Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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€ 11.04
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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
€ 23.99€ 17.98
€ 23.99
€ 17.98
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
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
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
€ 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€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150315
- ISBN
- 9781857150315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 16.68
€ 29.99
€ 16.68
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
€ 16.70
€ 16.70
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
€ 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
€ 14.74
€ 14.74
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€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
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€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509825394
- ISBN
- 9781509825394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
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€ 11.05
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€ 11.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Bosch, Eva. Translator(s): Yates, Alan. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 204 pages, 10. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909232617
- ISBN
- 9781909232617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
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€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. "Daphnis and Chloe" has been a European bestseller for centuries and vastly influential in literature, art and music. It has proved an enduringly fertile source for artists from Henry Fielding to Corot and Ravel and is recognizably the masterpiece among early Greek novels. Translator(s): Turner, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780140440591
- ISBN
- 9780140440591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.53
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€ 12.53
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
€ 6.31
€ 6.31
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
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
hardcover. Weaves together two stories, one about Gwendolen Harleth, the spoilt beauty who marries for money, the other concerning the mysterious hero of the title whose search for his true destiny leads him towards Zionism. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857151633
- ISBN
- 9781857151633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 13.91
€ 24.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Daniel Deronda, George Eliot's last great novel, charts the intertwined lives of spirited Gwendolen Harleth and the idealistic Deronda. Both are damaged by their pasts, and alienated from the society around them, in a story set against the backdrop of economic crisis, political uncertainty, and proto-Zionism. Editor(s): Handley, Graham. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199682867
- ISBN
- 9780199682867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
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Paperback. Gwendolen Harleth is poised at the roulette-table, prepared to throw away her family fortune. She is observed by Daniel Deronda, a young man groomed in the finest tradition of the English upper-classes. And while Gwendolen loses everything and becomes trapped in an oppressive marriage, Deronda's fortunes take a different turn. Editor(s): Cave, Terence. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434279
- ISBN
- 9780140434279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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Paperback. A beautiful young woman stands poised over the gambling tables in an expensive hotel. She is aware of, and resents, the gaze of an unusual young man, a stranger, who seems to judge her, and find her wanting. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099577294
- ISBN
- 9780099577294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.00
€ 21.00
Paperback. Two former lovers embark on a game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded existences. While the Marquise de Merteuil challenges the Vicomte de Valmont to seduce an innocent girl, the Vicomte is also occupied with the conquest of a married woman. But the consequences prove to be more serious, than they could have guessed. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449570
- ISBN
- 9780140449570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks and acts, or is she simply ignorant of those conventions? Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141199757
- ISBN
- 9780141199757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45