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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Ten marvellously evocative short stories inspired by the events of Dylan Thomas' youth. Featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780227276
ISBN
9781780227276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Hardback. A new edition of Scott's longest, and arguably most intriguing, novel. Editor(s): Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 704 pages, None. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605781
ISBN
9780748605781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.99
€ 108.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241980378
ISBN
9780241980378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist of dubious talent; Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God, a shrewd manipulator who rises through the Vatican to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. In this book, the author plumbs the depths of the essence of power and the lengths men will go for it. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099468646
ISBN
9780099468646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241980330
ISBN
9780241980330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. In the pages of this classic 1936 novel, we see the passionate and headstrong Jane grow up and grow old, struggling to bring up a family of six children on the pittance earned by her slate-quarrying husband, Ifan. Translator(s): Gramich, Katie. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908069566
ISBN
9781908069566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679642572
ISBN
9780679642572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.15

Hardcover. James' novel featuring a complex and bizarre battle between two wives - the shy Maggie, who marries an Italian prince, and the prince's former mistress, who marries Maggie's widowed father. Determined to take back her lover, the brilliant Charlotte is nevertheless defeated by her rival. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151176
ISBN
9781857151176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. A book about a hermaphrodite is unlike anything of its time - or, in truth, of our own. It explores the understanding "that fervent hearts must borrow the disguise of art, if they would win the right to express, in any outward form, the internal fire that consumes them." Editor(s): Williams, Gary. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218871
ISBN
9780803218871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812966114
ISBN
9780812966114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.77

Paperback. Features K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveals a truth about the nature of existence. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241197806
ISBN
9780241197806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

CD-Audio. With their father away fighting in the American Civil War, the four March girls are facing a lean Christmas with their mother. But the sisters' close bond and determination to make the best of things enables them to find happiness despite their poverty. As the years go by we follow their fortunes as they journey into womanhood. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2017
Edition
Abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785295591
ISBN
9781785295591
CD
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.46

mass_market. Includes autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling - Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927). Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397726
ISBN
9780141397726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.53

Paperback. Tells the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Translator(s): Hawkes, David. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443264
ISBN
9780140443264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

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
€ 10.26

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
€ 10.23

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
€ 13.41

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
€ 9.95

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
€ 9.98

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

€ 24.99
€ 18.54

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

€ 5.54

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

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

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

€ 10.35

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