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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Mapp and Lucia are the centrepiece of E.F. Benson's series of Lucia novels, bringing together the eponymous middle-aged doyennes of polite 1930s society, Miss Mapp and Miss Lucas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187686
ISBN
9780141187686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Miss Elizabeth Mapp reigns supreme over the village of Tilling.. until the advent of Mrs Emmeline Lucas, or 'Lucia' to her friends. No one could compete, surely, with Lucia's formidable armoury: her duchesses, her Italian, her financial speculations, her celebrated recipe for Lobster a la Riseholme. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528425
ISBN
9780099528425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. After Philip Stenning is involved in a near-fatal plane crash, he feels he owes a debt of gratitude to the man who rescued him. However, his mysterious savior is an escaped convict, and his determination to help him leads Stenning into a tense and dramatic adventure of intrigue, drug-running and murder. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530077
ISBN
9780099530077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Translator(s): Evans, Faith. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 257 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Daunt Books
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970764
ISBN
9781907970764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232280
ISBN
9781909232280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Features short stories that explore the author's abiding interest in the split nature of humanity and the discordance of the world it inhabits. Written between 1918 and 1953, this book shows the literary development of one of Germany's most important writers. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749386627
ISBN
9780749386627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Leather / fine binding. Num Pages: 718 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1142.
Publisher
Advantage Publishers Group United States
Number of pages
718
Publication date
2011
Edition
Lea
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607103165
ISBN
9781607103165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.22

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264431
ISBN
9788086264431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. The next in a hugely successful series of charming English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349007441
ISBN
9780349007441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. This edition of one of Dickens's earlier novels is based on the accurate Clarendon edition of the text and includes the prefaces to the 1850 and 1867 editions and Dickens's Number Plans. Editor(s): Cardwell, Margaret. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages, frontispiece, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520. Bound in soft red leather, gilt lettering on spine and front cover and gilt page edges, without dustwrapper. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear, small tear on spine but internally is in very good condition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
768
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0016831
ISBN
9780199554003
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Hardcover. The distinctive combination of manic comedy, bitter satire and fierce melodrama separates this novel from most of Dickens's other works. The storyline alternates between Britain and the United States in ways which highlight the failings of both societies. Num Pages: 851 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 45. Weight in Grams: 886.
Publisher
Everyman London
Number of pages
851
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152005
ISBN
9781857152005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. The greed of Patricia Ingham's family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. Num Pages: 864 pages, 38 b&w illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436143
ISBN
9780140436143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Old Martin Chuzzlewit, tormented by the greed and selfishness of his family, effectively drives his grandson, young Martin, to undertake a voyage to America. It is a voyage which will have crucial consequences not only for young Martin, but also for his grandfather and his grandfather's servant, Mary Graham with whom young Martin is in love. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 832 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 45. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262050
ISBN
9781853262050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.29

paperback. Presents the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. This title also discusses the conflict between London's support of socialism and Martin's powerful self-will. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Penguin USA
Condition
New
SKU
9780140187724
ISBN
9780140187724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Tells the story of a young schoolteacher who moves from one provincial Slovene town to the next, trying to enlighten his countrymen and countrywomen but instead receiving only the mistrust and scorn of the traditional-minded and petty population. Translator(s): Cox, John K. Series: CEU Press Classics. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9789639776418
ISBN
9789639776418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

Paperback. Lev Ganin is a young officer sharing a boarding house in Berlin with a host of Russian emigres. Alone in his room, he dreams of his first love, Mary. Awash with memories of youth and idyllic scenes of pre-Revolution Russia, Ganin becomes convinced that Mary is in fact the wife of a fellow-boarder, due to arrive at this very house soon. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191478
ISBN
9780141191478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Includes stories that combine passion with forceful feminist argument. In "Mary Wollstonecraft's Mary", the heroine flees her young husband in order to nurse her dearest friend, Ann, and finds genuine love, while Maria tells of a desperate young woman who seeks consolation in the arms of another man after the loss of her child. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005140
ISBN
9780140433715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Strongly autobiographical, Mary and The Wrongs of Woman powerfully complement Wollstonecraft's non-fictional writing, inspired by the French Revolution and the social upheavals that followed. Editor(s): Kelly, Gary. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538904
ISBN
9780199538904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.40

Paperback. A vivid portrait of overweening ambition set during the Napoleonic Wars and based on du Maurier's own great-great-grandmother. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080885
ISBN
9781844080885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Mary Barton was praised by contemporary critics for its vivid realism, its convincing characters and its deep sympathy with the poor, and it still has the power to engage and move readers today. This edition reproduces the last edition of the novel supervised by Elizabeth Gaskell and includes her husband's two lectures on the Lancashire dialect. Editor(s): Foster, Shirley. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538355
ISBN
9780199538355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel depicts the great clashes between capital and labour, which arose from rapid industrialisation and problems of trade in the mid-19th century. Mary Barton was published in 1848, at a time of great social ferment in Europe, and it reflects its revolutionary moment through an English lens. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9781840226898
ISBN
9781840226898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making a better life for herself and her father. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself painfully torn between the two men. Editor(s): Daly, Macdonald. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140434644
ISBN
9780140434644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.59

Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell, one of the nineteenth century's most significant novelists, was widely held to be the social conscience of Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Editor(s): Recchio, Thomas. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 672 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
649
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393930634
ISBN
9780393930634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

paperback. The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, "The Two Hussars" contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Editor(s): Wilks, Ronald. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449624
ISBN
9780140449624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

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