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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. A collection of short fiction that showcases the author's application of Romantic sensibilities to uncompromising studies of human frailty. It includes stories: "The Queen of Spades", "The Negro of Peter the Great", and, "The Captain's Daughter". Translator(s): Edmonds, Rosemary. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441192
ISBN
9780140441192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. This collection of Pushkin's shorter fiction contains a number of lesser-known works by Pushkin which are not easily available in English, including the novel Dubrovsky and the stories Egyptian Nights and Peter the Great's Negro. Translator(s): Debreczeny, Paul. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494788
ISBN
9781847494788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.79

Paperback. Translator(s): Keane, T. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 84. Series: Dover Thrift S. 96 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 6. Weight: 84. Translator(s): Keane, T.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486280547
ISBN
9780486280547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.35

Paperback. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Myers, Alan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538652
ISBN
9780199538652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Tells the story of Adam Jeffson: the first man to reach the North Pole and the last man left alive on earth. Editor(s): Sutherland, John. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196428
ISBN
9780141196428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DCF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edit/Cover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621596
ISBN
9781909621596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Margaret; Rosengarten, Herbert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Oxford University Press New York
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
SKU
KST0029981
ISBN
9780199536672
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.83

Paperback. Escaping a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium, the hero gets entangled with the sensuous but manipulative Zoraide Reuter, which complicates his affections for a penniless girl who is both teacher and pupil in Reuter's school. Editor(s): Glen, Heather. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433111
ISBN
9780140433111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Wringhim believes himself to be one of the elect, predestined for salvation and exempt from moral law, who embarks on a career as a murderer under the influence of a mysterious double. Hogg's terrifying masterpiece is presented in a new edition with an introduction that explores his remarkable career and the novel's originality and sophistication. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, facsimile frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199217953
ISBN
9780199217953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

paperback. Robert Wringham's family is composed of a dissolute father and brother, a pious mother, and a rival father in the person of a fanatical Calvinist minister. He comes to believe that he is one of the elect, predestined to be saved, while others are damned. Editor(s): Miller, Karl. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441535
ISBN
9780141441535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509834587
ISBN
9781509834587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Translator(s): Cave, Terence. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539178
ISBN
9780199539178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.04

Paperback. This translation of the novel "La Princesse de Cleves", originally written in 1678, tells of life at Court in 17th-century France. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445879
ISBN
9780140445879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. The Princess of Cleves, often called the first modern French novel, was published anonymously in 1678 and was received with enthusiasm by its contemporary audience. Editor(s): Lyons, John D. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393963335
ISBN
9780393963335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. The illegitimate and impoverished son of a dressmaker and a nobleman, Hyacinth Robinson has grown up with a strong sense of beauty that heightens his acute sympathy for the inequalities that surround him. Drawn into a secret circle of radical politics he makes a rash vow to commit a violent act of terrorism. Editor(s): Brewer, Derek. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432541
ISBN
9780140432541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007420063
ISBN
9780007420063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.40

Hardcover. John Maude and Betty Silver are in love, but when John turns out to be heir to the principality of Mervo, a small Mediterranean island not a thousand miles from Monte Carlo, he finds himself ensnared in the establishment of a new casino on the island, much to his beloved's high-minded disgust. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591971
ISBN
9781841591971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. New translation of a classic from Italian literature. This edition contains a new translation of G.W.F. Hegel's 'Machiavelli's The Prince and Italy', notes and apparatus on Machiavelli's life and works, four pages of pictures and the first pages of The Prince in the original Italian. Translator(s): Nichols, J. G. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493231
ISBN
9781847493231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional school mistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a world of adult games that they will never forget. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181424
ISBN
9780141181424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A novel of social, sexual and domestic politics, The Prime Minister raises one of the most enduring questions - whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader. Editor(s): Skilton, David. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433494
ISBN
9780140433494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. In a masterful novel that vividly recreates the world of Ancient Greece, Mary Renault tells the story of Simonides, an ugly boy destined to create beauty through his extraordinary poetic talent. Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a great novelist, Mary Renault brings the ancient world vividly to life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089604
ISBN
9781844089604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540960
ISBN
9780099540960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Paperback. A young Austrian woman, Christine, toils away in a provincial post office when, out of the blue, a telegram arrives inviting her to join an American aunt she's never known in a fashionable Swiss resort. She accepts and is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth and unleashed desire. She feels herself utterly transformed. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sort of Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000360
ISBN
9780954221720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Considered by many to be Henry James's finest novel, The Portrait of a Lady is a subtle examination of Victorian society and power relations, providing a groundbreaking psychological study of its protagonist. This volume is based on the authoritative New York Edition, and includes the author's seminal preface. Series: Evergreens. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495754
ISBN
9781847495754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.15

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