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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Hardback. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 143 x 47. Weight in Grams: 874.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394664
ISBN
9780141394664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
9780812968569
ISBN
9780812968569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.73

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
€ 13.39

Paperback. Set in 1820s Sweden, this title tells the story of a defrocked minister named Gosta Berling. Translator(s): Norlen, Paul. Num Pages: 399 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
399
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105909
ISBN
9780143105909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322455
ISBN
9780940322455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.41

Hardcover. One of du Maurier's most popular novels, in a beautiful new hardback VMC set of Daphne du Maurier classics. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 364.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Little Brown Hardbacks (a & C)
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088782
ISBN
9781844088782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. A captivating comic novel from Angela Thirkell's much-loved 1930s Barsetshire series: trainee barrister Colin Keith makes an ill-advised foray into teaching at Southbridge School. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089697
ISBN
9781844089697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182131
ISBN
9780141182131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, this collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Carribbean in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Fallaize, Elizabeth. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583171
ISBN
9780199583171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 880 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537266
ISBN
9780199537266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105442
ISBN
9780143105442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Bicentennial ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106524
ISBN
9780143106524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888) is a thunderous indictment of industrial capitalism and a resplendent vision of life in a socialist utopia. Matthew Beaumont's lively edition explores the political and psychological peculiarities of this celebrated utopian fiction. Editor(s): Beaumont, Matthew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552573
ISBN
9780199552573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

paperback. An annotated edition of "Lolita". It attempts to elaborate on the verbal textures and show how they contribute to the novel's overall meaning. It also provides observations on the novel's artifice, games and verbal patternings. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185040
ISBN
9780141185040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

paperback. The young D'Artagnan and the legendary musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis are 'the inseparables' - ready to sacrifice everything in a duel or game of dice in order to defend their honour or that of the King and Queen of France. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 41. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099583165
ISBN
9780099583165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Follows the lives of the Pargiters, a large middle-class London family, from an uncertain spring in 1880 to a party on a summer evening in the 1930s. We see them each endure and remember heart-break, loss, radical change and stifling conformity, marriage and regret. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872236
ISBN
9781784872236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

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
€ 19.02

Hardcover. Bathsheba Everdene is a strong, confident woman who becomes a powerful farmer. But her emotional life descends into chaos as she becomes involved with three very different men. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150216
ISBN
9781857150216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Set at the height of the "tulipomania" that gripped Holland in the 17th century, this is the story of Cornelius van Baerle, a humble grower whose sole desire is to grow the perfect specimen of the tulip negra. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 288 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448924
ISBN
9780140448924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Russian author Tolstoy is probably best known for his epic novels, but he also wrote many shorter works. Included here are three of his finest stories, Family Happiness, Master and Man, and Alyosha the Pot. Series: Short Story Collections. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061773730
ISBN
9780061773730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.13

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 86. Series: Dover Thrift S. 96 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 6. Weight: 86.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486270531
ISBN
9780486270531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.25

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509825387
ISBN
9781509825387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.49

Paperback. Barchester Towers (1857) was the book that made Trollope's reputation and it remains his most popular and enjoyable novel. The arrival of a new bishop in Barchester sets the town in turmoil: who will come out on top in the battle between the archdeacon, the bishop, Mr Slope, and Mrs Proudie? Editor(s): Bowen, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199665860
ISBN
9780199665860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. An outsider by birth and instinct, the author was one of the most undeservedly neglected figures in Russian literature. He combined a profoundly religious spirit with a fascination for crime, an occasionally lurid imagination and a great love for the Russian vernacular. This volume includes a collection of his stories. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396743
ISBN
9780141396743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

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