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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan. Editor(s): Byatt, A. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199561605
ISBN
9780199561605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

CD-Audio. Features ten of Rudyard Kipling's famous tales, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4. This title includes: How the Whale Got His Throat, How the Leopard Got His Spots, The Beginning of the Armadillos, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, The Cat That Walked By Himself, How the Camel Got His Hump, and, The Butterfly That Stamped The Elephant's Child. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 219 x 11. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785290336
ISBN
9781785290336
CD
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. Tells the story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner - a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England - and how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
9781853262210
ISBN
9781853262210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Hardback. This collection features more than twenty stories, in the classic translation of Sir Richard Burton, published between 1884 and 1886, and full-colour illustrations by Renata Fucikova and Jindra Capek. Among them are some of the best-known legends of eastern storytelling, including the "Sinbad the Sailor" and "Aladdin and His Magic Lamp" . Translator(s): Burton, Sir Richard Francis. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 744 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159. .
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Inc
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435156234
ISBN
9781435156234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Dedalus European Classiucs. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
The Illustrious House of Ramires
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213391
ISBN
9781910213391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Winner of Hesperus' 'Uncover a Classic' competition The Great Meadow is a romantic saga of young love on the Kentucky trail in colonial America. A long neglected American classic. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843913887
ISBN
9781843913887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. A collection of short fiction that showcases the author's application of Romantic sensibilities to uncompromising studies of human frailty. It includes stories: "The Queen of Spades", "The Negro of Peter the Great", and, "The Captain's Daughter". Translator(s): Edmonds, Rosemary. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441192
ISBN
9780140441192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. First published in 1911, Burnett's classic story of a frightened orphan who discovers the joyful wonders of life on the Yorkshire Moors with the help of two local boys and a mysterious, abandoned garden where all things seem possible. Includes a new Afterword. Reissue. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 174 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451528834
ISBN
9780451528834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.98

Hardcover. An obsessive German professor and his nephew travel towards the earth's core in the steps of a medieval explorer beneath an Icelandic volcano where they discover a lost world. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 39. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
680
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593517
ISBN
9781841593517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.31

Paperback. When Celine's first novel, Journey to the End of the Night was first published in 1932, it created an instant scandal. Four years later came the sequel, Death on Credit. Both were a new kind of novel, frank about the author's thoughts and actions in ways that readers had never encountered. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Alma Books London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496348
ISBN
9781847496348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

CD-Audio. Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and beautifully repackaged. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008154660
ISBN
9780008154660
CD
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. BIC Classification: DD; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
December 1981
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822208181
ISBN
9780822208181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. E T A Hoffmann studied law and entered the Prussian civil service, but his over-riding ambition was to become a graphic artist and painter. This selection of his finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with the supernatural, placing him at the forefront of both surrealism and the modern horror genre. Translator(s): Hollingdale, R. J. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443929
ISBN
9780140443929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
(38th printing)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141984612
ISBN
9780141984612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A modern English translation of Cervantes' final novel, an exotic romance, and the novel he considered to be his finest. Translator(s): Weller, Celia Richmond; Colahan, Clark A. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
402
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209701
ISBN
9780872209701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. Presents an apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, this novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with a futuristic theme, it incorporates portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism, and its faith in art and nature. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224030
ISBN
9781840224030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in which they live. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 193 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199009
ISBN
9780141199009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Hardback. One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina is the story of a beautiful woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties. This major translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198800538
ISBN
9780198800538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. The 'first man' is Jacques Cormery, whose poverty-stricken childhood in Algiers is made bearable by his love for his silent and illiterate mother, and by the teacher who transforms his view of the world. This book gives profound insights into his life and the powerful themes underlying his work. Translator(s): Hapgood, David. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185231
ISBN
9780141185231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007934409
ISBN
9780007934409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.41

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