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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

paperback. Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140441734
ISBN
9780140441734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.29

paperback. Anne Garland, who lives with her widowed mother in a mill owned by Miller Loveday, has three suitors. While Festus' aggressive pursuit deters the young woman from considering him as a husband, the indecisive Anne wavers between light-hearted Bob and gentle, steadfast John. This is a tale of love and desire. Num Pages: 416 pages, facsim., map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Condition
New
SKU
9780140435405
ISBN
9780140435405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.29

Paperback. Frederick, Earl of Ickenham, remains young at heart. So it is for him the act of a moment to lean out of the Drones Club window with a catapult and ping the silk top-hat off his grumpy in-law, the distinguished barrister Sir Raymond Bastable. Unfortunately, things don't end there. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
9780099514077
ISBN
9780099514077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155639
ISBN
9781903155639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

paperback. The central figure of this novel is the returning "native", Clym Yeobright, and his love for the beautiful but capricious Eustacia Vye. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
Edition
Reprinted
SKU
V9781853262388
ISBN
9781853262388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

paperback. Set in the heart of the Wessex, this book charts the rise and downfall of a single 'man of character'. It's moving and contrived narrative is Shakespearian in its force, and features some of the author's episodes and passages of description. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, bibliography, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260988
ISBN
9781853260988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.32

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 190 x 195 x 127. Weight in Grams: 3136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
OUP USA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192547064
ISBN
9780192547064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.85

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 186 x 123 x 34. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192547040
ISBN
9780192547040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.81

Hardcover. Published in 1899, Muhammad Hadi Ruswa's famous novel "Umrao Jaan Ada" created a sensation when it came out. But few know that a month after the author wrote "Umrao Jaan Ada", he penned a sly novella entitled "Junun-e-Intezar". This title features both the Urdu original and an English translation of this novella. Translator(s): Shandilya, Krupa; Shahid, Taimoor. Series: Zubaan Books. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381017708
ISBN
9789381017708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.94

paperback. Editor(s): Menikoff, Barry. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804713993
ISBN
9780804713993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780008195588
ISBN
9780008195588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.05

paperback. Features Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. Translator(s): Donougher, Christine; Donougher, Christine. Num Pages: 1456 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 57. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780241248744
ISBN
9780241248744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Part of the "Penguin Threads" series, this title features cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143106470
ISBN
9780143106470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial school teacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding member of society. As he pursues the idea of marrying to gain promotion, he descends into paranoia, arson, torture and murder. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141392936
ISBN
9780141392936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Features Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfillment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; and the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate, whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund and pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 197 x 43. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141199795
ISBN
9780141199795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 122 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141187785
ISBN
9780141187785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. A portrayal of country life at the close of the 19th century. It tells the story of three closely related Oxfordshire communities - a hamlet, the nearby village and a small market town - is based on the author's experiences during childhood and youth. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183312
ISBN
9780141183312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. A collection of one novella and six short stories - "The Gambler", "Bobok", "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man", "A Christmas Party and a Wedding", "A Nasty Story" and "The Meek One". Translator(s): Meyer, Ronald. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140455090
ISBN
9780140455090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights. Translator(s): Lyons, Malcolm; Lyons, Ursula. Num Pages: 880 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449402
ISBN
9780140449402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Lucien Chardon, an aspiring young author, leaves his small provincial hometown and attempts to succeed in the Parisian literary circles of the early 19th century. Translator(s): Hunt, Herbert James. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140442519
ISBN
9780140442519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.64

Paperback. Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making a better life for herself and her father. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself painfully torn between the two men. Editor(s): Daly, Macdonald. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140434644
ISBN
9780140434644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.59

Paperback. Setting out to make his fortune, a young traveller discovers the remote and beautiful land of Erewhon, and is given a home among its handsome citizens. But their visitor soon discovers that this ideal community has its faults.. This is a humorous satire on conventional virtues, religious hypocrisy and the unthinking acceptance of beliefs. Editor(s): Mudford, Peter. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140430578
ISBN
9780140430578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.29

Paperback. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 1032 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691169828
ISBN
9780691169828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. "[A] masterly study of the inner workings of the disordered minds whose aim is destruction, violence, and the overturning of law and order by means of bombs."-The Observer (1907) Editor(s): Niland, Richard. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Critical
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393937442
ISBN
9780393937442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

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