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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. When a plane crashes on a remote island, a small group of schoolboys are the sole survivors. From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack, each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality- and brutal savagery - of their situation sets in. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main - Centenary
Condition
New
SKU
9780571273577
ISBN
9780571273577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. To celebrate her forthcoming biography of Constance Fenimore Woolson, Anne Boyd Rioux has selected the best of this classic writer's stories. Editor(s): Rioux, Anne Boyd. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352009
ISBN
9780393352009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. Eugene Gant, born in 1900 to hard-drinking stone-cutter Oliver and entrepreneurial Eliza, grows up in small-town America. Both lonely outsider and passionate chronicler of American life, Eugene experiences upheaval and family tragedy before coming to realise that he must leave his home behind if he is to forge his own path in the world. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241215746
ISBN
9780241215746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Banned in the US and the UK for more than thirty years because it was considered pornographic, this book features a starving American writer who lives a bohemian life among prostitutes, pimps, and artists. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
PENGUIN UK
Condition
New
SKU
9780141399133
ISBN
9780141399133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.18

Paperback. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Num Pages: 432 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141184999
ISBN
9780141184999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The book that topped the international online poll held in Agatha Christie's 125th birthday year to discover which of her 80 crime books was the world's favourite. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780008123208
ISBN
9780008123208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811216746
ISBN
9780811216746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.99

Paperback. Forty of the most famous and celebrated stories from the Brothers Grimm translated and edited by a leading professor of folklore. Editor(s): Tatar, Maria. Translator(s): Tatar, Maria. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393338560
ISBN
9780393338560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. The text for this edition of Notes from Underground is Michael Katz's acclaimed translation of the 1863 novel, which is introduced and annotated specifically for English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 272 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393976120
ISBN
9780393976120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. Offering a military adventure, an extended symposium on waging war in a new global order, and an essential investigation of the ethics of counterinsurgency, this wartime novel is about controversial tactics in hot spots around the world. Translator(s): Fielding, Xan. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143107446
ISBN
9780143107446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 115 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780141393049
ISBN
9780141393049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.97

Paperback. A story of Joad family, who are forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141185064
ISBN
9780141185064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 416 608pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141189383
ISBN
9780141189383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. In this book, the author entwines grand themes - conflict and love, birth and death, free will and faith - with unforgettable scenes of nineteenth-century Russia, to create a magnificent epic of human life in its imperfection and grandeur. Translator(s): Briggs, Anthony. Num Pages: 1440 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 60. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
9780140447934
ISBN
9780140447934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Tells the turbulent story of two women, their husbands and their lovers, set against the intricate web of dynastic alliances and class contrasts of Madrid in the 1870s. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433050
ISBN
9780140433050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Nan Shepherd's greatest novel; a masterpiece of Scottish modernism. 'A blazingly brilliant writer' - Robert Macfarlane Series: Canons. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 48. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Condition
New
SKU
9781782118862
ISBN
9781782118862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Kate Chopin's classic, an American Anna Karenina, joins Canongate's Canons series. With an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver Series: Canons. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Condition
New
SKU
9781782117131
ISBN
9781782117131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.58

Paperback. The story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9781853260438
ISBN
9781853260438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108. Series: Dover Thrift S. 128 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 9. Weight: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486270647
ISBN
9780486270647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.23

Paperback. Lee Chong, the owner of the well-stocked 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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185088
ISBN
9780141185088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241258569
ISBN
9780241258569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Translator(s): Wynn, Thomas; McMorran, Will; Wynn, Thomas; McMorran, Will. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 5X; FC; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394343
ISBN
9780141394343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. Tells the story of Dorian Gray, a beautiful yet corrupt man. When he wishes that a perfect portrait of himself would bear the signs of ageing in his place, the picture becomes his hideous secret, as it follows Dorian's own downward spiral into cruelty and depravity. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 187 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141199498
ISBN
9780141199498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.06

Paperback. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. This is a story of a defiant, fiercely intelligent woman who refuses to accept her appointed place in society and instead finds love on her own terms has become famous as one of the greatest romances ever written. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141198859
ISBN
9780141198859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.66

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