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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. In the summer of 1348, as the "Black Death" ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. In this title, the characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 1072 pages, maps, bibliog. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 53. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449303
- ISBN
- 9780140449303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.36
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€ 13.36
Hardcover. A collection of stories that looks at English public-school life at the turn of the twentieth century. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Overlook Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591803
- ISBN
- 9781841591803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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Hardcover. In this novel of obsessive passion the author tells stories of Old Goriot and the ungrateful daughters he adores; young Rastignac, a country lad determined to make his way in Paris; and Vautrin, his satanic tempter. Their lives all cross in the Maison Vauquer, a boarding house in Paris. Translator(s): Marriage, E. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150377
- ISBN
- 9781857150377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
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€ 15.04
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840225990
- ISBN
- 9781840225990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.91
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€ 22.91
Paperback. At a party in the Hollywood Hills, Stephen Monk finds his wife in the arms of another man. Betrayed and furious, he packs his belongings and returns to the home he was born in. Can he forgive his wife, and most importantly, himself? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561149
- ISBN
- 9780099561149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.77
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€ 11.77
Paperback. Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185736
- ISBN
- 9780141185736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Based on letters Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, this book is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-19th century. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142437087
- ISBN
- 9780142437087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.78
€ 16.78
Paperback. Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a 'heroine whom no one but myself will much like', but Emma is irresistible. 'Handsome, clever, and rich', Emma is also an 'imaginist', 'on fire with speculation and foresight'. Her matchmaking maps out relationships that Jane Austen ironically tweaks into a clearer perspective. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Complete and Unabridged
- SKU
- V9781853260285
- ISBN
- 9781853260285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.86
€ 10.86
Paperback. Helps readers who would claim that The Adventure of the Copper Beeches or The Man with the Twisted Lip was their favourite Sherlock Holmes story - but then that would be doing an injustice to The Adventure of the Yellow Face and The Problem of Thor Bridge. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395548
- ISBN
- 9780141395548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.42
€ 10.99
€ 9.42
Paperback. A biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls, here presented in a brand new translation, is part of Alma Classics Evergreens series of popular classics. Translator(s): Rayfield, Donald. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496287
- ISBN
- 9781847496287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.99
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paperback. Robert Wringham's family is composed of a dissolute father and brother, a pious mother, and a rival father in the person of a fanatical Calvinist minister. He comes to believe that he is one of the elect, predestined to be saved, while others are damned. Editor(s): Miller, Karl. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441535
- ISBN
- 9780141441535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
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Paperback. Finnegans Wake is Joyce's last great work, and is formulated as one dense, tongue-twisting soundscape. It also remains the most hilarious, 'obscene', book of innuendos ever to be imagined. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Wordsworth Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840226614
- ISBN
- 9781840226614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.00
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Paperback. Finnegans Wake is Joyce's last great work, and is formulated as one dense, tongue-twisting soundscape. It also remains the most hilarious, 'obscene', book of innuendos ever to be imagined. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Wordsworth Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840226614
- ISBN
- 9781840226614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.31
€ 6.31
Paperback. Portrays the Russian people. This title presents a series of interlinked stories including "The Shot", in which a duel is revisited after many years, and the grotesque "The Undertaker". It also features "Roslavlev" and the "Egyptian Nights". Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446753
- ISBN
- 9780140446753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
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Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540426
- ISBN
- 9780199540426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
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Paperback. A sparkling, unconventional social comedy set in bohemian 1930s London. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089529
- ISBN
- 9781844089529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. A young governess is sent to a great country house to care for two orphaned children. To begin with Flora and Miles seem to be model pupils but gradually the governess starts to suspect that something is very wrong with them. As she sets out to uncover the corrupt secrets of the house she becomes convinced that something evil is watching her. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099511236
- ISBN
- 9780099511236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.63
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€ 8.63
Paperback. Tells the story of Prince Genji, the son of an emperor, whose passionate character, love affairs and shifting political fortunes, offer a glimpse of the golden age of Japan. Translator(s): Tyler, Royall. Num Pages: 1216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1512.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 1216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142437148
- ISBN
- 9780142437148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.45
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€ 25.45
Paperback. The text of this edition is based on the Wessex Edition of 1912, which was revised and corrected by the author. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974980
- ISBN
- 9780393974980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
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Paperback. Rich with biographical echoes, this novel reveals the emergence of the schematic ironies which characterise the author's later works Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853262777
- ISBN
- 9781853262777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.31
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Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307951335
- ISBN
- 9780307951335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
€ 11.99
€ 10.13
Hardcover. On the day of his wedding, Edmond Dantes, master mariner, is arrested in Marseille on trumped-up charges and spirited away to the cellars of the Chateau d'If, an impregnable sea fortress in which he is imprisoned indefinitely. Escaping from the chateau by a series of daring manoeuvres, he unearths a great treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Num Pages: 1000 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 1000
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593203
- ISBN
- 9781841593203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.31
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Paperback. Includes characters who are obsessed with the rise and fall of gods, empires and heroes. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3B; FA; FC; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185002
- ISBN
- 9780141185002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. Translator(s): Randall, Natasha. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099511434
- ISBN
- 9780099511434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45