Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Isak Dinesen was the pen-name of Karen Blixen, who was born in Rungsted, Denmark in 1885. After studying art, she married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke. Together they went to Kenya to manage a coffee plantation. After their divorce, she continued to run the plantation until a collapse in the coffee market forced her back to Denmark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185880
- ISBN
- 9780141185880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Part of the Alma Classics Evergreens series, this new edition includes pictures and an extensive section on Hardy's life and works. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496300
- ISBN
- 9781847496300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.04
€ 9.99
€ 9.04
Paperback. After decoding a scrap of paper in runic script, the intrepid Professor Lidenbrock and his nervous nephew Axel travel across Iceland to find the secret passage to the centre of the earth. Enlisting the silent Hans as a guide, the trio encounter a perilous and astonishing subterranean world of natural hazards, prehistoric beasts and sea monsters. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099528494
- ISBN
- 9780099528494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.19
€ 11.99
€ 10.19
Paperback. Part of Alma Evergreen series, J.G. Nichols's new translation stays as faithful to the original as possible while being written in a clear and eminently modern English, capturing the timeless humour of one of the great classics of world literature. Translator(s): Nichols, J. G. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494122
- ISBN
- 9781847494122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.90
€ 10.99
€ 9.90
Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series at GBP4.99. Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness, which brings together all the best elements of his talent in a reinterpretation of the Faustian myth. This edition contains photographs and a wealth of extra material. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493729
- ISBN
- 9781847493729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.02
€ 8.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199686636
- ISBN
- 9780199686636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.00€ 13.27
€ 14.00
€ 13.27
Paperback. A masterful work of comic horror, Jerome K. Jerome's After-Supper Ghost Stories is a witty look at why Christmas Eve is so perfect for ghost stories and why ghosts love the Yuletide season. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496225
- ISBN
- 9781847496225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.82
€ 10.99
€ 9.82
Paperback. Includes two American classics that are sequels to Little Women and its continuation, Good Wives. Little Men takes up the story of the everyday dramas and exploits of the naughty but easy-going boys at Plumfield, a boarding-school run by Professor Bhaer and his lovable madcap wife Jo, the most fiery and free-spirited of the four March sisters. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840221763
- ISBN
- 9781840221763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.28
€ 6.28
Paperback. The mother of the child, Hester Prynne, is publicly disgraced and ostracized but emerges as the first true heroine of American fiction. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107668
- ISBN
- 9780143107668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. Throughout the 19th century fictional ghost stories developed in parallel with the more general Victorian fascination with death and what lay beyond it. This collection includes stories by J.S. Le Fanu, M.R. James, Elizabeth Gaskell, Rhoda Broughton, Charles Dickens, Henry James and Wilkie Collins. Editor(s): Cox, Michael; Gilbert, R. A. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 106 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 526
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804471
- ISBN
- 9780192804471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.53
€ 30.53
Paperback. Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena's vivacious cousin enters their household as a 'hired girl', Ethan finds himself obsessed with her and with the possibilities for happiness she comes to represent. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141389400
- ISBN
- 9780141389400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. Boccaccio's Decameron recasts the storytelling heritage of the ancient and medieval worlds into perennial forms that inspired writers from Chaucer and Shakespeare down to our own day. Translator(s): Payne, John. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 51. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 848
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840221336
- ISBN
- 9781840221336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.05
€ 7.05
Paperback. Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the fates of three men and three women. It was Pushkin's own favourite work, and this new translation conveys the literal sense and the poetic music of the original. Translator(s): Falen, James E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538645
- ISBN
- 9780199538645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.61
€ 13.99
€ 11.61
Paperback. A young Jewish student in Romania tries to make sense of a world that has decided he doesn't belong. Spending his days walking the streets and his nights drinking and gambling, meeting revolutionaries, zealots, lovers and libertines, he adjusts his eyes to the darkness that falls over Europe, and threatens to destroy him. Translator(s): O Ceallaigh, Philip. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241189610
- ISBN
- 9780241189610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. A physician with a particular interest in psychological disorders and satirist, the author published versions of his notorious "Fable of the Bees" from 1714 to 1732. Each was a defence and elaboration of his short satirical poem "The Angry Hive, 1705". Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445411
- ISBN
- 9780140445411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.73
€ 17.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 419 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam USA
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553212280
- ISBN
- 9780553212280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.36
€ 8.36
Paperback. Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190198
- ISBN
- 9780141190198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.41
€ 10.99
€ 9.41
Paperback. The first of Angela Thirkell's brilliantly satirical English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire, High Rising is now available as a Virago Modern Classic. Perfect for fans of Stella Gibbons, PG Wodehouse or EF Benson. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088836
- ISBN
- 9781844088836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Contains one long brain-muddling, soul-bewildering ambiguity, like Melchisedeck, without beginning or end - a labyrinth without a clue - an Irish bog without so much as a Jacko 'the' lantern to guide the wanderer's footsteps - the dream of a distempered stomach, disordered by a hasty supper on half-cooked pork chops. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434842
- ISBN
- 9780140434842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.61
€ 13.99
€ 11.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Atlas Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900565455
- ISBN
- 9781900565455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.41
€ 19.99
€ 19.41