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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Wilkie Collins's fifth novel, The Dead Secret explores the relationship between a fallen woman, her illegitimate daughter and the recovery of a hidden secret. Set in rugged Cornwall, the novel blends romance with Gothic drama, and in characterization and setting, clearly anticipates the qualities of Collins's next novel, The Woman in White. Editor(s): Nadel, Ira B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536719
ISBN
9780199536719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.79

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

€ 6.23

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
€ 9.91

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
€ 10.65

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

€ 14.99
€ 13.77

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
€ 9.99

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
€ 13.11

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
€ 11.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Lodge, Kirsten. Translator(s): Lodge, Kirsten. Series: Broadview Anthology of British Literature Editions. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DQ; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Broadview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554813223
ISBN
9781554813223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.30

Paperback. An anthology of Decadent short stories reflecting a variety of fin-de-siecle themes. It showcases the short story as the most attractive medium through which writers experiment with Decadent themes and styles. It stresses the role of the magazine culture in the unprecedented explosion of the Decadent short story in the 1890s. Editor(s): Boyiopoulos, Kostas; Choi, Yoonjoung; Tildesley, Matthew Brinton. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692149
ISBN
9780748692149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.34

Paperback. "Rebhorn deserves our gratitude for an eminently persuasive translation.. I celebrate his accomplishment."-Edith Grossman Translator(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 211 x 47. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350265
ISBN
9780393350265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. In the summer of 1348, as the "Black Death" ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. In this title, the characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 1072 pages, maps, bibliog. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 53. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449303
ISBN
9780140449303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Souvenir Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780285642607
ISBN
9780285642607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 126 x 6. Weight in Grams: 106. 112 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 188 x 126 x 6. Weight: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486486024
ISBN
9780486486024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.56

Paperback. This novel focuses on the problems women encounter after marriage - the issue of financial independence for wives, the consequences of interfaith relationships, and the promiscuity of their husbands. The story centres on the deep distress of Emily Woodville. Editor(s): Ricciardi, Cynthia Booth. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813109251
ISBN
9780813109251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 160 pages. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight: 248. Translator(s): Watson, Burton.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152457
ISBN
9780231152457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.68

Hardback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152440
ISBN
9780231152440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.59

paperback. First published in 1666, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle's Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World is the first fictional portrayal of women and the new science. This Broadview Edition includes related historical materials on the new science and Cavendish's role in the intellectual world of her time. Editor(s): Mendelson, Sara. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Broadview Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781554812424
ISBN
9781554812424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.07

Paperback. Follows two young men engaged in a passionate search for dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way, which takes them climbing into the high sierras to seek the lesson of solitude. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184883
ISBN
9780141184883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Mark Twain's gloriously funny "Diary of Adam and Eve", which John Updike recently described as 'a paradigm of the relations between sexes', is presented here with a number of other Twain pieces on our two oldest ancestors, showing the writer's interest in this most famous biblical story. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494382
ISBN
9781847494382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Anxious, accident-prone, occasionally waspish, Charles Pooter has come to be seen as the epitome of English suburban life. This edition features Weedon Grossmith's hilarious illustrations and is complemented by an introduction detailing the book's social background. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, line drawings by Weedon Grossmith. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540150
ISBN
9780199540150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.12

Paperback. Mr Charles Pooter has just moved into a home in Holloway with his dear wife Carrie. Unfortunately neither his friends Mr Cummings and Mr Gowing, nor the butcher, the greengrocer's boy and the Lord Mayor seem to recognise Mr Pooter's innate gentility, and his disappointing son Lupin has gone and got himself involved with a most unsuitable fiancee. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540885
ISBN
9780099540885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Mr Pooter is a man of modest ambition, content with his clerkly lot. So why is he always in trouble with disagreeable tradesmen, young clerks and wayward friends? And what is he to do about his son Lupin's distinctly unsuitable choice of bride? However hard he tries, life piles its little mishaps on his head - but he's not about to give up. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
240
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956861
ISBN
9780241956861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. It's not easy being a Provincial Lady in Devonshire in the 1920s, juggling a grumpy husband, mischievous children and a host of domestic dilemmas - from rice mould to a petulant cook. But this Provincial Lady will not be defeated; not by wayward flower bulbs, not by unexpected houseguests, not even by the Blitz. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191812
ISBN
9780141191812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Series: Hesperus Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843910053
ISBN
9781843910053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.65

Paperback. Editor(s): Hill, Susan. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140431247
ISBN
9780140431247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 203 x 29. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804169127
ISBN
9780804169127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.25

Paperback. The Doctor's Wife is Mary Elizabeth Braddon's rewriting of Flaubert's Madame Bovary in which she explores her frustrated heroine's sense of entrapment and alienation in middle-class provincial life. This is the only edition of a fascinating work, and reproduces uncut the first edition of 1864. Editor(s): Pykett, Lyn. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 57 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199549801
ISBN
9780199549801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486295725
ISBN
9780486295725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.61

Paperback. The Double, Dostoevsky's second published work of fiction, which foreshadows in its themes many of his mature novels, is the surreal and hallucinatory tale of an unfortunate anti-hero, at once chilling in its depiction of the dark sides of human nature and exuberantly comical. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496034
ISBN
9781847496034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.95

Paperback. Provides a detailed portrait of provincial nineteenth-century life. Adhering to a naturalist approach, this book eschews many of the characteristics of the author's other novels of the "Rougon-Macquart" cycle - such as a pronounced polemical agenda or a gritty subject matter - offering instead a lyrical tale of love and innocence. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493118
ISBN
9781847493118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.18

Paperback. Originally published in Household World in 1855 as 'The Ostler', but recast and expanded two decades later, The Dream Woman is a powerfully dark and suspenseful multi-narrative novella from the master of the mystery genre and the author of some of the most enduringly popular novels of the Victorian era. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 144. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Alma Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0003197
ISBN
9781847494061
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. When she accepts marriage proposal of Monsieur Coupeau, it seems as though she is on path to a decent, respectable life at last. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449549
ISBN
9780140449549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811223010
ISBN
9780811223010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.16

Hardcover. Num Pages: 760 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 42. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
The uncut original version
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593784
ISBN
9781841593784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.94

Paperback. Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium and former Prime Minister of England, is widowed and wracked by grief. Struggling to adapt to life without his beloved Lady Glencora, he works hard to guide and support his three adult children. Palliser soon discovers, however, that his own plans for them are very different from their desires.. Editor(s): Birch, Dinah. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433449
ISBN
9780140433449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. When Jean Macquart arrives in the peasant community of Beauce, where farmers have worked the same land for generations, he finds himself involved in the corrupt affairs of the local Fouan family. But, in a community where land is everything, sibling rivalry quickly turns to brutal hatred, as Buteau declares himself unsatisfied with his lot. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
512
Publication date
1980
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443875
ISBN
9780140443875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.88

Paperback. *One of Rosamond Lehmann's most acclaimed novels * A widely acclaimed novel by one of Virago Modern Classic's bestselling and best-loved classic novelists Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083121
ISBN
9781844083121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Sebastian is the heir of Chevron, a vast and beautiful English country estate. As such he is a fixed part of an eternal round of lavish parties, intrigues, traditions and fashions at the cold, decadent heart of Edwardian high society. Everyone knows the role Sebastian must play, but Sebastian isn't sure he wants the part. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870546
ISBN
9781784870546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Illuminates the pretensions of the most powerful class within the very citadel of security which its members have built. This title covers egoism, sentimentality and the power of comedy. It features the defeat of egoism by the power of comedy. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140430349
ISBN
9780140430349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.45

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