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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Hardcover. This edition of "Hard Times" includes an introduction by Philip Collins. It tells the tragic story of Louisa, starved of the graces of the imagination so essential to emotional well-being, and trapped in a loveless marriage. Num Pages: 299 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
299
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150735
ISBN
9781857150735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.46

Paperback. At Deverill Hall, an idyllic Tudor manor in the village of King's Deverill, impostors are in the air. The prime example is man-about-town Bertie Wooster, doing a good turn to Gussie Fink-Nottle by impersonating him while he enjoys fourteen days away from society. It's a brilliant plan - until Gussie himself turns up, imitating Wooster. Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513773
ISBN
9780099513773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. One of the masterpieces of twentieth-century world literature, 'The Metamorphosis' is accompanied in this volume by a selection of other classic tales and sketches by Kafka - such as 'The Judgement', 'In the Penal Colony' and 'A Country Doctor' - all presented in a lively and meticulous new translation by Christopher Moncrieff. Translator(s): Moncrieff, Christopher. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493521
ISBN
9781847493521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.07

Hardback. Tells the story of an orphan named Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: D; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 37. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780141192499
ISBN
9780141192499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Follows pure and pious Father Julian Alvarez, who is sent to a remote country estate to put the affairs of the marquis, an irresponsible libertine, in order. When he discovers moral decadence, cruelty and corruption at his new home, Julian's well-meaning but ineffectual attempts to prevent the fall of the House of Ulloa end in tragedy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 118 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392950
ISBN
9780141392950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Julian English is part of the social elite of his 1930s American hometown but from the moment he impetuously throws a cocktail in the face of one of his powerful business associates his life begins to spiral out of control - taking his loving but troubled marriage with it. This is a blackly comic depiction of the fall of Julian English. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518327
ISBN
9780099518327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. A graphic novel that presents the story of Heathcliff and Catherine. Illustrator(s): Burns, John M. Editor(s): Wilson, Sean Michael. Num Pages: 160 pages, chiefly col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AL; FC; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Classical Comics United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
British English ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906332884
ISBN
9781906332884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. 176 pages. Allegedly a rewriting from a lost German original, Ambrose Bierce's 1892 novel reads as a seamless, almost folktale-like masterpiece. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 130 x 195 x 5. Weight: 120.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492753
ISBN
9781847492753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.16

Paperback. When three American men discover a community of women, living in perfect isolation in the Amazon, they decide there simply must be men somewhere. How could these women survive without man's knowledge, experience and strength, not to mention reproductive power? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870522
ISBN
9781784870522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322325
ISBN
9780940322325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.14

Paperback. Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional school mistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a world of adult games that they will never forget. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181424
ISBN
9780141181424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. In the bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales, which hold the assembled company of Pints of Stout and Whiskies and Splash in the palm of his expressive hand. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099514060
ISBN
9780099514060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089666
ISBN
9781844089666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. St Petersburg, 1905. An impressionable young university student, Nikolai, becomes involved with a revolutionary terror organization, which plans to assassinate a high government official with a time bomb. But the official is Nikolai's cold, unyielding father, Apollon, and in twenty-four hours the bomb will explode. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191744
ISBN
9780141191744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Presents the horror story scandalized nineteenth-century readers with its portrayal of a woman who loses her mind because she has literally nothing to do. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397412
ISBN
9780141397412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.50

Paperback. When Johnny Pascoe attempts to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback his plane crashes leaving him dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, endeavours to fly a doctor in to help but this proves more difficult than he imagined. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530145
ISBN
9780099530145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Hardback. The novel is set in Orkney and Shetland in 1689, and for the northern isles the 'Glorious Revolution' actually means the beginning of the cultural dominance of Scotland and the advent of English power. Editor(s): Weinstein, Mark; Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 607 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 37. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
607
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605767
ISBN
9780748605767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.40
€ 106.92

Paperback. A scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy, "Hard Times" is a daring novel of ideas--and ultimately a celebration of love, hope, and limitless possibilities of the imagination. Revised reissue. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 195 x 59. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536276
ISBN
9780199536276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.07

Paperback. In the Twilight, the third collection of short stories compiled by Anton Chekhov himself, was his first major success and won him the prestigious Pushkin Prize when it was published in 1887. This volume represents a clear milestone in the writer's passage from the youthful author of slight comic sketches, to the master of the short-story genre. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493835
ISBN
9781847493835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

hardcover. Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey through Sweden (1906-07) is truly unique. Starting life as a commissioned school reader designed to present the geography of Sweden to nine-year-olds, it quickly won the international fame and popularity it still enjoys over a century later. Illustrator(s): Bonafini, Bea. Translator(s): Graves, Peter. Num Pages: 684 pages, 20 Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1186.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Norvik Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909408180
ISBN
9781909408180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.26

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