Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland, where talking horses are the dominant species. This novel attacks the political and financial corruption. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKE0000941
- ISBN
- 9781853260278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 4.99
€ 6.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Includes three stories where characters are tested by dramatic events 'that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret stuff of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself'. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0019544
- ISBN
- 9781853267437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This new annotated edition inlcudes "Live Oak, with Moss" and prose selections from "Democratic Vistas" and "Specimen Days". The text also presents a collection of Whitman's statements about his role as a poet taken from his notebooks, letters, conversations and newspaper articles. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 944 pages, 11 illustrations, chronology, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 812.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974966
- ISBN
- 9780393974966
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. In this title, the author's study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had on those involved. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BTC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. First British edition. Fine in original dust wrapper. DW showing age, sellotaped to spine, nicked and with small tears to edges. Sellotaped inside flaps taped front and back. Internally pages v. lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0028277
- ISBN
- 9780141182575
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 98.00
€ 98.00
Paperback. Under the watchful eye of their patron M de Treville, D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis defend the honour of the regiment against the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, and the honour of the queen against the machinations of the Cardinal himself. But their most dangerous encounter is with the Cardinal's spy, Milady, a female spy. Translator(s): Barrow, William. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853260407
- ISBN
- 9781853260407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.31
€ 6.31
Paperback. This readable edition of Haywoods blockbuster novel is an important addition to our understanding of the history of the English novel. Paula Backscheider, Auburn University Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113678
- ISBN
- 9781551113678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.74
€ 28.74
Paperback. Beautiful..richly melancholy like those hot summer days when it is so full of that calm before the Autumn, it quite ravished me. When I read it, the tears stream down my face.' STEVIE SMITH Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 346 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085392
- ISBN
- 9781844085392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.79
€ 15.79
paperback. This perennially popular Norton Critical Edition has been revised to reflect the most current scholarly approaches to The Scarlet Letter-Hawthorne's most widely read novel-as well as to the five short prose works-"Mrs. Hutchinson", "Endicott and Editor(s): Person, Leland S. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Norton & Company
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393264890
- ISBN
- 9780393264890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.52
€ 16.99
€ 15.52
Paperback. Set against the backdrop of the devastating global recession, and pulsing with the energy of the author's previous novel Invisible, this title is as mythic as it is contemporary, as in love with baseball as it is with literature. It is above all, a story about love and forgiveness - not only among men and women, but also between fathers and sons. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571258802
- ISBN
- 9780571258802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.10
€ 13.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive epileptic Prince Myshkin - pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General, his wife, and his three daughters. But his life is thrown into turmoil when he chances on a photograph of the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447927
- ISBN
- 9780140447927
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. A notice in "The Times" addressed to 'Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine' advertises a 'small mediaeval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April'. Four very different women take up the offer, escaping dreary London for the sunshine of Italy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141191829
- ISBN
- 9780141191829
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. An incomparable satirist, the author became the "laughing devil" of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H L Mencken. This dictionary presents his uninhibited irony and gift for verse parody. Editor(s): Hopkins, Ernest. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBD; FC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185927
- ISBN
- 9780141185927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Arguably the first work of science fiction in English, Francis Godwin's ""The Man in the Moone"" was published in 1638, pseudonymously and posthumously. This title includes a critical introduction that places the text in its scientific and historical contexts. Editor(s): Poole, William (New College, Oxford). Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118963
- ISBN
- 9781551118963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.73
€ 32.99
€ 23.73
Paperback. Historical documents included with this fully-annotated edition help contextualise the novel's debates and reveal its cultural and literary significance as a supreme instance of early detective fiction. Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551117225
- ISBN
- 9781551117225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.98
€ 25.98
Paperback. Mystery thriller set in WWI; who was G B Bretherton? How did a British officer come to be dressed in a German general's uniform, lying dead in a ruined chateau? Series: Casemate Classic War Fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 191 x 31. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003764
- ISBN
- 9781612003764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
€ 13.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. Law and Pinnington have put together an edition that takes into account what the contemporary (and especially, the non-British) reader needs in order to appreciate the novel. All in all, this is an excellent edition. Sally Mitchell, Temple University Num Pages: 654 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 766.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111742
- ISBN
- 9781551111742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.46
€ 25.99
€ 19.46
Paperback. Translator(s): Javadi, Hasan; Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 140 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823225
- ISBN
- 9781933823225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.57
€ 26.99
€ 20.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910263082
- ISBN
- 9781910263082
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Condition: New
€ 20.91
€ 20.91
Paperback. A collection of stories such as "Peasants", "The House with the Mezzanine" and "My Life", in which, the author paints a picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447873
- ISBN
- 9780140447873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.27
€ 12.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka's world, it is never completely clear just what the nightmare is. Kafka deals in dark and quirkily humorous terms with the insoluble dilemmas of a world which offers no reassurance, and no reliable guidance to resolving our existential and emotional uncertainties and anxieties. Translator(s): Williams, John R. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840227260
- ISBN
- 9781840227260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Paperback. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 343 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551110806
- ISBN
- 9781551110806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.05
€ 42.99
€ 31.05
Paperback. A young Austrian woman, Christine, toils away in a provincial post office when, out of the blue, a telegram arrives inviting her to join an American aunt she's never known in a fashionable Swiss resort. She accepts and is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth and unleashed desire. She feels herself utterly transformed. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Sort of Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000360
- ISBN
- 9780954221720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Evan Shepard is a young man with a chequered past when he first meets the Drakes, after his car breaks down outside their house. Behind him, he has a troubled adolescence, a failed marriage and a little daughter, but his meeting with the quiet and beautiful Rachel heralds a new start. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000767
- ISBN
- 9780099518532
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Basilus, a foolish old Duke, consults an oracle, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies, he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all manner of complications ensue. Editor(s): Evans, Maurice. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KAC0001513
- ISBN
- 9780140431117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99