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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is 'not the type that attracts men'. What she lacks for in looks she makes up for with a romantic nature and cultural aspirations - she goes to concerts at the National Gallery and is a devotee of the modern drama. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528722
ISBN
9780099528722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy's short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262692
ISBN
9781853262692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Editor(s): King, Kathryn R. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538522
ISBN
9780199538522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel Weir of Hermiston on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405256
ISBN
9781474405256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 109.07

Hardback. A compelling story of father-son confrontation, Stevenson was working on this novel the day he died. Series: The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 391.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
178
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604739
ISBN
9780748604739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

Paperback. PG Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection. Required reading at country house parties in the late Thirties, this title remains one of the best introductions to the work of PG Wodehouse. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558149
ISBN
9780099558149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Translator(s): Corner, Mark. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Classroom
SKU
V9788024632858
ISBN
9788024632858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. Translator(s): Randall, Natasha. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
9780099511434
ISBN
9780099511434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD. Translator(s): Brown, Clarence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140185850
ISBN
9780140185850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. A critical edition of Scott's first novel about Edward Waverley, a young, cultured man whose sensibilities lead to his involvement in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Editor(s): Garside, Peter. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 608 pages, None. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 934.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605675
ISBN
9780748605675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.79

Paperback. Edward Waverley, a young English soldier, is caught up in the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, the last civil war fought on British soil and the attempt to reinstate the Stuart monarchy. With Waverley Scott invented the modern historical novel and profoundly influenced the development of European and American fiction for a century at least. Editor(s): Lamont, Claire. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198716594
ISBN
9780198716594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Edward Waverley, a naive, sensitive young man, is posted to Scotland with his regiment, and becomes caught between the clans of the Jacobite Rising and the forces of the Hanoverian regime. He must decide whether he will follow the civilization he has always known, or be drawn into an older world of honour and loyalty. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436600
ISBN
9780140436600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Young Edward Waverley is caught in the middle: son of a Hanoverian yet nephew and heir to a Jacobite, a captain in the King's army yet drawn to the brave Highlanders and their romantic history. Edward must choose where his loyalties lie, even as his heart is torn between gentle Rose Brawardine, and the passionate, principled Flora Mac-Ivor. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589631
ISBN
9780099589631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

paperback. Written in Roussillon during World War Two, while the author was hiding from the Gestapo, this title tells the tale of Mr Knott's servant and his attempts to get to know his master. Watt's mistake is to derive the essence of his master from the accidentals of his being, and his attempts to 'know' ultimately consign him to the asylum. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244744
ISBN
9780571244744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Dr Sloper is disappointed in his dull daughter, Catherine, a mediocre replacement for his beautiful and intelligent wife who died soon after childbirth. Yet, as Sloper threatens, beguiles and dictates to his daughter, he discovers in Catherine a pale reflection of his own obdurate character. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224276
ISBN
9781840224276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Hardcover. When Catherine Sloper falls for Maurice Townsend, her father, a wealthy New York doctor, believes that Townsend is a fortune hunter after his daughter's inheritance. He forbids the marriage but Catherine persists in her affection, encouraged by her foolish aunt Lavinia who has a weakness for Maurice herself. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 207 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1964
Edition
Durabind
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593524
ISBN
9781841593524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375761225
ISBN
9780375761225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. When timid and plain Catherine Sloper is courted by the dashing and determined Morris Townsend, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, delivers an ultimatum: break off her engagement, or be stripped of her inheritance. Editor(s): Banta, Martha. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441368
ISBN
9780141441368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Catherine Sloper is heiress to a fortune and is easily overwhelmed by the attentions of a handsome but penniless suitor. Her clever father is implacably opposed to the match, and the scene for a classic confrontation is set. This new edition of James's most enduringly popular work offers more information than any previous edition. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199559190
ISBN
9780199559190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. Translator(s): Hingley, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199553891
ISBN
9780199553891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

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