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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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
€ 9.45

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
€ 11.81

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

€ 12.36

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
€ 29.51

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
€ 10.30

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
€ 9.99

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

€ 5.52

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
€ 10.13

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
€ 10.78

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
€ 14.36

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
€ 10.26

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
€ 13.43

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
€ 11.68

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
€ 16.59

Paperback. Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Levasseur, who never seems to have suffered, his hatred is immediate. Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442809
ISBN
9780140442809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

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
€ 35.11

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
€ 16.51

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: 758.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449303
ISBN
9780140449303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 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
€ 10.93

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
€ 8.66

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