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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Eugene Gant, born in 1900 to hard-drinking stone-cutter Oliver and entrepreneurial Eliza, grows up in small-town America. Both lonely outsider and passionate chronicler of American life, Eugene experiences upheaval and family tragedy before coming to realise that he must leave his home behind if he is to forge his own path in the world. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241215746
ISBN
9780241215746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140. Series: Dover Thrift S. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FL; FM. Dimension: 209 x 132 x 11. Weight: 140.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486290386
ISBN
9780486290386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.27

Paperback. Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888) is a thunderous indictment of industrial capitalism and a resplendent vision of life in a socialist utopia. Matthew Beaumont's lively edition explores the political and psychological peculiarities of this celebrated utopian fiction. Editor(s): Beaumont, Matthew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552573
ISBN
9780199552573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Celebrates the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. This title features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397788
ISBN
9780141397788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

Paperback. Lord Jim is a book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth, in the exotic setting of post-colonial Patusan, a remote Malay settlement. This new edition uses the first English edition text and includes a new introduction and notes by leading Conrad scholar Jacques Berthoud, glossaries, and an appendix on Conrad's sources and reading. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536023
ISBN
9780199536023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.70

mass_market. A bold young English sailor has despised himself ever since an impulsive moment of cowardice. Jim moves East to Patusan, where natives worship him--and where he may be able to find redemption. Includes a new Afterword. Revised reissue. Series: Signet Classics. Num Pages: 329 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 244 x 30. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Signet United States
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780451531278
ISBN
9780451531278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.23

Paperback. When a plane crashes on a remote island, a group of schoolboys are the sole survivors. As the reality of their situation sets in, the boys attempt to establish control and their world gradually descends into brutal savagery. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571295715
ISBN
9780571295715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. When a plane crashes on a remote island, a small group of schoolboys are the sole survivors. From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack, each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality- and brutal savagery - of their situation sets in. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main - Centenary
Condition
New
SKU
9780571273577
ISBN
9780571273577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. A masterpiece of character depiction. An expose of the Mayfair Mussolini fans and war profiteers One of A. G. Macdonell's most biting books - a perceptive look at the rise of Nazism and its inevitable outcome. A novel, but with such prescience it could have been fact; illustrating the fondness for the right wing fascist movements among monied set Series: The Fonthill Complete A. G. Macdonell Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781550182
ISBN
9781781550182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.85

Paperback. John Ridd is a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon. Seized by curiosity and a sense of adventure, he makes his way to the valley of the Doones. Editor(s): Allen, Michelle; Madison, R.D. Num Pages: 752 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039327
ISBN
9780143039327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. An historical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685). It is also a love story told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, as he grows to manhood determined to right the wrongs in his land, and to win the heart and hand of the beautiful Lorna Doone. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 408. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0006006
ISBN
9781853260766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Flying out of India, a light aircraft is hi-jacked and flown into the high Tibetan Himalayas. The passengers on board anxiously await their fate, among them Conway, a talented British consul. But on landing they are unexpectedly conducted to a remote valley, a legendary paradise of peace and beauty, known as Shangri-La. Have they been kidnapped? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595861
ISBN
9780099595861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Lucien Chardon, an aspiring young author, leaves his small provincial hometown and attempts to succeed in the Parisian literary circles of the early 19th century. Translator(s): Hunt, Herbert James. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140442519
ISBN
9780140442519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538454
ISBN
9780199538454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Featuring early stories, sketches by the author, this book includes an introduction, notes and other useful editorial materials. Editor(s): Alexander, Christine. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395111
ISBN
9780141395111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. Features Jane Austen's brilliant, hilarious - and often outrageous - early stories, sketches and pieces of nonsense. This edition includes all of Austen's juvenilia, including her 'History of England', and the novella 'Lady Susan', in which the anti-heroine schemes and cheats her way through high society. Editor(s): Alexander, Christine. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 205 x 43. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780140433340
ISBN
9780140433340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. These inventive and entertaining pieces display the early sparkles of wit and imagination of Jane Austen's mature fiction. Written when she was only in her teens, they are by turns amusing, acerbic and occasionally downright silly. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Alma Classics
Condition
New
SKU
KSK0000323
ISBN
9781847496331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.17

Paperback. Series: Hesperus Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 189 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
only single volume ed
SKU
KOC0012217
ISBN
9781843910602
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Young, impoverished and ambitious, science student Mr Lewisham is locked in a struggle to further himself through academic achievement. But when his former sweetheart, Ethel Henderson, re-enters his life his strictly regimented existence is thrown into chaos by the resurgence of old passion. Editor(s): James, Simon. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441054
ISBN
9780141441054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.52

Paperback. Captures the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, this is a comedy of English manners. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181493
ISBN
9780141181493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. This readable edition of Haywoods blockbuster novel is an important addition to our understanding of the history of the English novel. Paula Backscheider, Auburn University Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113678
ISBN
9781551113678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.74

Paperback. Charles is a modern libertine, dedicated to vice and depravity, while Robert is a priest so devout that he is nicknamed l'Abbe. When the sexually wild Eponine intrudes upon their suffocating relationship, anguish, delirium, and death ensue. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195537
ISBN
9780141195537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
542
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822309451
ISBN
9780822309451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.09

Paperback. BIC Classification: 2AB; ELHF; FC; YQCR. Category: (ES) Secondary; (LI) ELT intermediate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Macmillan Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230031067
ISBN
9780230031067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.03

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