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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Hardback. Contains a new translation of Leo Tolstoy's controversial novella, The Kreutzer Sonata, which was initially banned by Russian censors. This title provides a revealing case study of the powerful disputes concerning sexuality and gender roles that erupted within the cultural context of late nineteenth-century Russian, as well as European, society. Editor(s): Katz, Michael R. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300189940
ISBN
9780300189940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.71
€ 48.71

Paperback. Recently adapted for BBC Television, The Ladies' Paradise evokes the giddy pace of Paris's transition into a modern city and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. Translator(s): Fitzlyon, April. Num Pages: 453 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
453
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493132
ISBN
9781847493132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Recounts the frenzied transformations that made late nineteenth-century Paris the fashion capital of the world. This novel includes a capitalist hero, Octave Mouret, who creates a giant department store that devours the dusty, outmoded boutiques surrounding it. Num Pages: 383 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520078673
ISBN
9780520078673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. In The Lady and the Unicorn Rumer Godden explores the cultural divide in colonial India through a young, forbidden romance. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088478
ISBN
9781844088478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. When Mr Crawley, curate of Hogglestock, is falsely accused of theft he suffers bitterly with his family. Crawley is an ambiguous character however, and he himself seems to bring about most of his suffering. Editor(s): Gilmartin, Sophie. Num Pages: 928 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437522
ISBN
9780140437522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Audio disc. In The Last Chronicle of Barset, Trollope concludes his saga of ecclesiastical life. At the heart of the novel is the plight of Josiah Crawley, a proud, impoverished clergyman who faces difficult legal circumstances. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 171 x 59. Weight in Grams: 624. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0002185
ISBN
9781843798903
CD
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 97.60
€ 59.22

paperback. The Reverend Josiah Crawley faces ruin and disgrace when he is accused of stealing a cheque. Crawley's predicament divides the community between those who seek to help, and those who, like Mrs Proudie, are convinced of his guilt. The last volume in the Barsetshire series, The Last Chronicle is a moving conclusion for its many familiar characters. Editor(s): Small, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780199675999
ISBN
9780199675999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Presents a first-person chronicle of the final hours of a man sentenced to the gallows. This book offers graphic details of the prisoner's environment and a moving insight into his thoughts, reminiscences and despair at his impending doom. Translator(s): Moncrieff, Christopher. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493613
ISBN
9781847493613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.00

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Kirby, Jack; Ayers, Dick. Series: Classics Illustrated. Num Pages: 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: FC; FX. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 4. Weight in Grams: 152. Series: Classics Illustrated. 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. Cateogry: (J) Children / Juvenile. BIC Classification: FC; FX. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 4. Weight: 150.
Publisher
Classic Comic Store Ltd
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK first ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906814540
ISBN
9781906814540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Paley, Morton D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552351
ISBN
9780199552351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A novel, first published in 1826, set in the 21st century, when England is a republic governed by a ruling elite. The narrator, an outsider introduced to the circle, tells a story of tragic, complicated love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 480 pages, facsim., port. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110769
ISBN
9781551110769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.17

Paperback. Presents an apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, this novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with a futuristic theme, it incorporates portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism, and its faith in art and nature. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224030
ISBN
9781840224030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. 'The Last of the Belles' centres on the Southern beauty Ailie Calhoun from Tarleton, Georgia, who finds herself the object of attention of all the officers at a nearby army base, including the narrator, Andy. A melancholy exploration of unfulfilled dreams and lost youth, the story is considered one of Fitzgerald's finest pieces of short fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494054
ISBN
9781847494054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Editor(s): McWilliams, John P., Jr. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538195
ISBN
9780199538195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Offering the readers a variation on the traditional captivity narrative of the time of Mohicans, this title features appendices that include illustrations, responses to the novel, historical sources, and documents on the Cherokee removal. Editor(s): Gutjahr, Paul C. Num Pages: 978 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118666
ISBN
9781551118666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.06

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 123 x 28. Weight in Grams: 242. Used Copy. Very Good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KDK0014692
ISBN
9780007368662
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Angered by the values of his materialistic society, Hawk-eye lives apart from the other white men, sharing the solitude and sublimity of the wilderness with his Mohican Indian friend, Chingachgook. As the savageries of war test these exiled men, they agree to guide two sisters in search of their father through hostile Indian country. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140390247
ISBN
9780140390247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375757648
ISBN
9780375757648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. This book contains vivid incident - pursuits through wild terrain, skirmishes - but reflects also on the interaction between colonists and native peoples. Through the character of Hawkeye, it questions practises of the American frontier and eclipse of cultures. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260490
ISBN
9781853260490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.96

Paperback. Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a novelist, Mary Renault masterfully brings the ancient world to life in this page-turning drama of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089611
ISBN
9781844089611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. The studio lot looks like 'thirty acres of fairyland' the night that a mysterious woman stands and smiles at Monroe Stahr, the last of the great Hollywood princes. Enchanted by one another, they begin a passionate but hopeless love affair, starting with a fast-moving seduction as slick as a scene from one of Stahr's pictures. Editor(s): Wilson, Edmund. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185637
ISBN
9780141185637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. A mesmerising and lavish story of Hollywood's Golden Age from the author of The Great Gatsby. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409150374
ISBN
9781409150374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. The Last Tycoon is a sophisticated, gripping tale of love and intrigue in the Golden Age of Hollywood, containing what many critics have claimed are Fitzgerald's most modern and engaging characters. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493187
ISBN
9781847493187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.02

Hardback. Caught in the crossfire of his own effortless cynicism and his silent, secret vulnerability, Stahr inhabits a world dominated by business, alcohol and promiscuity. If there is a moral or social necessity to film-making in this West Coast never-never land, Stahr does not always believe in it. If there is love he does not always see it. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194080
ISBN
9780141194080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

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