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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. When Connecticut mechanic and foreman Hank Morgan is knocked unconscious, he wakes not to the familiar scenes of nineteenth-century America but to the bewildering sights and sounds of sixth-century Camelot. This is a darkly comic consideration of the nature of human nature and society. Illustrator(s): Beard, Daniel Carter. Editor(s): Kaplan, Justin. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005142
ISBN
9780140430646
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. These three tales, unpublished for over a century (and in one case for nearly two centuries), are a fictional exploration of Otherness and the intercultural set in the New World, either among native Americans (Abenakis, Iroquois) or runaway slaves in Jamaica befriended by Quakers. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 88 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895446
ISBN
9780859895446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554607
ISBN
9780199554607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Leather / fine binding. Presents a classic adventure story. This title features an elegant bonded-leather binding, a satin ribbon bookmark, distinctive gilt edging and decorative endpapers. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 1072 pages, b/w throughout. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1560.
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Inc
Number of pages
1072
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435132115
ISBN
9781435132115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

paperback. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Edmund Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 50. Weight in Grams: 584. Good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear. Slight foxing to pages exterior
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions U.K.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025189
ISBN
9781853267338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 7.01

paperback. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Edmund Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 50. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions U.K.
Condition
New
SKU
9781853267338
ISBN
9781853267338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Hardback. This edition of Scott's last full novel, the first to have returned to the manuscript and to the many surviving proofs, realises Scott's original intentions. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605873
ISBN
9780748605873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.74
€ 131.77

Paperback. Poor, plain spinster Bette is compelled to survive on the condescending patronage of her socially superior relatives in Paris: her beautiful, saintly cousin Adeline, the philandering Baron Hulot and their daughter Hortense. Translator(s): Crawford, Marion. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780140441604
ISBN
9780140441604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Thompson, Julian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537679
ISBN
9780199537679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. This representative selection includes five tales of very different kinds written in the 1850s and the longer Cousin Phillis. Immensely readable and sophisticated works of art, they show Gaskell's mastery of the genre, in an edition that celebrates her achievements in shorter fiction and the context in which they first appeared. Editor(s): Glen, Heather; Glen, Heather. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199239498
ISBN
9780199239498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Cranford is a vivid and affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England, dominated by its independent and refined women, a blend of social comedy and astute observation. This edition includes two related short works by Gaskell and contemporary comment on the novel, household management, fashion, and financial scandals. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199558308
ISBN
9780199558308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

Hardback. Gaskell's best known work is set in a small rural town, inhabited largely by women. This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780141442549
ISBN
9780141442549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Contains six of her finest stories that have been selected to demonstrate the variety and accomplishment of her shorter fiction, and to trace the development of her art. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224511
ISBN
9781840224511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141510
ISBN
9780349141510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam USA
Publication date
1920
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553211757
ISBN
9780553211757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.46

Hardback. Crime and Punishment is the story of a brutal double murder and its aftermath. Raskolnikov, a poor student, kills a pawnbroker and her sister, and then has to face up to the moral consequences of his actions.

Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Afterword by Oliver Francis.

Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827749
ISBN
9781509827749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.17

Paperback. Consumed by the idea of his own special destiny, immured in poverty and deprivation, Rashkolnikov is drawn to commit a terrible crime. In the aftermath, Rashkolnikov is dogged by madness, guilt and a calculating detective. The only hope for redemption, if Rashkolnikov can but recognise it, lies in the virtuous and faithful Sonya. Series: Vintage Classic Russians Series. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 283 x 41. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871970
ISBN
9781784871970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. Grim in theme and setting, this book features a story of an old woman's murder by a desperate student. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 574 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150353
ISBN
9781857150353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Will I really slip in sticky, warm blood, force the lock, steal, tremble, hide, all soaked in blood.. axe in hand?.. Lord, will I really? This is the translation of author's 'psychological record of a crime' which gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged and fevered atmosphere. Translator(s): Ready, Oliver. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192802
ISBN
9780141192802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Crime and Punishment is one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. It is the story of a murder committed on principle, of a killer who wishes to set himself outside and above society. It is marked by Dostoevsky's own harrowing experience in penal servitude, and yet contains moments of wild humour. Editor(s): Young, Sarah J. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JH; D; FC; FYT. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198709701
ISBN
9780198709701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

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