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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. With this pair of absurd, comic stories, the author indulges his imagination and delights readers. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397528
- ISBN
- 9780141397528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.54
€ 5.54
Paperback. Two men - Kim, a boy growing into early manhood, and the lama, an old ascetic priest - are fired by a quest. Kim is white, although born in India. While he wants to play the Great Game of imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama and he tries to reconcile these opposing strands. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141199979
- ISBN
- 9780141199979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. 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, these fifteen stories bring the gritty realism of existence in the author's native Dublin to life. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141199627
- ISBN
- 9780141199627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 204 x 33. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345803986
- ISBN
- 9780345803986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.60
€ 12.60
Hardback. Recounts author's experiences from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. This book draws openly and revealingly on author's own life. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 199 x 45. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141394640
- ISBN
- 9780141394640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 15.93
€ 22.99
€ 15.93
Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; FC; FJH; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509835744
- ISBN
- 9781509835744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. A novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- SKU
- KTG0003230
- ISBN
- 9781853260056
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853260056
- ISBN
- 9781853260056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper. Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for the church school play. Suddenly her routine shatters and Dorothy finds herself down and out in London. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184654
- ISBN
- 9780141184654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Rip-roaring and rib-tickling, Francois Rabelais' irreverent story of the giant Gargantua, his giant son Pantagruel, and their companion Panurge is a classic of the written word. This translation, annotated for the nonspecialist, brings to twentieth-century English all the exuberance and invention of the original sixteenth-century French. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 1114 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1560.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1114
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520064010
- ISBN
- 9780520064010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008182311
- ISBN
- 9780008182311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.22
€ 10.99
€ 9.22
Hardback. Caught in the crossfire of his own effortless cynicism and his silent, secret vulnerability, Stahr inhabits a world dominated by business, alcohol and promiscuity. If there is a moral or social necessity to film-making in this West Coast never-never land, Stahr does not always believe in it. If there is love he does not always see it. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194080
- ISBN
- 9780141194080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. In the first novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089574
- ISBN
- 9781844089574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. From his barber shop in Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd murders selected customers to steal their money and valuables. Some suspect he is up to no good, but no one knows how he actually kills his victims. How does he dispose of the bodies? And what is his connection with Mrs Lovett who runs a popular pie shop nearby? Illustrator(s): Shalvey, Declan; Cardy, Jason; Nicholson, Kat. Editor(s): Bryant, Clive. Translator(s): Wilson, Sean Michael. Num Pages: 168 pages, 905. BIC Classification: FC; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 11. Weight in Grams: 558. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. 168 pages, 905. Illustrator(s): Shalvey, Declan; Cardy, Jason; Nicholson, Kat. Editor(s): Bryant, Clive. From his barber shop in Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd murders selected customers to steal their money and valuables. Some suspect he is up to no good, but no one knows how he actually kills his victims. How does he dispose of the bodies? And what is his connection with Mrs Lovett who runs a popular pie shop nearby?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FX. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 11. Weight: 560. Translator(s): Wilson, Sean Michael.
- Publisher
- Classical
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- British English ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906332792
- ISBN
- 9781906332792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Offers accounts of 'Funes the Memorious', the man who can forget nothing; 'Pierre Menard, Author of the "Quixote"', who recreates Miguel de Cervantes' epic word-for-word; a society run on the basis of an all-encompassing game of chance in 'The Lottery in Babylon'. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183848
- ISBN
- 9780141183848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. This book features a historical drama of the great depression and a sublime example of the southern writing tradition. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Arrow Book Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099549482
- ISBN
- 9780099549482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardback. At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141197692
- ISBN
- 9780141197692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.29
€ 21.99
€ 15.29
Hardback. The resurgence of interest in Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) has grown to the extent that she is now perceived as 'the most emblematic woman writer of her time'. This Edinburgh edition of her stories, published to coincide with the ninetieth anniversary of her death in 1923, is a complete collection of the author's fiction writing. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 976. Fiction 1916-1922. 528 pages. The resurgence of interest in Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) has grown to the extent that she is now perceived as 'the most emblematic woman writer of her time'. This Edinburgh edition of her stories, published to coincide with the ninetieth anniversary of her death in 1923, is a complete collection of the author's fiction writing. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 35. Weight: 972.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642755
- ISBN
- 9780748642755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.91€ 106.69
€ 118.91
€ 106.69
Paperback. Tess is an innocent young girl until the day she goes to visit her rich 'relatives', the D'Urbervilles. Her encounter with her manipulative cousin, Alec, leads her onto a path that is beset with suffering and betrayal. When she falls in love with another man, Angel Clare, Tess sees a potential escape from her past, but only if she can tell him.. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Elibron Classics series
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099560692
- ISBN
- 9780099560692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 40. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062356154
- ISBN
- 9780062356154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.93
€ 20.99
€ 19.93
Paperback. When Mr Crawley, curate of Hogglestock, is falsely accused of theft he suffers bitterly with his family. Crawley is an ambiguous character however, and he himself seems to bring about most of his suffering. Editor(s): Gilmartin, Sophie. Num Pages: 928 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437522
- ISBN
- 9780140437522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. New, lavishly produced paperback with a beautiful cover with foil and illustrations by Art Deco artist George Barbier. Here presented in a new fully edited and annotated version, it contains an extensive apparatus on Fitzgerald's life and works. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492586
- ISBN
- 9781847492586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
€ 9.99
€ 9.18
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812417
- ISBN
- 9781554812417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.40
€ 26.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. A "fantastical biography" inspired by the life of the flamboyant writer Vita-Sackville-West, Orlando is an amusing and eccentric jeu d'esprit, as well as a groundbreaking exploration of gender issues. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493705
- ISBN
- 9781847493705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03