Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Tells the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Translator(s): Hawkes, David. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443264
- ISBN
- 9780140443264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.42
€ 23.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. A novel of Chinese literature that contains the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Editor(s): Hawkes, David. Translator(s): Hawkes, David. Num Pages: 544 pages, geneal tables. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442939
- ISBN
- 9780140442939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.92
€ 19.99
€ 14.92
Paperback. A novel of manners in Chinese literature. Editor(s): Hawkes, David. Translator(s): Hawkes, David. Num Pages: 640 pages, geneal table. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443707
- ISBN
- 9780140443707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.49
€ 23.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. Divided into five volumes, of which this novel is the fourth. It charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. Over and above the novel hangs the constant reminder that there is another plane of existence a theme, which affirms the Buddhist belief in a supernatural scheme of things. Editor(s): Minford, John. Translator(s): Minford, John. Num Pages: 400 pages, geneal.tables. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- SKU
- V9780140443714
- ISBN
- 9780140443714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Waverley Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprinted 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902407449
- ISBN
- 9781902407449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.73
€ 11.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008195670
- ISBN
- 9780008195670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 9. Weight in Grams: 76. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KSS0008143
- ISBN
- 9780007351008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 5HH; FC; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509828067
- ISBN
- 9781509828067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486266886
- ISBN
- 9780486266886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.11
€ 6.11
Paperback. Since his first literary appearance in 1886, the murderous Mr Hyde has embodied the evil that even good men including his alter ego, Henry Jekyll - are capable of when the constraints of civilized life are loosed. This chilling anthology also collects nine of Stevenson's best-known tales of horror. Series: Barnes & Noble Flexibound Editions. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Union Square & Co.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781435163096
- ISBN
- 9781435163096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.15
€ 26.99
€ 20.15
Paperback. "Corngold's new translation is of the very highest quality, punctiliously faithful to Goethe's German and sensitive to gradations of style in this extraordinary, trail-blazing first novel." -J. M. Coetzee, New York Review of Books Editor(s): Corngold, Stanley. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393935561
- ISBN
- 9780393935561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.72
€ 27.72
Paperback. "A highly readable, sensitive, and lively Werther. Corngold is both faithful to the German and true to the demands of a modern English text" -Jeremy Adler, Times Literary Supplement Translator(s): Corngold, Stanley. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343571
- ISBN
- 9780393343571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.29
€ 14.99
€ 14.29
Paperback.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743297332
- ISBN
- 9780743297332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.49
€ 18.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. The heroes of the Spanish novels make their way through a seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Lazarillo de Tormes and Pablos the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for the gentlemanly ideals of religion, justice, honour and nobility. Translator(s): Alpert, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 maps, chronology, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 192 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449006
- ISBN
- 9780140449006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Centuries before Shakespeare, Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji" was already acknowledged as a classic of Japanese literature and the past century has seen this book gain worldwide acceptance. This edition contains the complete translation of all six books of "The Tale of Genji". Num Pages: 1168 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 45. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805310816
- ISBN
- 9784805310816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.43
€ 33.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Tells the story of Prince Genji, the son of an emperor, whose passionate character, love affairs and shifting political fortunes, offer a glimpse of the golden age of Japan. Translator(s): Tyler, Royall. Num Pages: 1216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1512.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 1216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142437148
- ISBN
- 9780142437148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.79
€ 34.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. Princess Zoza, unable to laugh no matter how funny the joke. Her father, the king, attempts to make her smile; instead he leaves her cursed whereupon the prince she is destined to marry is snatched up by another woman. Num Pages: 494 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143129141
- ISBN
- 9780143129141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Presents a masterpiece of world literature and the progenitor of all samurai stories. Legendary for its magnificent and vivid set battle scenes, this book is filled with intimate human dramas and emotions, contemplating Buddhist themes of suffering and separation, as well as universal insights into love, loss and loyalty. Translator(s): Tyler, Royall; Watson, Michael. Num Pages: 784 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107262
- ISBN
- 9780143107262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.12
€ 32.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Written in the mid-thirteenth century, this book chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. It depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. Written in the mid-thirteenth century, this book chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. It depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2GJ; FC. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight: 316.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Trade
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138031
- ISBN
- 9780231138031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. Includes stories about murder, mystery and madness, portraying the author's feverish imagination at its creative height. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397269
- ISBN
- 9780141397269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.52
€ 5.52
Paperback. When the mysterious and beautiful young widow Helen Graham becomes the new tenant at Wildfell Hall rumours immediately begin to swirl around her. As her neighbour Gilbert Markham comes to discover, Helen has painful secrets buried in her past that even his love for her cannot easily overcome. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529668
- ISBN
- 9780099529668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. A passionate tale of betrayal, this story of a man's alcoholic decline, marital breakdown and its effect on children, and the position of women in Victorian society is told with shocking vividness and power. This new edition combines an authoritative text with wide-ranging critical discussion. Editor(s): Rosengarten, Herbert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199207558
- ISBN
- 9780199207558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.78
€ 11.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. A mysterious tenant, Helen Graham, unmasked not as a 'wicked woman' as the local gossips would have it, but as the estranged wife of a brutal alcoholic bully, desperate to protect her son. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- 9780141199351
- ISBN
- 9780141199351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 114 x 37. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007449903
- ISBN
- 9780007449903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.76
€ 5.76