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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Presented here in a new translation, Money is, in the wake of recent financial scandals, an all-too-topical exploration of the dynamics of greed, the excesses of capitalism and its dangerous relationship with politics and the press. Translator(s): Naffis-Sahely, Andre. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495792
ISBN
9781847495792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Hartright's Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141389431
ISBN
9780141389431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621695
ISBN
9781909621695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Twelve stories are representative of the tragic, melodramatic, sentimental, pathetic, and comic aspects of Balzac's art and testify to his keen sense of irony when observing the human condition. Translator(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443257
ISBN
9780140443257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Poet, lover and spy, Christopher Marlowe must negotiate the pressures placed upon him by theatre, Queen and country. This title re-imagines the riotous life and suspicious death of Christopher Marlowe. It brings this dazzling figure to life and pungently evokes Elizabethan England. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541394
ISBN
9780099541394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Collects three lesser-known works by one of the nineteenth century's greatest authors: "Lady Susan", "The Watsons" and "Sanditon". This book examines the works in the context of her major novels and her life, and discusses the social background of her fiction. Editor(s): Drabble, Margaret. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140431025
ISBN
9780140431025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Hardback. The Betrothed is set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189--92) and is the first of Scott's Tales of the Crusaders. Editor(s): Ellis, J. B.; Alexander, J. H.; Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 448 pages, glossaries. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605811
ISBN
9780748605811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.99
€ 107.80

Paperback. An inability to control his fantasies sends Gilbert Pinfold, a well-known author, cruising on a Ceylon-bound liner to recuperate. Yet, to his horror, the hallucinations increase and life on board becomes very embarrassing. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184500
ISBN
9780141184500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this new edition of Frankenstein contains pictures and an extensive section on Shelley's life and works. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493507
ISBN
9781847493507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.27

Hardback. As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; and, more. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 46. Weight in Grams: 946.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780141198354
ISBN
9780141198354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.64

Paperback. An exclusive, never-before-collected selection of sparkling stories by Angela Thirkell that will charm, delight and entertain. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349004303
ISBN
9780349004303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. An ambitious and unscrupulous priest arrives in the provincial town of Plassans, intent on conquering its political and social life. His arrival has profound consequences for the Mouret family, whose lives are turned upside down. This is the fourth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199664788
ISBN
9780199664788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Includes novels which are intended to be read as allegories of totalitarian government in whatever guise it appears. Translator(s): Muir, Edwin. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518440
ISBN
9780099518440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Thady Quirk, steward to the decaying estate of the Rackrent family, narrates a story of four generations of a dying dynasty in Castle Rackrent. This volume also includes Ennui, the entertaining confessions of the Earl of Glenthorn, a bored aristocrat. Both novels offer a darkly comic and satirical expose of the Irish class system. Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn. Num Pages: 361 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433203
ISBN
9780140433203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.99

Paperback. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow, Lydia Lensky, and adopts her daughter Anna as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupts between them. Editor(s): Wood, James; Kinkead-Weekes, Mark; Fernihough, Anne. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441382
ISBN
9780141441382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Features short stories that explore the author's abiding interest in the split nature of humanity and the discordance of the world it inhabits. Written between 1918 and 1953, this book shows the literary development of one of Germany's most important writers. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749386627
ISBN
9780749386627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. First published in a single volume in 1843, and including the iconic original engravings by Phiz, these satirical portraits not only reveal the dazzling brilliance of young Dickens's genius, but also offer a humorous glimpse into Victorian mores and attitudes. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494917
ISBN
9781847494917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.30

Paperback. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which.. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241196687
ISBN
9780241196687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies when the war broke out? This title shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184012
ISBN
9780141184012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Exiled from Paris, Maigret discovers some disturbing secrets in a sleepy coastal town in this new translation, book twenty-two in the new Penguin Maigret series. He went out, lit his pipe and walked slowly to the harbour. He could hear scurrying footsteps behind him. The sea was becoming swollen. The beams of the lighthouses joined in the sky. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241188453
ISBN
9780241188453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198748847
ISBN
9780198748847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam Classics
Number of pages
224
Publication date
1972
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553213690
ISBN
9780553213690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Robertson, Fiona. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552504
ISBN
9780199552504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. The stranger arrives early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow. He is wrapped up from head to foot, and the brim of his hat hides every inch of his face. Rude and rough, the stranger works with strange apparatus locked in his room all day and walks along lonely lanes at night. Is he a criminal on the run? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872090
ISBN
9781784872090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

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