of Fratta; romantic entanglements during the siege of Genoa; revolutionary fighting in Naples; and so much more. Translator(s): Randall, Frederika. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391663
- ISBN
- 9780141391663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Hardcover. An account of a man haunted by the Devil in the form of his own evil double. Hogg's 1824 novel, set in 17th century Scotland, anticipates Dostoevsky's great dramas of sin, self-accusation and damnation by half a century. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151268
- ISBN
- 9781857151268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Hardback. Edgar Allan Poe is credited with having pioneered the short story, having perfected the tale of psychological horror, and having revolutionised modern poetics. The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar is part of Barnes & Noble's Leatherbound Classics. This omnibus edition collects all of Poe's fiction and poetry in a single volume. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 1040 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FC; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159. .
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781435154469
- ISBN
- 9781435154469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.57
€ 52.99
€ 37.57
paperback. A collection of all Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches, to longer, complete tales. Together, they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the depth of his thought. Some, like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgement", are well-known; others are mere jottings. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749399467
- ISBN
- 9780749399467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. The art of telling a ghost story is a refined one and Montague Rhodes James was a master of it. This volume contains all his timeless masterpieces from the four collections of his eerie tales. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509827725
- ISBN
- 9781509827725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Published here alongside their evocative original illustrations, these fairy tales by the celebrated playwright and poet include "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" and "A House of Pomegranates." Revised reissue. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FM; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 21. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Signet
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451531070
- ISBN
- 9780451531070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.82
€ 8.82
Paperback. George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary life. He fears modern times - since, in 1939, the Second World War is imminent - foreseeing food queues, soldiers, secret police and tyranny. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185699
- ISBN
- 9780141185699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Icelandic literary culture was one of the richest and most important in the medieval world. This title brings together the finest comic stories from medieval Iceland. It examines how the stories satirised old-style sagas while exploiting their classic themes of quests and revenge. Editor(s): Kellogg, Robert. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447743
- ISBN
- 9780140447743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Features Nell LeStrange, the heroine, who is tricked by her calculating sister into leaving her poor lover and marrying a wealthy man she does not love. This novel includes the heroine's frank discussion of her sexual attraction to her lover, and her dispassionate evaluation of loveless marriage as a form of self-sale. Editor(s): Gilbert, Pamela K. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118055
- ISBN
- 9781551118055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.94
€ 37.99
€ 34.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Cervantes, Gabriel; Sill, Geoffrey. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810710
- ISBN
- 9781554810710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.63
€ 32.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. The definitive collection of Dylan Thomas' short stories, showing just why he is considered one of the 20th century's finest writers. Also featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227306
- ISBN
- 9781780227306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 890 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 46. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151961
- ISBN
- 9781857151961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183459
- ISBN
- 9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91