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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. A collection of stories that range from a child grappling with the death of a fallen priest, to a young woman's dilemma over whether to elope to Argentina with her lover, to the dance party at which a man discovers just how little he really knows about his wife. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 182 x 16. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
9780241956854
ISBN
9780241956854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 8.70

With a brand-new Afterword by Malachy McCourt, this edition of one of the most famous short story collections in English literature draws a vivid, unflinching portrait of Joyce's Dublin at the turn of the 20th century, with rich imagery and characterization. Revised reissue. Series: Signet Classics. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 174 x 109 x 19. Weight in Grams: 135.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Signet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451530417
ISBN
9780451530417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.84

Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935554523
ISBN
9781935554523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 54 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
54
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935554530
ISBN
9781935554530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. Gathering extracts from the texts of the period by Wace, Marie de France, Chaucer and others, this volume offers an absorbing and surprising introduction to the earliest fiction in England. Editor(s): Ashe, Laura. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392875
ISBN
9780141392875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Zola's novel of peasant life describes the disintegration of the Fouan family when Papa Fouan decides to divide his land between his three children. Greed and violence feed a bitter struggle for supremacy. This new translation captures the novel's blend of brutality and lyricism in its evocation of the inexorable cycle of the natural world. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199677870
ISBN
9780199677870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist of dubious talent; Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God, a shrewd manipulator who rises through the Vatican to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. In this book, the author plumbs the depths of the essence of power and the lengths men will go for it. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099468646
ISBN
9780099468646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. When the aristocratic Lady Isabel abandons her husband and children for her wicked seducer, more is at stake than moral retribution. This edition returns for the first time to the racy, slang-ridden narrative of the first edition, rather than the subsequent stylistically 'improved' versions hitherto reproduced by modern editors. Editor(s): Jay, Elisabeth. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536030
ISBN
9780199536030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9780241980354
ISBN
9780241980354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141185071
ISBN
9780141185071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this title follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 181 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394893
ISBN
9780141394893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.74

Hardback. intended by Samuel Beckett to form the 'recessional' or end-piece of his early collection of interrelated stories, this title situates the work in terms of its biographical context, its intertextual references, and as a vital link in the evolution of Beckett's early work. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571246380
ISBN
9780571246380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 5.70

Leather / fine binding.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Canterbury Classics United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
724
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607103141
ISBN
9781607103141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Hutchisson, James M. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 573.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810468
ISBN
9781554810468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

Hardcover. In addition to the UVA text of Brown's novel, this edition includes an introduction setting the work in its historical, literary, and intellectual contexts. It also includes several of Brown's writings on such subjects as somnambulism and the uses of history in fiction. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208544
ISBN
9780872208544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.96
€ 45.61

Paperback. Effi Briest is steered into marriage with a man twenty years her senior, and taken to live in a remote Baltic seaport. Isolated and bored, she drifts into an affair, which is quickly ended. Years later the past catches up with Effi, with profound consequences. Fontane's masterpiece, the novel is an acute portrait of Prussian society. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling). Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199675647
ISBN
9780199675647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.80

paperback. This is a drama of revolution in which Karl Marx assumes the roles of both the historian and playwright. It provides a useful analysis of a social and political crisis, so much so that it has been taken up and developed by theorists, notably Lenin and Gramsci, ever since. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 202 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
International Publishers United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853155942
ISBN
9780853155942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. Eduard and Charlotte are an aristocratic couple who live a harmonious but idle life in their estate. But the peace of their existence is thrown into chaos when two visitors - Eduard's friend the Captain and Charlotte's passionate young ward Ottilie - provoke unexpected attraction and forbidden love. Translator(s): Hollingdale, R. J. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442427
ISBN
9780140442427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Constantine, David J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555369
ISBN
9780199555369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. A collection of stories of the lives of Manhattan office workers, a cab driver seeking immortality, frustrated would-be novelists, suburban men and their yearning, neglected women in the 1950s, the era when the American dream was finally coming true - and just beginning to ring a little hollow. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518570
ISBN
9780099518570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Meet Elizabeth and discover there is no greater happiness to be found than when lost in a wilderness of a garden, with bird cherries, lilacs, hollyhocks and lilies crowding the vision. This is her sanctuary from a host of unreasonable demands, whether from the Man of Wrath (husband), babies, servants and (worst of all horrors) house guests. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872328
ISBN
9781784872328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A romance of destiny Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845881917
ISBN
9781845881917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. In his pioneering treatise on education, the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau presents concepts that had influence on the development of pedagogy in the eighteenth century. Here, Rousseau asserts his main thesis that human beings are by nature good; it is only the distorting influences of civilization that have corrupted them. Translator(s): Bloom, A. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445633
ISBN
9780140445633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486497341
ISBN
9780486497341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

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