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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, this title tells the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099529125
ISBN
9780099529125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Thady Quirk, steward to the decaying estate of the Rackrent family, narrates a story of four generations of a dying dynasty in Castle Rackrent. This volume also includes Ennui, the entertaining confessions of the Earl of Glenthorn, a bored aristocrat. Both novels offer a darkly comic and satirical expose of the Irish class system. Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn. Num Pages: 361 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433203
ISBN
9780140433203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Tells the story of three generations of the Rackrent family from the perspective of their servant, Thady Quirk, during the middle of the eighteenth century in Ireland. This book contains annotations, an introduction and a bibliography. Editor(s): Howard, Susan Kubica. Num Pages: 984 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208773
ISBN
9780872208773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Editor(s): Watson, George. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9780199537556
ISBN
9780199537556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.48

Paperback. A masterful recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, set in 19th century Cornwall. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080670
ISBN
9781844080670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Hardback. Castle Dangerous is the realisation of a thirty-year old project of Scott's to retell a story found in Barbour's Brus. Editor(s): Alexander, J. H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605880
ISBN
9780748605880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.10

Paperback. A deliriously delightful novel of George Bernard Shaw's, full of miscommunication, drawing-room comedy and love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547476
ISBN
9781848547476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. This is a new English translation of a classic work of medieval Islamic learning. In this rich allegorical fable the animals pursue a case against humanity. They rebuke and criticise human weakness, deny man's superiority, and make powerful demands for greater justice and respect for animals. Editor(s): Goodman, Lenn E.; McGregor, Richard. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK; FC; HBLA1; HBLC1; HP; HRHT; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199642519
ISBN
9780199642519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.03

Paperback. The moving romance of dancer Jenny Pearl: a story which helped establish Mackenzie among the foremost novelists of his generation Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547704
ISBN
9781848547704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Translator(s): Jotcham, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540440
ISBN
9780199540440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612192260
ISBN
9781612192260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Lee Chong, the owner of the well-stocked grocery store, is also the proprietor of the Palace Flophouse that Mack and his troupe of good-natured 'boys' call home. Dora runs the Bear Flag Restaurant with clockwork efficiency and a generous heart, and Doc, secreted away in his home at Western Biological Laboratories, is the fount of all wisdom. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185088
ISBN
9780141185088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241980385
ISBN
9780241980385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. "A breakthrough in prose and poetical writing.. This book should be on all readers' and writers' desks and in their minds."-Maya Angelou Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Liveright
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871402103
ISBN
9780871402103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. A masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance and a canonical work in both the American and the African American literary traditions, Cane is now available in a revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Byrd, Rudolph P.; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393931686
ISBN
9780393931686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. Tells of the adventures of the naive Candide, who doggedly believes that all is for the best even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039426
ISBN
9780143039426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

paperback. When his love for the Baron's daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, and murder, testing the young hero's optimism. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455106
ISBN
9780140455106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Relates the misadventures of a young optimist who leaves his sheltered childhood to find his way in a cruel and irrational world. This novel mocks the suggestion that 'all is well' and challenges us to create a better world. Editor(s): Palmer, Eric. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117461
ISBN
9781551117461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Vavere, Natasha. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Parapara Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911326052
ISBN
9781911326052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.44

paperback. Voltaire was the nom de plume of Francois-Marie Aroue, an 18th-century philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. Candide, a biting satire on the philosophy of the time, is considered his finest work. Translator(s): Fowler, James. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781840227307
ISBN
9781840227307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

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