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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Originally published in four separate volumes, this publication sees all 12 Novelas Ejemplares as a single volume for the first time in English. Each story has an individual introduction, the original Spanish text with facing English translation and notes. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 188 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
960
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687747
ISBN
9780856687747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.17

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517673
ISBN
9781903517673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Presents the tale of a star-crossed courtship between the young nobleman Calisto and the beautiful maiden Melibea in fifteenth-century Spain. Translator(s): Peden, Margaret Sayers. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300141993
ISBN
9780300141993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Sabor, Peter; Doody, Margaret Anne. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1056 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552382
ISBN
9780199552382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. In the dreary suburbs of Paris, the merciless greed of a seemingly respectable woman is unearthed by her long suffering niece, and Maigret discovers the far-reaching consequences of their actions. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397054
ISBN
9780141397054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. In brilliant artist Cecil Dreeme, narrator Robert Byng finds a friend unlike any he has known before. But is Cecil the man he claims to be, and can their friendship survive the dangers they will soon face together? Editor(s): Looby, Christopher. Series: Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223651
ISBN
9780812223651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

hardcover. The Thackeray Edition proudly announces two additions to its collection: Catherine and The Luck of Barry Lyndon. The Thackeray Edition is the first full-scale scholarly edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's works to appear in over seventy years, and the only one ever to be based on an examination of manuscripts and relevant printed texts. Series: The Thackeray Edition S. Num Pages: 276 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Michigan Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472110414
ISBN
9780472110414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.12

Paperback. Presents a story in which a blind man guides the hand of a sighted man as together they draw the cathedral the blind man can never see. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530336
ISBN
9780099530336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, this title tells the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529125
ISBN
9780099529125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Thady Quirk, steward to the decaying estate of the Rackrent family, narrates a story of four generations of a dying dynasty in Castle Rackrent. This volume also includes Ennui, the entertaining confessions of the Earl of Glenthorn, a bored aristocrat. Both novels offer a darkly comic and satirical expose of the Irish class system. Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn. Num Pages: 361 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433203
ISBN
9780140433203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. Tells the story of three generations of the Rackrent family from the perspective of their servant, Thady Quirk, during the middle of the eighteenth century in Ireland. This book contains annotations, an introduction and a bibliography. Editor(s): Howard, Susan Kubica. Num Pages: 984 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208773
ISBN
9780872208773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Editor(s): Watson, George. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9780199537556
ISBN
9780199537556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.48

Paperback. A masterful recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, set in 19th century Cornwall. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080670
ISBN
9781844080670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Hardback. Castle Dangerous is the realisation of a thirty-year old project of Scott's to retell a story found in Barbour's Brus. Editor(s): Alexander, J. H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605880
ISBN
9780748605880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.66
€ 130.84

Paperback. A deliriously delightful novel of George Bernard Shaw's, full of miscommunication, drawing-room comedy and love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547476
ISBN
9781848547476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. The moving romance of dancer Jenny Pearl: a story which helped establish Mackenzie among the foremost novelists of his generation Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547704
ISBN
9781848547704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Translator(s): Jotcham, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540440
ISBN
9780199540440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.05

Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612192260
ISBN
9781612192260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.17

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Tolmie, Ken. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973818420
ISBN
9780973818420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.30

Paperback. Lee Chong, the astute owner of the grocery store, is also the proprietor of the Palace Flophouse that Mack and his troupe of good-natured 'boys' call home. Dora runs the Bear Flag Restaurant with clockwork efficiency and a generous heart, and Doc, secreted away in his home at Western Biological Laboratories, is the fount of all wisdom. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185088
ISBN
9780141185088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241980385
ISBN
9780241980385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.23

Paperback. "A breakthrough in prose and poetical writing.. This book should be on all readers' and writers' desks and in their minds."-Maya Angelou Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Liveright
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871402103
ISBN
9780871402103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. A masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance and a canonical work in both the American and the African American literary traditions, Cane is now available in a revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Byrd, Rudolph P.; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393931686
ISBN
9780393931686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.32

Paperback. Tells of the adventures of the naive Candide, who doggedly believes that all is for the best even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039426
ISBN
9780143039426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.27

paperback. When his love for the Baron's daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, and murder, testing the young hero's optimism. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455106
ISBN
9780140455106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. Relates the misadventures of a young optimist who leaves his sheltered childhood to find his way in a cruel and irrational world. This novel mocks the suggestion that 'all is well' and challenges us to create a better world. Editor(s): Palmer, Eric. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117461
ISBN
9781551117461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.51

Paperback.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Librairie generale francaise
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9782253098089
ISBN
9782253098089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.49

paperback. Voltaire was the nom de plume of Francois-Marie Aroue, an 18th-century philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. Candide, a biting satire on the philosophy of the time, is considered his finest work. Translator(s): Fowler, James. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781840227307
ISBN
9781840227307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.74

Paperback. Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's 'philosophical tales', in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales - Micromegas, Zadig, The Ingenu, and The White Bull - and a verse tale based on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale,: What Pleases the Ladies. Translator(s): Pearson, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535613
ISBN
9780199535613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.52

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KRA0011569
ISBN
9780486266893
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Alice Vavasor cannot decide whether to marry her ambitious but violent cousin George or the upright and gentlemanly John Grey - and finds herself accepting and rejecting each of them in turn. Editor(s): Wall, Stephen. Num Pages: 864 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140430868
ISBN
9780140430868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. The first of Trollope's six Palliser novels, Can You Forgive Her? explores the dilemma of Alice Vavasor, torn between two suitors, and the choices faced by two other independent women. The tensions within Victorian society highlighted by the plot are illuminated in the introduction and notes to this new edition. Editor(s): Birch, Dinah. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199578177
ISBN
9780199578177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Bloom, Edward A.; Bloom, Lillian D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555741
ISBN
9780199555741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888392596
ISBN
9780888392596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Caleb Williams is a psychological thriller and suspenseful tale of detection and pursuit. It is also a powerful political novel, inspired by the events following the French Revolution. This new edition reprints the original novel of 1794, the grittier, topical text that reflects Godwin's political philosophy. Editor(s): Clemit, Pamela. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199232062
ISBN
9780199232062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.25

Paperback. This particular morning, Gloria finds herself alone in a stranger's apartment with nothing but a torn evening dress and her stockings and panties. When she takes a fur coat from the wardrobe to wear home, she sets in train a series of events that will lead to tragedy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518334
ISBN
9780099518334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Such is the strength of Joe Saul's desperate longing for a child, that he feels as if a dark curse is upon him after three unfruitful years of marriage. Yet unbeknown to him, he is sterile. His young, devoted wife loves him so much that she secretly conceives the child of another man. Soon Joe discovers her deception. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186061
ISBN
9780141186061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

hardcover. Focusing on authors work, this title offers a collection of three stories dated from the 1930s. It features books such as, In Burmese Days, Coming Up for Airdramatizes, and Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 39. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
677
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Print, This Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593357
ISBN
9781841593357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club, and Flory can help. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185378
ISBN
9780141185378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.07

Paperback. Series: Word Cloud Classics. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Canterbury Classics
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626864696
ISBN
9781626864696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.04

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