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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. A devastating account of a man fighting his inevitable end, and asks the existential question: why must a good person be taken before his time? Editor(s): Briggs, Anthony; Wilks, Ronald; McDuff, David. Translator(s): Briggs, Anthony; Wilks, Ronald; McDuff, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449617
ISBN
9780140449617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

paperback. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late fiction. This collection includes "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" and nine other stories such as "Hadji Murat", "The Devil", and "War and Peace". Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 39. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541066
ISBN
9780099541066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. In these six late stories Tolstoy explores human relationships and moral choices, raising profound questions about life in gripping fictional form. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is an existential masterpiece, a harrowing tale of the final illness and death of a bourgeois lawyer. Newly translated, and with a wide-ranging Introduction. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199669882
ISBN
9780199669882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. "Over the past hundred years we have had numerous versions .. of [Tolstoy's] major works. This volume, however, is arguably the best so far." -Times Literary Supplement Translator(s): Carson, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871402998
ISBN
9780871402998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich - is usually regarded as an amazing narrative of the experience of dying, a search for the meaning of death. It is all that, and more: it's a great questioning of what is and what ought to be in a human life.' Nadine Gordimer Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493637
ISBN
9781847493637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307951335
ISBN
9780307951335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A carefree Russian official has what seems to be a trivial accident.. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241251768
ISBN
9780241251768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.74

Paperback. This short collection shows Chekhov in an amusing, playful light, poking fun at the greed, sycophancy and ignorance of his characters, with the moral detachment that also characterizes his major, serious works. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 117 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 297 x 12. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496867
ISBN
9781847496867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.05

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331650
ISBN
9780822331650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
153
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232044
ISBN
9781909232044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Paperback. Durtal, a shy, censorious man, is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the monstrous fifteenth-century child-murderer thought to be the original for 'Bluebeard'. Bored and disgusted by the vulgarity of everyday life, Durtal seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age. Translator(s): Hale, Terry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447675
ISBN
9780140447675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190198
ISBN
9780141190198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Inspired by Gogol's surreal tales, Dostoevsky's hilarious story has been interpreted by some as a vitriolic piece of social criticism and a veiled attack on the revolutionary philosopher Nikolai Chernyshevsky. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496812
ISBN
9781847496812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. A wise and beautiful fairytale for grown-ups, considered one of the greatest novels in the Irish comic tradition. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KJE0003496
ISBN
9781848547353
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. The arrival of handsome young Doctor Harrison causes yet further agitation not just because of his revolutionary methods but also because of his effect on the hearts of the ladies. Meanwhile Miss Matty Jenkyns nurses her own broken heart after she was forced to give up the man she loved when she was a young girl. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518457
ISBN
9780099518457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Set in the countryside of the author's native province of Berry, this book tells the story of Francois, an orphan boy placed in a rural foster home, and Madeline, the miller's wife who befriends him. Translator(s): Collis, E. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258501
ISBN
9780803258501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. The first translation in over one hundred years of The Countess von Rudolstadt brings to contemporary readers one of George Sand's most ambitious and engaging novels, hailed by many scholars of French literature as her masterpiece. Translator(s): van Slyke, Gretchen. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220148
ISBN
9780812220148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199549849
ISBN
9780199549849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Basilus, a foolish old Duke, consults an oracle, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies, he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all manner of complications ensue. Editor(s): Evans, Maurice. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0001513
ISBN
9780140431117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Shatters various images of Andre Gide as the querulous and impious Buddha to a quarter-century of intellectuals. Translator(s): Bussy, Dorothy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140180930
ISBN
9780140180930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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