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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Escaping a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium, the hero gets entangled with the sensuous but manipulative Zoraide Reuter, which complicates his affections for a penniless girl who is both teacher and pupil in Reuter's school. Editor(s): Glen, Heather. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433111
ISBN
9780140433111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The Noli, as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism. This title tells a love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039693
ISBN
9780143039693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199662777
ISBN
9780199662777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka's world, it is never completely clear just what the nightmare is. Kafka deals in dark and quirkily humorous terms with the insoluble dilemmas of a world which offers no reassurance, and no reliable guidance to resolving our existential and emotional uncertainties and anxieties. Translator(s): Williams, John R. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840227260
ISBN
9781840227260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.29

Paperback. Three Diggers Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845880842
ISBN
9781845880842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.30

Paperback. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Editor(s): Fischer, Victor; Salamo, Lin; Smith, Harriet E.; Blair, Walter. Series: Mark Twain Library. Num Pages: 616 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 192 line illustrations, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
616
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
125th Anniversary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266100
ISBN
9780520266100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.35

Hardcover. Using multiple narrators, playing with literary stereotypes and identities, this title tells the story of an aspiring young writer, James Orlebar Cloyster, prepared to do almost anything, first for success and then for gratification. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591926
ISBN
9781841591926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Translator(s): Avsey, Ignat. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782271154
ISBN
9781782271154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. When Agnes's father loses the family savings, young Agnes determines to make her own living - as a governess. Working for the Bloomfields, her enthusiasm is soon dampened by isolation and the cruelty of the children in her charge. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872397
ISBN
9781784872397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.42

Paperback. Growing up in Kenya in the early twentieth century, the brothers Matu and Muthegi are raised according to customs that, they are told, have existed since the beginning of the world. But when the red' strangers come, sunburned Europeans who seek to colonize their homeland, the lives of the two Kikuyu tribesmen begin to change in dramatic new ways. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188508
ISBN
9780141188508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Features a portrayal of an artist who opposes convention and logic, and shuns emotional involvement. This book is a haikuesque novel infused with the author's musings on art and nature. Translator(s): McKinney, Meredith. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105190
ISBN
9780143105190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Hische, Jessica. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143124313
ISBN
9780143124313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.30

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Gallimard
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9782070360017
ISBN
9782070360017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.89

Paperback. Tomcat Murr is a loveable animal who has written his own autobiography. But a printer's error causes his story to be accidentally mixed with a book about the composer Johannes Kreisler. As the two versions break off, two different characters emerge from the confusion - Murr, the scholar, carouser and brawler, and the hypochondriac genius Kreisler. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446319
ISBN
9780140446319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Lene is a beautiful, orphaned young seamstress, and Botho is a handsome, aristocratic cavalry officer. They are in love, yet know they have only a short time together as society deems their relationship impossible and refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of their feelings. Translator(s): Bowman, Peter James. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392172
ISBN
9780141392172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Roubaud is consumed by a jealous rage when he discovers a sordid secret about his young wife's past. The only way he can rest is by forcing her to help him murder the man involved, but there is a witness - Jacques Lantier, a fellow railway employee. Editor(s): Whitehouse, Roger. Translator(s): Whitehouse, Roger. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449631
ISBN
9780140449631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Part novel, part digression, this book presents a disordered narrative that interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby, and a host of other characters, including Dr Slop, Corporal Trim and the parson Yorick. Editor(s): New, Joan; New, Melvyn. Num Pages: 784 pages, chronology, glossary, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439778
ISBN
9780141439778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Covering some of the very best of F Scott Fitzgerald's short fiction, this collection spans his career, from the early stories of the glittering Jazz Age, through the lost hopes of the thirties, to the last, twilight decade of his life. It brings together his most famous stories, including "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192505
ISBN
9780141192505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The stories in this collection combine realism and fantasy. The themes are familiar from Gaskell's novels, but their treatment is revealingly different, ranging from ghost stories and comic fantasy, to a realistic tale of 17th-century witch trials. Editor(s): Kranzler, Laura. Num Pages: 416 pages, notes, further reading. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437416
ISBN
9780140437416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Fauna, the latest madam at the Bear Flag brothel, Doc, still there for everyone else but feeling strangely sad himself, and Suzy, the new hustler in town who might just be the girl to save him. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185521
ISBN
9780141185521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

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