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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Num Pages: 899 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1471.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Advantage Publishers Group United States
Number of pages
899
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607103127
ISBN
9781607103127
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Ex-detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. He thinks his sleuthing days are over, but when Julia Wolf, a former acquaintance, is found dead, her body riddled with bullets, Nick - along with his glamorous wife, Nora - can't resist making a few enquiries. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136. T
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
9780241962527
ISBN
9780241962527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.20

paperback. Linking various minor events, this work switches back-and-forth producing an illusion of impetus. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141188515
ISBN
9780141188515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.67

paperback. In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, "The Cossacks" describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civilization after spending time with the wild Cossack people. Editor(s): McDuff, David. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 440 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449594
ISBN
9780140449594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Written in the sixteenth century, this book tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China's most famous religious heroes, and his four supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures. Editor(s): Yu, Anthony C. Translator(s): Yu, Anthony C. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780226971377
ISBN
9780226971377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. Follows the fates of a ramshackle troupe of machine-gunners in the Second World War, as they argue, joke, swear, cadge a loaf of bread or a cigarette, combat both boredom and horror in the swamps and pine forests - and discover that war will make or break them. Translator(s): Yamaguchi, Liesl. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141393650
ISBN
9780141393650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Featuring the text of the original play "The Scarlet Letter", a list of characters with descriptions, and helpful commentary, this title is suitable for students or for those who wish to gain an understanding of the text. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: No Fear. Num Pages: 432 pages, b&w throughout. BIC Classification: DSRC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Spark Notes United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411426979
ISBN
9781411426979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.88

paperback. From the exuberant Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to the Miller's worldly, ribald farce, this title includes tales which can be taken as a mirror of fourteenth-century London. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141442297
ISBN
9780141442297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wilder Publications, Limited United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604597356
ISBN
9781604597356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.60

paperback. "Esau and Jacob" is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level, the story of Brazil itself, it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman. Assis presents a study of the doubts and insecurities of the human condition, rather than an heroic bible fable. Editor(s): Borges, Dain (Professor of History, University of California, San Diego, USA). Translator(s): Lowe, Elizabeth. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195108118
ISBN
9780195108118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.24

Paperback. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811223034
ISBN
9780811223034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.21

paperback. A young mother of an illegitimate child confronts her Puritan judges. This book describes the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148. A young mother of an illegitimate child confronts her Puritan judges. This book describes the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001595
ISBN
9781853260292
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Anna Karenina is one of the loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. This book addresses the very nature of society at various levels - of destiny, death, human relationships and the irreconcilable contradictions of existence. Translator(s): Maude, Aylmer; Maude, Louise. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 40. Weight in Grams: 530. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear. Gift inscription to half title
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMO0001248
ISBN
9781853262715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

paperback. The Reverend Josiah Crawley faces ruin and disgrace when he is accused of stealing a cheque. Crawley's predicament divides the community between those who seek to help, and those who, like Mrs Proudie, are convinced of his guilt. The last volume in the Barsetshire series, The Last Chronicle is a moving conclusion for its many familiar characters. Editor(s): Small, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780199675999
ISBN
9780199675999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

paperback. Throws a subversive brick at the smug face of Victorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a year after Butler's death, this novel is a thinly disguised account of his own childhood and youth 'in the bosom of a Christian family'. Editor(s): Cochrane, James. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780140430127
ISBN
9780140430127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 9.99

paperback. Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes", "The Battle of Life" and "The Cricket on the Hearth". Illustrator(s): Landseer, Edward; Maclise, Daniel; Stanfield, Clarkson; Stone, Frank; Doyle, Richard; Leech, John; Tenniel, Sir John. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781853262685
ISBN
9781853262685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

paperback. Presents a story woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Condition
New
SKU
9780141199559
ISBN
9780141199559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.06

paperback. Lawrence's first major novel was also the first in the English language to explore ordinary working-class life from the inside. No writer before or since has written so well about the intimacies enforced by a tightly-knit mining community, and his powerful description of Paul Morel's relationships make this novel as relevant now as when it was first published. Editor(s): Trotter, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford Paperbacks
Condition
New
SKU
9780199538881
ISBN
9780199538881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 103 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Condition
New
SKU
9781909621565
ISBN
9781909621565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. An expose of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally-starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-19th century, Agnes Grey has a power and poignancy which mark it out as a landmark work of literature Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262166
ISBN
9781853262166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

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