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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

paperback. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and her betrayal of him. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143105435
ISBN
9780143105435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.05

paperback. Includes the stories "Metamorphosis"; "Meditation"; "The Judgement"; "The Stoker"; and "The Aeroplanes at Brescia". Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143105244
ISBN
9780143105244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster and her complex feelings, first for school's English doctor and then for dictatorial professor. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141199887
ISBN
9780141199887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. At first sight Harry Haller seems a respectable, educated man. In reality he is the Steppenwolf: wild, strange, alienated from society and repulsed by the modern age. But as he is drawn into a series of dreamlike and sometimes savage encounters - accompanied by, among others, Mozart, Goethe and the bewitching Hermione. Translator(s): Horrocks, David. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141192093
ISBN
9780141192093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

paperback. A collection of stories of the author whose stories - whether they are set in Italy, Greece, India, or in England itself - contrast the freedom of paganism with the restraints of English civilization, the personal, sensual delights of the body with the impersonal, inhibiting rules imposed by society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141186191
ISBN
9780141186191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A pornographic fantasy in which the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185385
ISBN
9780141185385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

paperback. Sabrina is a firebird blazing through 1950s New York: she is a woman daring to enjoy the sexual licence that men have always known. Wearing extravagant outfits and playing dangerous games of desire, she deliberately avoids committment, gripped by the pursuit of pleasure for its own sake. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183718
ISBN
9780141183718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Clark, Carol; Collier, Peter. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141180359
ISBN
9780141180359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. In rural Illinois two tenant farmers share much, finally too much, jealously leads to murder and suicide. A tenuous friendship between lonely teenagers - the narrator, whose mother has died young, and Cletus Smith, the troubled witness to his parent's misery - is shattered. After the murder and upheavals that follow, the boys never speak again. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099560937
ISBN
9780099560937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.50

paperback. A walk in the woods takes a sinister turn for police chief Jeffrey Tolliver and medical examiner Sara Linton when they stumble across the body of a young girl. Incarcerated in the ground, all the initial evidence indicates that she has been scared to death. But as Sara embarks on the autopsy, something even more horrifying comes to light. Series: Grant County Series. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099553090
ISBN
9780099553090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Lily Bart has no fortune, but she possesses everything else she needs to make an excellent marriage: beauty, intelligence, a love of luxury and an elegant skill in negotiating the hidden traps and false friends of New York's high society. But time and again Lily cannot bring herself to make the final decisive move. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099540762
ISBN
9780099540762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.57

paperback. A collection of seven short stories themed around troubled relations. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099518594
ISBN
9780099518594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Newland Archer and May Welland are the perfect couple. He is a wealthy young lawyer and she is a lovely and sweet-natured girl. All seems set for success until the arrival of May's unconventional cousin Ellen Olenska, who returns from Europe without her husband and proceeds to shake up polite New York society. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099511281
ISBN
9780099511281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.75

Hardcover. An account of a man haunted by the Devil in the form of his own evil double. Hogg's 1824 novel, set in 17th century Scotland, anticipates Dostoevsky's great dramas of sin, self-accusation and damnation by half a century. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151268
ISBN
9781857151268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

hardcover. Together with Voltaire, Diderot was a remarkable figure of the French Enlightenment, as a philosopher, journalist and novelist. In this book, a young girl's enforced enclosure in a convent gives Diderot the chance to explore themes such as religious hypocrisy and sexual repression. Translator(s): Birrell, Francis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150902
ISBN
9781857150902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing skill in a range of literary styles. The stories include: "The Canterville Ghost", "The Model Millionaire" and "The Happy Prince". Editor(s): Small, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141439693
ISBN
9780141439693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.75

hardcover. A collection of stories such as: "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz", a fairy tale of unlimited wealth; the sad and hilarious stories of Hollywood hack Pat Hobby; and, "The Lost Decade". Series: Penguin F Scott Fitzgerald Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 139 x 41. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141194103
ISBN
9780141194103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.68

paperback. Includes the novellas "First Love", "The Calamative", "The End" and "The Expelled". Editor(s): Dukes, Gerry. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0019016
ISBN
9780141180151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 9.75

mass_market. A bold young English sailor has despised himself ever since an impulsive moment of cowardice. Jim moves East to Patusan, where natives worship him--and where he may be able to find redemption. Includes a new Afterword. Revised reissue. Series: Signet Classics. Num Pages: 329 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 244 x 30. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Signet United States
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780451531278
ISBN
9780451531278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oleander Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900891878
ISBN
9780900891878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.41

paperback. Series: Roads Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Roads Publishing
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KMK0024669
ISBN
9781909399037
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

paperback. Series: Roads Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Roads Publishing
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KMK0024666
ISBN
9781909399020
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.82

Hardback. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 112 x 38. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Koren Publishers Israel
Condition
New
SKU
V9789653013445
ISBN
9789653013445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. "Originally published as the novel Georgia Nigger (1932)." Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611170443
ISBN
9781611170443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.25

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