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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. 'Call me Ishmael.' So begins the author's masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. As Ishmael is drawn into Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to slay the white whale Moby-Dick, he finds himself engaged in a metaphysical struggle between good and evil. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps, illustrations, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780142437247
ISBN
9780142437247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. Features Captain Ahab who is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that of generations before him) into the pursuit of a creature as vast, dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. This title is a haunting social commentary populated with some of the most enduring characters in literature. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 44. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780141199603
ISBN
9780141199603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 17.36

Paperback. Tells the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, this book reveals an enquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 148 x 45. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105954
ISBN
9780143105954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
150th Anniversary ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679783381
ISBN
9780679783381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Seaver, Richard. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Calder Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714544557
ISBN
9780714544557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD2; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 171 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192804419
ISBN
9780192804419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Features observations on life complemented by illustrations. Illustrator(s): Searle, Ronald. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; FC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186009
ISBN
9780141186009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A tale that presents life in the prisons, alleyways and underworlds of eighteenth-century London. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518877
ISBN
9780099518877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Follows the life of the heroine through her many vicissitudes, which include her early seduction, careers in crime and prostitution, conviction for theft and transportation to the plantations of Virginia, and her ultimate redemption and prosperity in the new World. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KTG0007769
ISBN
9781853260735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Moll Flanders - whore, wife, thief, felon, penitent - tells the racy tale of her life in Defoe's extraordinary novel. An account of opportunism, endurance, and survival that speaks as strongly today as it did to its first readers, this new edition provides a full introduction and notes to explore the book's eighteenth-century context. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 194 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192805355
ISBN
9780192805355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.10

Paperback. Moll Flanders is one of the best-selling novels of all time. Editor(s): Rivero, Albert J. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
2nd edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393978629
ISBN
9780393978629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.43

CD-Audio. Molly Bloom's Soliloquy, the remarkable climactic conclusion to Ulysses, remains, nearly a century after its first publication, one of the most remarkable chapters in world literature. Num Pages: 2 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Format
CD
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781843796244
ISBN
9781843796244
CD
Condition: New

€ 15.74

Paperback. Originally hand-printed at her Hogarth Press in Richmond, Monday or Tuesday is the only collection of short stories that Virginia Woolf published during her lifetime, providing a fascinating insight into the early stages of development of themes that would blossom in her later masterpieces. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493477
ISBN
9781847493477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Presented here in a new translation, Money is, in the wake of recent financial scandals, an all-too-topical exploration of the dynamics of greed, the excesses of capitalism and its dangerous relationship with politics and the press. Translator(s): Naffis-Sahely, Andre. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495792
ISBN
9781847495792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. Money centres on the figure of Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, and his unscrupulous money-making schemes. His story intertwines the worlds of politics, finance, and the press, and resonates disturbingly with our own times. This is the first new translation for more than a hundred years, and the first unabridged translation in English. Translator(s): Minogue, Valerie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199608379
ISBN
9780199608379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. There's a bitter feud between peppery Colonel Wyvern and the Squire of Rudge Hall, rich but miserly Lester Carmody. The arch-villain Chimp Twist has opened a health farm - and he and Soapy and Dolly Molloy are planning a fake burglary so Lester can diddle his insurance company. But will Lester's nephew John win over his true love? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Edition
1st Arrow Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099514183
ISBN
9780099514183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

hardcover. Set at Rudge Hall, home to the obese miser Lester Carmody, and at Healthward Ho, a health farm run by 'Chimp Twist, along with his cohorts 'Soapy' and 'Dolly' Molloy. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841591490
ISBN
9781841591490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. The main plot of the Gothic novel, 'The Monk', concerns Ambrosio, an abbot of irreproachable holiness, who is seduced by a woman disguised as a novice, and who goes on to sell his soul to the Devil. An extravagant blend of sex, death, politics, Satanism and poetry. Editor(s): Macdonald, D. L.; Scherf, Kathleen. Num Pages: 479 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
479
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112275
ISBN
9781551112275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. Wu Ch'eng-en wrote "Monkey" in the middle of the 16th century, adding to an ancient Chinese legend his own touches of delicacy and humour. The result is a jumble of the absurd and the profound, of religion and history, of anti-bureaucratic satire and pure poetry. Translator(s): Waley, Arthur. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441116
ISBN
9780140441116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, Black and White Images. BIC Classification: FC; FQ; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing United States
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804842723
ISBN
9780804842723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.81

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