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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death his colleagues remember him rarely. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561545
ISBN
9780099561545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Hardback. A compelling story of father-son confrontation, Stevenson was working on this novel the day he died. Series: The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 391.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
178
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604739
ISBN
9780748604739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.09
€ 102.99

Paperback. When the moon is full at Blandings, strange things happen: among them the painting of a portrait of The Empress. Landseer, the painter may have been dead, but that doesn't prevent Threepwood from introducing him to the castle - or rather introducing Bill Lister, so in love with Prudence that he's determined to enter Blandings in an imposture. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513858
ISBN
9780099513858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 172 x 105 x 23. Weight in Grams: 163.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451530776
ISBN
9780451530776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.18

Paperback. The classic humorous novel about an alcohol-loving clergyman who thinks he is the reincarnation of a dog. Complete with the award-winning film screenplay that expands upon the tale. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 col plates (16pp). BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Film tie-in ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007314270
ISBN
9780007314270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Written in the sixteenth century, this book tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China's most famous religious heroes, and his four supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures. Editor(s): Yu, Anthony C. Translator(s): Yu, Anthony C. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226971322
ISBN
9780226971322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241251478
ISBN
9780241251478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

Paperback. A mysterious tenant, Helen Graham, unmasked not as a 'wicked woman' as the local gossips would have it, but as the estranged wife of a brutal alcoholic bully, desperate to protect her son. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199351
ISBN
9780141199351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. This perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory, but it is readers of all ages over the last 280 years who have given "Robinson Crusoe" its abiding position as a classic tale of adventure. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KEX0245143
ISBN
9781853260452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.74

Paperback. This perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory, but it is readers of all ages over the last 280 years who have given "Robinson Crusoe" its abiding position as a classic tale of adventure. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KEX0302691
ISBN
9781853260452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 6.74

Paperback. A classic children's tale that includes cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured, and beautiful book design that appeal to the Etsy[trademark]-loving world of handmade crafts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106456
ISBN
9780143106456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. This work of fiction is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a package in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Mutiny and mayhem ensue. Illustrator(s): Brock, H. M. Series: Wordsworth's Children's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KEX0245144
ISBN
9781853261039
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This work of fiction is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a package in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Mutiny and mayhem ensue. Illustrator(s): Brock, H. M. Series: Wordsworth's Children's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152. Clean copy.
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0219286
ISBN
9781853261039
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary fantasy, the novel has influenced writers from Byron to Lovecraft. This new edition combines a definitive text with new introduction and notes. Editor(s): Keymer, Thomas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199576951
ISBN
9780199576951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Star-crossed lovers struggle against their families, upbringings and values in Hilda Vaughan's first and arguably finest novel, The Battle to the Weak. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998257
ISBN
9781906998257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Mark Twain's gloriously funny "Diary of Adam and Eve", which John Updike recently described as 'a paradigm of the relations between sexes', is presented here with a number of other Twain pieces on our two oldest ancestors, showing the writer's interest in this most famous biblical story. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494382
ISBN
9781847494382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Drawing on his own unhappy experiences, Goethe's account of Werther's passionate love for Lotte, who is promised to another, is one of the first great Romantic tragic novels. David Constantine's new translation captures the novel's lyric intensity, and is accompanied by an introduction and notes that illuminate Goethe's achievement. Translator(s): Constantine, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583027
ISBN
9780199583027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621404
ISBN
9781909621404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509826650
ISBN
9781509826650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Seen as Dostoevsky's most powerful indictment of man's propensity to violence, this darkly humorous work, shot through with grotesque comedy, is presented here in Roger Cockrell's masterful new translation. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496416
ISBN
9781847496416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, Journey by Moonlight is here presented in a brilliant new translation by Peter V. Czipott. Translator(s): Czipott, Peter. Series: Evergreens. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495822
ISBN
9781847495822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307386861
ISBN
9780307386861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. This delightful and irreverent tale of romance in Victorian England follows the exploits of two generations of the Pringle family as they climb the social ladder. Num Pages: 448 pages, 13 colour. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 167 x 39. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845880026
ISBN
9781845880026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.41

Paperback. Ranked as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction, this title portrays the heroine, who although poor and of plain appearance, possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260209
ISBN
9781853260209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.84

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