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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. A tale of passion, violence, cruelty and unexpected tenderness, Margiad Evans conjures a tempestuous and sometimes sinister world of small-town border life in the early twentieth century. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998288
ISBN
9781906998288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170786
ISBN
9781590170786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. Series: Word Cloud Classics. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 31. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Canterbury Classics
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626869738
ISBN
9781626869738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.15

Paperback. In "Dorian Gray," Wilde's full-length novel, a fashionable young man sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. This volume also includes three of the Irish master storyteller's short stories: RThe Happy Prince, S RThe Birthday of the Infanta, S and RLord Arthur Savile's Crime.S Revised reissue. Series: Signet Classics. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 106 x 23. Weight in Grams: 163.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451530455
ISBN
9780451530455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.75

Paperback. In November 1929, the author - determined to become a 'permanent foreigner' - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin. In this book, he recalls the decadence of Berlin's night scene and his route to sexual liberation. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561071
ISBN
9780099561071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Set in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment, which is the the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby. Illustrator(s): Walker, Fiona; Greiffenhagen, Maurice. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New
SKU
KRF0020530
ISBN
9781853262326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Set in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment, which is the the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby. Illustrator(s): Walker, Fiona; Greiffenhagen, Maurice. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New
SKU
9781853262326
ISBN
9781853262326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Knights, Pamela. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536948
ISBN
9780199536948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. In a "lively, sparkling, and sharp-edged" (Arthur Goldhammer) new translation, Guy de Maupassant's most beloved works are reintroduced to twenty-first-century readers. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631491894
ISBN
9781631491894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.43

Paperback. Becky Sharp is a poor orphan when she first makes friends with the lovely Amelia Sedley at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies. She may not have the natural advantages of her companion but she more than makes up for it with her wit, charm, deviousness and determination to make a success of herself whatever the cost. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 48. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518938
ISBN
9780099518938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Guardian Emma Bovary is an avid reader of sentimental novels; brought up on a Normandy farm and convent-educated, she longs for romance. At first, Emma pins her hopes on marriage, but life with her well-meaning husband in the provinces leaves her bored and dissatisfied. Translator(s): Thorpe, Adam. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099573074
ISBN
9780099573074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. "Corngold's new translation is of the very highest quality, punctiliously faithful to Goethe's German and sensitive to gradations of style in this extraordinary, trail-blazing first novel." -J. M. Coetzee, New York Review of Books Editor(s): Corngold, Stanley. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393935561
ISBN
9780393935561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173596
ISBN
9781590173596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.85

Hardcover. Edith Wharton's subtle variation on the theme of the eternal triangle features Anna Leath, a rich American widow living in France; her daughter's governess, Sophy Viner; and the first love of Anna's youth, George Darrow, who has come back into her life. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152012
ISBN
9781857152012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540960
ISBN
9780099540960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Hardback. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; and, a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck. Illustrator(s): Lee, Ang. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 143 x 54. Weight in Grams: 634.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780141196886
ISBN
9780141196886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman. She is also an outcast. In the eyes of her neighbours she has committed an unforgivable sin. Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl's father. Hester's refusal to name him brings more condemnation upon her. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Random House UK
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511267
ISBN
9780099511267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. Rich in language and detail, and by turns satirical and moving, Proust's stories - presented here in Andrew Brown's nuanced translation, the only edition currently in print - are layered with imagery and feeling and foreshadow the themes and psychological atmosphere of his later masterpiece. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Only edition in print
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493170
ISBN
9781847493170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Rayfield, Donald. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173763
ISBN
9781590173763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. The second part of Hugo's masterpiece Translator(s): Wilbour, Charles E. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260506
ISBN
9781853260506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Takes you from a Victorian dinner table to 802,701 AD, when the Earth is divided between the gentle, ineffective Eloi, and the ape-like Morlocks; forward again by a million years or so to glimpse a dying world of blood-red beaches and menacing shapes; and on again to the last days of our planet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872083
ISBN
9781784872083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.66

Paperback. A fascinating study in sexual psychology and sexual politics, the novel focuses on Helene Grandjean, a widow, and her shifting emotional states. This is the eighth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years. Editor(s): Nelson, Brian. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC; FYT. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728641
ISBN
9780198728641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.89

Hardcover. Daphne du Maurier's chilling short-story collection, the title story was famously made into a film by Hitchcock - perfect for the Halloween and Christmas markets. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 207 x 23. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006666
ISBN
9780349006666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Eight years ago, Anne Elliot was persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. When Anne and Frederick meet again, he has acquired both, but still feels the sting of her rejection. Illustrator(s): Niffenegger, Audrey. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106289
ISBN
9780143106289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

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