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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Recalling his initiation into the dazzling world of Parisian high society and looking back over his time in the glamorous salons of the aristocracy, the narrator satirises this shallow world and his own youthful infatuation with it. His observations also educates him in the volatile nature of desire as he walks the path towards adulthood. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D.J. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099362418
ISBN
9780099362418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. On the surface a traditional Bildungsroman describing the narrator's journey of self-discovery, this huge and complex book is also a panoramic and richly comic portrait of France in the author's lifetime, and a profound meditation on the nature of art, love, time, memory and death. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence. Num Pages: 3152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 168 x 141. Weight in Grams: 3136.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152500
ISBN
9781857152500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.18
€ 71.73

Paperback. Years after the First World War's end, the narrator returns to Paris. He reflects on time, reality, jealousy, artistic creation, and the raw material of literature - his past life. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099362715
ISBN
9780099362715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Travelling from Paris to the sunny seaside town of Balbec, the narrator meets an intriguing set of acquaintances who provide him with both friendship and entertainment. Most significantly, he meets a dark-haired girl with sparkling eyes and a tiny beauty spot on her chin, the mysterious Albertine, who becomes the love of his life. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099362319
ISBN
9780099362319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Describes the class tensions of a changing France at the beginning of the twentieth century and exposes the decadence of aristocratic Parisian society and muses upon the subjects of homosexuality and sexual jealousy. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099362517
ISBN
9780099362517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
900
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841598987
ISBN
9781841598987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.67

Hardcover. Translator(s): Moncrieff, Scott; Kilmartin, Terence. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
700
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841598994
ISBN
9781841598994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.12

paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Patterson, Ian. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
6 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141180366
ISBN
9780141180366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Travelling backwards in time, the narrator tells the story of a love affair that had taken place before his own birth. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Enright, D.J. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099362210
ISBN
9780099362210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Moncrieff, Scott. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 34. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841598963
ISBN
9781841598963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 18.76

Hardcover. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Moncrieff, Scott. Num Pages: 900 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 42. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
900
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841598970
ISBN
9781841598970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.12

Paperback. A work of Proust that is translated from French original into English. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141180311
ISBN
9780141180311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. An English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher (University of Cambridge). Translator(s): Grieve, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141180328
ISBN
9780141180328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book offers an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Treharne, Mark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141180335
ISBN
9780141180335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141180342
ISBN
9780141180342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Clark, Carol; Collier, Peter. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141180359
ISBN
9780141180359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The best of Pushkin Press on Venice, the iconic city. Beautifully designed by David Pearson and Clare Skeats and exclusive to Pushkin Press, this box set contains the Venice literature must-reads: the contrasting voices of Paul Morand, Regis Debray, Henry James, Arthur Schnitzler and Petr Kral on the city which leaves no-one indifferent. Num Pages: 880 pages, Various illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 124 x 93. Weight in Grams: 1046.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Special
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906548605
ISBN
9781906548605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.34
€ 49.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Clinton, Jerome W. (Former Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University). Translator(s): Clinton, Jerome W. (Former Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University). Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934211567
ISBN
9780934211567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177648
ISBN
9781590177648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Brooke-Rose, Christine. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Calder Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714544571
ISBN
9780714544571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. In the Twilight, the third collection of short stories compiled by Anton Chekhov himself, was his first major success and won him the prestigious Pushkin Prize when it was published in 1887. This volume represents a clear milestone in the writer's passage from the youthful author of slight comic sketches, to the master of the short-story genre. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493835
ISBN
9781847493835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. It is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very different world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530046
ISBN
9780099530046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Part of Sade's The Crimes of Love cycle, this shocking tale - which was among the writings banned for publication until the twentieth century - tests the limits of morality and portrays the disastrous consequences of freedom and pleasure. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130. 150 pages. Part of Sade's The Crimes of Love cycle, this shocking tale - which was among the writings banned for publication until the twentieth century - tests the limits of morality and portrays the disastrous consequences of freedom and pleasure. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FP. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 10. Weight: 130.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492975
ISBN
9781847492975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.35

Paperback. Indiana (1831) is an absorbing and vivid romantic novel, set partly in provincial France, partly in Paris, and partly on a tropical island. It tells the story of a beautiful and innocent young woman, married at sixteen to a much older man. Editor(s): Schor, Naomi. Translator(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540488
ISBN
9780199540488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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