Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446494
- ISBN
- 9780140446494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
hardcover. Editor(s): Corber, William R Kenan Jr Professor in American Institutions and Values Robert J (Trinity College Hartford). Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272556
- ISBN
- 9780823272556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82
paperback. Translator(s): Wortsmann, Peter. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Archipelago Books United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780981955728
- ISBN
- 9780981955728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.47
€ 16.47
hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSB; 3JJC; FC; FHD; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509843152
- ISBN
- 9781509843152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.29
€ 12.99
€ 11.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749386870
- ISBN
- 9780749386870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Anne Weamys's Arcadia offers an alternate perspective on the genre of historical romance. Shorter and comparatively more direct than the form of its derivation, the Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia exploits the genre's capacity for fantasy and nuance while celebrating its more subversive uses as political statement. Editor(s): Cullen, Patrick Colborn. Series: Women Writers in English, 1350-1850. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DC; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- New York
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195087192
- ISBN
- 9780195087192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.79
€ 63.79
Editor(s): Arata, Stephen (University of Virginia). Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 559 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551115023
- ISBN
- 9781551115023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.27
€ 42.27
paperback. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Edmund Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 50. Weight in Grams: 584. Good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear. Slight foxing to pages exterior
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions U.K.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025189
- ISBN
- 9781853267338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Paperback. Set at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when idleness was still looked upon by Russia's serf-owning rural gentry as a plausible and worthy goal, Ivan Goncharov's "Oblomov" follows the travails of an unlikely hero, a young aristocrat incapable of making a decision. This title presents the translation the novel. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300162288
- ISBN
- 9780300162288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.23
€ 18.99
€ 15.23
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486415895
- ISBN
- 9780486415895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
paperback. MISS MARJORIBANKS is one of her Chronicles of Carlingford. Exquisite and entertaining comedies of Victorian provincial Society. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Little, Brown United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844082087
- ISBN
- 9781844082087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.84
€ 20.84
paperback. This new edition contains Dickens's prefaces, working plans, and all the original illustrations. It is supplemented by a substantial new introduction, highlighting Dickens's engagement with his times, and the touching exploration of family relationships which give the novel added depth and relevance. The Notes and Bibliography have been substantially revised, extended, and updated. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1024 pages, numerous black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 47. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199536283
- ISBN
- 9780199536283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.57
€ 12.99
€ 11.57
paperback. Phineas Finn, the handsome Irishman, is intent on making a career in government. His love life marches hand in hand with his political career, and in both he must decide whether to stay true to his principles. The second ofTrollope's Palliser novels, Phineas Finn paints a vivid picture of some very topical dilemmas. Editor(s): Dentith, Professor Simon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199581436
- ISBN
- 9780199581436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Lizzie Eustace's determination to hold on to a fabulous diamond necklace entangles her in a web of deceit that involves her cousin and his fiancee in a story that is part sensation fiction, part detective novel, part political satire and part romance. Hugely engaging, the novel is also a highly revealing study of Victorian Britain. Editor(s): Small, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199587780
- ISBN
- 9780199587780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.57
€ 13.99
€ 11.57
paperback. Explores how gospel singer Arthur Montana discovers his love for Jimmy and portrays how profoundly racial politics can shape the private business of love. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140187991
- ISBN
- 9780140187991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.03
€ 13.99
€ 11.03
paperback. Tells the story of the man-cub Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, guided by his mentors Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and the ancient python Kaa, and who confronts his arch-enemy Shere Khan the tiger. This book features Mowgli's adventures that are juxtaposed with other animal stories set in the British Empire. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141196657
- ISBN
- 9780141196657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.49
€ 19.99
€ 6.49
paperback. BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 196 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions U.K.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025427
- ISBN
- 9781853260018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
paperback. Both an insight into James Joyce's life and childhood, this novel is about sexual awakening, religious rebellion and the essential search for voice and meaning that every nascent artist must face in order to fully come into themselves. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025451
- ISBN
- 9780141182667
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, who hold court at their villa. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025459
- ISBN
- 9780141183596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear. Clothbound with title in gilt to spine. Some scuffs to dust jacket. Interior is very clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025596
- ISBN
- 9780199538485
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74