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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, this collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Carribbean in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Fallaize, Elizabeth. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583171
ISBN
9780199583171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan. Editor(s): Byatt, A. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199561605
ISBN
9780199561605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Nodel, Norman. Series: Classics Illustrated. Num Pages: 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: 5AN; FC; FX; YFA; YFW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 29 x 123 x 3. Weight in Grams: 150. Series: Classics Illustrated. 48 pages, fully illustrated. Cateogry: (J) Children / Juvenile. BIC Classification: 5AN; FC; FX; YFA; YFW. Dimension: 29 x 123 x 3. Weight: 150.
Publisher
Classic Comic Store Ltd
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906814694
ISBN
9781906814694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.30

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Some Writing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486270579
ISBN
9780486270579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.00

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Kubin, Alfred. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 249 pages, 50 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213032
ISBN
9781910213032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322325
ISBN
9780940322325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love and revere the penetrating mind and ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals. Illustrator(s): Paget, Sidney; etc. Series: Special Editions. Num Pages: 1408 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1168.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
1408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853268960
ISBN
9781853268960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dezso, Andrea. Num Pages: 568 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: FC; FYT; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 209 x 45. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691173221
ISBN
9780691173221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.45

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Dezso, Andrea. Num Pages: 568 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 934.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160597
ISBN
9780691160597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.85

Paperback. An inability to control his fantasies sends Gilbert Pinfold, a well-known author, cruising on a Ceylon-bound liner to recuperate. Yet, to his horror, the hallucinations increase and life on board becomes very embarrassing. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184500
ISBN
9780141184500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters. This work traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442112
ISBN
9780141442112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. You might find it hard to imagine that those ageing spinsters living quietly in small English towns ever led lives of passion or hardship, that they ever possessed beauty or romantic ideals. This title tells the story of two such old wives, sisters Constance and Sophia, from youth, through marriage, heartbreak, triumphs and disasters, to old age. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 40. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595359
ISBN
9780099595359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Offers an account of author's marriage - from early passion to the trials of poverty and separation - and his great, enduring love for his wife in eighteenth-century China. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397801
ISBN
9780141397801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

Paperback. * Black comedy in the style of The Dud Avocado * 'Definitely demonic, exquisitely carved, deadly murderous comedy' Dawn Powell, Book Week Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081240
ISBN
9781844081240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Trainer, James. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199549740
ISBN
9780199549740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Little Nell Trent lives in the quiet gloom of the old curiosity shop with her ailing grandfather, for whom she cares with selfless devotion. But when they are unable to pay their debts to the stunted, lecherous and demonic money-lender Daniel Quilp, the shop is seized and they are forced to flee, thrown into a shadowy world. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz); Cattermole, George; Maclise, Daniel; Williams, Samuel. Editor(s): Page, Professor Norman. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437423
ISBN
9780140437423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. One of Dickens's most haunting and bizarre novels, The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of 'Little Nell' and her persecution by the grotesque and lecherous Quilp. This edition uses the Clarendon text, the definitive edition of the novels of Charles Dickens, and includes the original illustrations, five appendices of deleted passages, and details of Little Nell on stage. Illustrator(s): "Phiz". Editor(s): Brennan, Elizabeth M. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations by Cattermole and 'Phiz'. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538232
ISBN
9780199538232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486406541
ISBN
9780486406541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.78

Paperback. A translation that presents Homer's poem, recounting the great wandering of Odysseus during his ten-year voyage back home to Ithaca, after the Trojan War. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 560 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140268867
ISBN
9780140268867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538300
ISBN
9780199538300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Captures better than any other story a child's wonder at Christmas. This book features enchanting images of sugar plums and nutcrackers, mistletoe and the Kingdom of the Dolls - continues to cast its fantastical spell on readers of all ages. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 188 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143122500
ISBN
9780143122500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443004
ISBN
9780140443004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.16

Paperback. Diderot's The Nun (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent and take holy orders. A novel mingling mysticism, madness, sadistic cruelty and nascent sexuality, it gives a scathing insight into the effects of forced vocations and the unnatural life of the convent. This new translation includes Diderot's all-important prefatory material. Translator(s): Goulbourne, Russell. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555246
ISBN
9780199555246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A landmark in the development of the twentieth-century novel, the Notebooks is the story of a young Danish aristocrat , told in a series of notes that explore Malte's life in Paris, childhood memories and reflections in highly crafted poetic prose. A radical departure from literary realism, it is an archetypal confrontation with the modern. Translator(s): Vilain, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJC; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199646036
ISBN
9780199646036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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