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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

CD-Audio. Orphan Jane learns at an early age that self-control is the surest means of retaining self-respect in adversity. It is a lesson that serves her well in the years ahead as she endures the misery of life with her cruel, uncaring aunt, followed by the harsh regime at Lowood Institution, a charity school for poor children. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785292934
ISBN
9781785292934
CD
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.96

Paperback. Recently adapted for BBC Television, The Ladies' Paradise evokes the giddy pace of Paris's transition into a modern city and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. Translator(s): Fitzlyon, April. Num Pages: 453 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
453
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493132
ISBN
9781847493132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Milder, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538911
ISBN
9780199538911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Features a wealthy Moscow surgeon Filip Preobrazhensky who implants the pituitary gland and testicles of a drunken petty criminal into the body of a stray dog. As the dog slowly transforms into a man, and man into a slovenly, lecherous government official, the doctor's life descends into chaos. Editor(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455151
ISBN
9780140455151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 418.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099551287
ISBN
9780099551287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. The Time Machine is a scientific romance that helped invent the genre of science fiction and the time travel story. This edition features a contextual introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and two essays Wells wrote just prior to the publication of his first book. Editor(s): Luckhurst, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 195 x 2. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198707516
ISBN
9780198707516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 123 x 28. Weight in Grams: 242. Used Copy. Very Good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KDK0014692
ISBN
9780007368662
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The story of Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who is accidentally returned to sixth-century England, is a powerful analysis of such issues as monarchy versus democracy and free will versus determinism. Yet it is also one of Twain's finest comic novels, still fresh and funny after more than 100 years. This edition reproduces more than 40 of Dan Beard's original drawings. Illustrator(s): Beard, Daniel Carter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540587
ISBN
9780199540587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 19. Weight in Grams: 162. Good clean copy with light reading wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KCD0037632
ISBN
9780007372379
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375761225
ISBN
9780375761225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. One of the most influential Gothic novels, The Castle of Otranto established the literary effects associated with the genre: an ancient castle, secret passages, supernatural visitations, an innocent girl threatened with violence, sudden revelations, terror, and excitement. This new edition explores the reasons for the novel's impact. Editor(s): Groom, Nick. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198704447
ISBN
9780198704447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Paperback.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743297332
ISBN
9780743297332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe's Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of 'Thursday'. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199771
ISBN
9780141199771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. The Last Tycoon is a sophisticated, gripping tale of love and intrigue in the Golden Age of Hollywood, containing what many critics have claimed are Fitzgerald's most modern and engaging characters. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493187
ISBN
9781847493187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance. Lucy finds herself torn between the intensity of life in Italy and the repressed morals of Edwardian England, personified in her terminally dull fiance Cecil Vyse. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199825
ISBN
9780141199825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Hardback. In her notes and introduction to this final volume in Harvard's annotated Austen series, Deidre Shauna Lynch outlines the critical disagreements Mansfield Park has sparked and suggests that Austen's design in writing the novel was to highlight, not downplay, the conflicted feelings its plot and heroine can inspire. Editor(s): Lynch, Diedre Shauna. Num Pages: 490 pages, 120 color illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 315 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1630.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674058101
ISBN
9780674058101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Melmotte is an outsider of obscure origins and riches. A ruthless financier, he charms the rich and powerful elite into investing in dubious schemes. He conspires his way to political influence, his rise swift due to the corrupt society he invades. The Way We Live Now is a lurid tale-of-the-times with one of fiction's most memorable villains Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198705031
ISBN
9780198705031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 245 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241215050
ISBN
9780241215050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. It is September 1938 and during a heatwave, Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich conference, where they will learn if there is to be a war. In Paris, people are waiting too, among them Mathieu, Jacques and Philippe, each wrestling with their own love affairs, doubts and angsts - and none of them ready to fight. Translator(s): Sutton, Eric. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185781
ISBN
9780141185781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Hingley, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555451
ISBN
9780199555451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a novelist, Mary Renault masterfully brings the ancient world to life in this page-turning drama of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089611
ISBN
9781844089611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538461
ISBN
9780199538461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A novel set in Dublin in the mid-1980s - a city in the grip of recession and a heroin epidemic. Narrated by Declan, the only boy of a tight-knit writing group at Trinity College, it tells of their fascination with the formidably talented but troubled writer Glynn, and the darkly exhilarating journey this leads them on. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTG0007647
ISBN
9780571242399
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 9.99
€ 8.66

Paperback. A selection the author's critical writings, of short fiction and poetry that demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190624
ISBN
9780141190624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

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