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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Have you ever wondered how the leopard got his spots? Or how the camel got his hump? This book contains stories that explain these secrets and many more and introduce such characters as the Elephant's Child, the Cat that Walked by Himself and the Butterfly that Stamped. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099511823
- ISBN
- 9780099511823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
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Paperback. In Soviet Moscow, God is dead, but the devil - to say nothing of his retinue of demons, from a loudmouthed, gun-toting tomcat, to the fanged fallen angel Koroviev - is very much alive. As death and destruction spread through the city like wildfire, condemning Moscow's cultural elite to prison cells and body bags. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455465
- ISBN
- 9780140455465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
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Paperback. Headstrong and naive, the young Italian aristocrat Fabrizio del Dongo is determined to defy the wrath of his right-wing father and go to war to fight for Napoleon. He stumbles on the Battle of Waterloo, ill-prepared, yet filled with enthusiasm for war and glory. This work blends the intrigues of the Italian court with the excitement of youth. Editor(s): Sturrock, John. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449662
- ISBN
- 9780140449662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
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hardcover. Featuring part fairy tale and part thinly veiled autobiography, the author transmutes his life experience into a brilliant series of comic and sentimental adventures in the spirit of the great eighteenth-century novelists he so much admired. Num Pages: 878 pages, 39 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 45. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 878
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150315
- ISBN
- 9781857150315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. When a plane crashes on a remote island, a group of schoolboys are the sole survivors. As the reality of their situation sets in, the boys attempt to establish control and their world gradually descends into brutal savagery. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571295715
- ISBN
- 9780571295715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. A collection of early short stories which helped make Fitzgerald's name, Tales of the Jazz Age combines period pieces - the most notable of which is the novella-length 'May Day' - with more fanciful creations, such as the fantastical 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', recently made into a Hollywood film. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 122 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282. 300 pages. A collection of early short stories which helped make Fitzgerald's name, Tales of the Jazz Age combines period pieces - the most notable of which is the novella-length 'May Day' - with more fanciful creations, such as the fantastical 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', recently made into a Hollywood film. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FC. Dimension: 200 x 122 x 21. Weight: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Number of pages
- 300
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493095
- ISBN
- 9781847493095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
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€ 10.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Sanders, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 129 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537464
- ISBN
- 9780199537464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
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€ 13.47
Hardback. Illustrator(s): Hische, Jessica. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 33. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143123804
- ISBN
- 9780143123804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.99
€ 32.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Introducing a collection of book from around the world and across many centuries. The books in this collection features stories, poems, essays and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. It also includes stories set in the Parisian beau monde and Normandy countryside. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 112 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141398334
- ISBN
- 9780141398334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.56
€ 5.56
Paperback. Presents erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving Karamazov and his three sons. This book portrays the social and spiritual strivings in Russian culture. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 51. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099922803
- ISBN
- 9780099922803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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€ 12.61
Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 92 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Modern Library Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780375756825
- ISBN
- 9780375756825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.73
€ 8.99
€ 8.73
Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series at GBP4.99, this edition pictures and section on Bronte's life and works. With characters that are as unforgettable as the story they enact, and a striking use of language that amazed the readers of the day, Jane Eyre ranks among the most influential English novels ever written. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 610 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 201 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493736
- ISBN
- 9781847493736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
€ 9.99
€ 9.18
paperback. In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages to establish himself, but behind his success there always lurk the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper. Editor(s): Wilson, Keith. Num Pages: 448 pages, chronology, notes, maps, glossary, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439785
- ISBN
- 9780141439785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
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€ 10.31
Paperback. The greed of Patricia Ingham's family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. Num Pages: 864 pages, 38 b&w illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436143
- ISBN
- 9780140436143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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Paperback. Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, this title opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571249527
- ISBN
- 9780571249527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395371
- ISBN
- 9780141395371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
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Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 109 x 23. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- HarperPress
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007925322
- ISBN
- 9780007925322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.73
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Paperback. Published in 1942, Mary McCarthy's first novel creates a fascinating portrait of a 1930s New York social circle. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085941
- ISBN
- 9781844085941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008167523
- ISBN
- 9780008167523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.73
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Paperback. P B Jones discovers that bed-hopping rather than literary ability is the way to get published. He discovers along the way that prayers that are answered cause more pain than those that remain ignored. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185934
- ISBN
- 9780141185934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Hardback. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel Weir of Hermiston on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474405256
- ISBN
- 9781474405256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.96€ 109.07
€ 112.96
€ 109.07
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008190019
- ISBN
- 9780008190019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.73
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Paperback. Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. She longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment and the consequences are devastating. Translator(s): Wall, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 384 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449129
- ISBN
- 9780140449129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul - determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines. Editor(s): Baron, Helen; Baron, Carl. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441443
- ISBN
- 9780141441443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61