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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. This selection of twenty-seven stories in a lively new transltion shows Maupassant as his comic, cruel, and brillant best. In addition to the poignant title story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The Necklace , and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555789
ISBN
9780199555789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198704430
ISBN
9780198704430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Proud, passionate Eustacia Vye marries Clym Yeobright in the hope that he will help her escape her cramped rural existence. But when their relationship falters Eustacia turns to her old lover Damon Wildeve, leading to a disastrous climax on the brooding wilds of Egdon Heath. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518983
ISBN
9780099518983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Features a voyage on the luxurious liner SS Atlantic - in the company of Monty Bodkin, whose passion for Gertrude Butterwick knows no bounds (except those set by the wild-at-heart Hollywood starlet Lotus Blossom and her pet alligator). Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099514091
ISBN
9780099514091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, white Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent beauty and sensuality. After their marriage, however, disturbing rumours begin to circulate which poison her husband against her. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185422
ISBN
9780141185422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621558
ISBN
9781909621558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
632
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862416874
ISBN
9780862416874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.22

Paperback. Translator(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Tra Rei
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540556
ISBN
9780199540556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A Christmas Carol has gripped the public imagination since it was first published in 1843, and it is now as much a part of Christmas as mistletoe or plum pudding. This edition reprints the story alongside Dickens's four other Christmas Books: The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man. Editor(s): Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536306
ISBN
9780199536306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Hardback. .
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143124306
ISBN
9780143124306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535637
ISBN
9780199535637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Durtal, a shy, censorious man, is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the monstrous fifteenth-century child-murderer thought to be the original for 'Bluebeard'. Bored and disgusted by the vulgarity of everyday life, Durtal seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age. Translator(s): Hale, Terry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447675
ISBN
9780140447675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Features stories that contain the author's earliest studies of what became enduring themes in her novels: the impact of religious controversy and social change in provincial life, and the power of love to transform the lives of individual men and women. Editor(s): Gribble, Jennifer. Num Pages: 416 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436389
ISBN
9780140436389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.18

Paperback. Pretty Hetty Sorrel is loved by the village carpenter Adam Bede, but her head is turned by the attentions of the fickle young squire. His dalliance with the dairymaid affects the lives of many in their small rural community. This new edition of Eliot's pioneering classic of social realism uses the definitive Clarendon text. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199203475
ISBN
9780199203475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Horror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this tales, including - among others - the bloody, brutal and baffling murder of a mother and daughter in Paris in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", the creeping insanity of "The Tell-Tale Heart", and the Gothic nightmare of "The Masque of the Red Death". Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198972
ISBN
9780141198972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. This allegory of Christian life describes the pilgrimage of the hero, Christian, from the Shadow of Destruction via the Slough of Despond, the Hill of Difficulty, the Valley of the Shadow of Death and Vanity Fair, over the River of the Water of Life and into the Celestial City. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264689
ISBN
9781853264689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375756894
ISBN
9780375756894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. "Originally published in Japanese with the romanized title of "Meian."" Translator(s): Nathan, John. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 464 pages, B&W Illus.: 188,. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231161435
ISBN
9780231161435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially heroic soldier and adored by their mother Agathe. He is nonetheless a bitter figure, secretly gambling away her savings after a brief but glorious career as Napoleon's aide-de-camp at the battle of Montereau. Translator(s): Adamson, Donald. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442373
ISBN
9780140442373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean. The ship's strange captain, Ahab, is in the grip of an obsession to hunt down the famous white whale, Moby Dick, and will stop at nothing on his quest to annihilate his nemesis. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Random House UK
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511182
ISBN
9780099511182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

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