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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Provides an annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 720 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126197
ISBN
9780691126197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
1032
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150437
ISBN
9780691150437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.84
€ 50.63

Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612192185
ISBN
9781612192185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.34

Paperback. Compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery. This volume also offers letters, articles, criticism, visionary poetry, and a selection of random "opinions" on fancy and the imagination, music and poetry, intuition and sundry other topics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039914
ISBN
9780143039914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.27

Paperback. Considered by many as one of the finest novels in the English language, The Portrait of a Lady is both a dramatic Victorian tale of betrayal and a wholly modern psychological study of a woman caught in machinations she only comes to understand too late. This new edition usefully tracks the major textual changes James made for his New York Edition. Editor(s): Luckhurst, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199217946
ISBN
9780199217946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Isabel Archer's main aim in life is to protect her independence. She is not interested in settling down and compromising her freedom for the sake of marriage. But, on a trip around Europe, she finds herself captivated by the charming Gilbert Osmond, who is very interested in the idea of adding Isabel to his collection of beautiful artworks. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511601
ISBN
9780099511601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. The talented and beautiful Isabel Archer, courted by several suitors and enriched by her dying uncle, chooses to marry the cold and ambitious Gilbert Osmond. The heroine soon discovers to her cost that freedom of choice is never what it seems. Num Pages: 626 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 39. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
626
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150391
ISBN
9781857150391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199122
ISBN
9780141199122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardback. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 143 x 47. Weight in Grams: 874.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394664
ISBN
9780141394664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Editor(s): Horne, Philip. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141441269
ISBN
9780141441269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Considered by many to be Henry James's finest novel, The Portrait of a Lady is a subtle examination of Victorian society and power relations, providing a groundbreaking psychological study of its protagonist. This volume is based on the authoritative New York Edition, and includes the author's seminal preface. Series: Evergreens. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495754
ISBN
9781847495754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. A young Austrian woman, Christine, toils away in a provincial post office when, out of the blue, a telegram arrives inviting her to join an American aunt she's never known in a fashionable Swiss resort. She accepts and is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth and unleashed desire. She feels herself utterly transformed. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sort of Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000360
ISBN
9780954221720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540960
ISBN
9780099540960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Paperback. In a masterful novel that vividly recreates the world of Ancient Greece, Mary Renault tells the story of Simonides, an ugly boy destined to create beauty through his extraordinary poetic talent. Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a great novelist, Mary Renault brings the ancient world vividly to life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089604
ISBN
9781844089604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Plantagenet Palliser's fragile coalition government and troubled marriage is set against the social climbing of the unscrupulous financial speculator Ferdinand Lopez, whose relationship with Emily Wharton generates misery and scandal. Part of the Palliser series, the novel is one of Trollope's most complex. Editor(s): Shrimpton, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199587193
ISBN
9780199587193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. A novel of social, sexual and domestic politics, The Prime Minister raises one of the most enduring questions - whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader. Editor(s): Skilton, David. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433494
ISBN
9780140433494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional school mistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a world of adult games that they will never forget. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181424
ISBN
9780141181424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. New translation of a classic from Italian literature. This edition contains a new translation of G.W.F. Hegel's 'Machiavelli's The Prince and Italy', notes and apparatus on Machiavelli's life and works, four pages of pictures and the first pages of The Prince in the original Italian. Translator(s): Nichols, J. G. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493231
ISBN
9781847493231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.08

Hardcover. John Maude and Betty Silver are in love, but when John turns out to be heir to the principality of Mervo, a small Mediterranean island not a thousand miles from Monte Carlo, he finds himself ensnared in the establishment of a new casino on the island, much to his beloved's high-minded disgust. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591971
ISBN
9781841591971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007420063
ISBN
9780007420063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.40

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