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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. The Sin of Abbe Mouret is the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. It follows Serge Mouret, a young priest, aspiring to perfect purity and sanctity. An illness leaves him with amnesia, and no longer knowing he is a priest, he falls in love with his nurse. Together they roam an Eden-like garden called the 'Paradou'. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198736639
ISBN
9780198736639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

mass_market. Used paperback in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2011
SKU
KRF0036149
ISBN
9780141196022
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - one of Japan's foremost stylists and a modernist master whose short stories are marked by imagery, cynicism, beauty, and wild humour. His other works include: "Rashomon"; "In a Bamboo Grove"; "The Nose"; "O-Gin"; "Loyalty"; "Death Register"; "The Life of a Stupid Man"; and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449709
ISBN
9780140449709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. Published in 1851, this novel rapidly became world-famous and remained so. A didactic and sentimental drama set among the slaves of the American South, it made a major contribution to the Emancipationist cause and probably helped to sway the outcome of the Civil War. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 31. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
494
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152067
ISBN
9781857152067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536481
ISBN
9780199536481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability. Sense and Sensibility is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two qualities. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260162
ISBN
9781853260162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

Paperback. Memorialises the epic Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 and connects it to the upheavals of the revolutionary era and the murderous financial networks of Atlantic slavery. This work offers selections from key contemporary texts. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
442
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209213
ISBN
9780872209213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Hardback. On its first publication The Picture of Dorian Gray was regarded as dangerously modern in its depiction of fin-de-siecle decadence. Although sin is punished in the end the book has a flavour of the elegantly perverse.

With an Afterword by Peter Harness.

" Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93 x 18. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827831
ISBN
9781509827831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Wringhim believes himself to be one of the elect, predestined for salvation and exempt from moral law, who embarks on a career as a murderer under the influence of a mysterious double. Hogg's terrifying masterpiece is presented in a new edition with an introduction that explores his remarkable career and the novel's originality and sophistication. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, facsimile frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199217953
ISBN
9780199217953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Editor(s): Watson, George. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537556
ISBN
9780199537556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.30

Paperback. Stanton Laird is sent from his town in America to work in a remote outpost in Western Australia. While out there he befriends Regan family and falls in love with the daughter Mollie. However, when Mollie travels to America to visit him the couple realize that their differences in background make their plans for a future together hard to realize. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529996
ISBN
9780099529996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0015026
ISBN
9780008195618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Cuningham, Rupert Copeland. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Calder Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714544564
ISBN
9780714544564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. A new generation has arrived to divide the Forsyte clan with society scandals and conflicting passions. This is a trilogy of love, power, money and family feuding. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 864 pages, genealogical table. BIC Classification: DQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186832
ISBN
9780141186832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Tells the tale of two imposters, each with an eye on a valuable scarab which Lord Emsworth has acquired without quite realizing how it came into his pocket. But of course things get a lot more complicated than this. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513780
ISBN
9780099513780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. This edition of one of the world's greatest novels--the classic story of justice, morality, and redemption set in19th-century Russia--features a new Afterword and a brand-new package. Revised reissue. Translator(s): Monas, Sidney. Series: Signet Classics. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 107 x 33. Weight in Grams: 269.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet Classics
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451530066
ISBN
9780451530066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.81

Hardcover. Includes classic adventure stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London that mix with imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith and J G Ballard. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596051
ISBN
9781841596051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DB; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007902125
ISBN
9780007902125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155950
ISBN
9781903155950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.21

Paperback. Moving to Christminster to work as a stonemason, Jude meets and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, a sensitive, freethinking "New Woman". Refusing to marry merely for the sake of religious convention, Jude and Sue decide instead to live together, but they are shunned by society, and poverty soon threatens to ruin them. Editor(s): Taylor, Dennis; Ingham, Patricia. Num Pages: 528 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435382
ISBN
9780140435382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 160 pages. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FC; FYB. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight: 248. Translator(s): Watson, Burton.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152457
ISBN
9780231152457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. From the exuberant Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to the Miller's worldly, ribald farce, this title includes tales which can be taken as a mirror of fourteenth-century London. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442297
ISBN
9780141442297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812985146
ISBN
9780812985146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.95

hardcover. Philip's yearning for adventure takes him to Germany and later Paris where he tries to make his mark as an artist before returning to London to study medicine. Here, a tortured and one-sided love affair with Mildred, a vulgar yet irresistible waitress, changes the course of his life for ever. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1942
Edition
First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593692
ISBN
9781841593692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

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