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paperback. When Princess Zasyekin moves next door to the country estate of Vladimir Petrovich's parents, he instantly falls in love with his new neighbour's daughter, Zinaida. But the young woman already has many admirers and as she plays her suitors against each other, Vladimir's unrequited youthful passion soon turns to torment and despair. Translator(s): Berlin, Isaiah. Num Pages: 112 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443356
ISBN
9780140443356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300900
ISBN
9781896300900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardcover. Newly married to novelist Rosie M. Banks, Bingo bucks the current trend by being extremely happy, although he does tend to lose his shirt on various horses. This collection of wonderfully funny stories features a cast of outrageous characters. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591063
ISBN
9781841591063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. From familiar fairy tales and legends - "Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Puss in Boots", "Beauty and the Beast", vampires and werewolves, the author has created a collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099588115
ISBN
9780099588115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. A collection that gathers together Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including "Pale Horse, Pale Rider", where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiance on his way to war, and "Noon Wine", a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195315
ISBN
9780141195315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Kurt Schwitters revolutionized the art world in the 1920s with his Dadaist Merz collages, theater performances, and poetry. But at the same time he was also writing extraordinary fairy tales that were turning the genre upside down and inside out. This book gathers thirty-two stories written between 1925 and Schwitters' death in 1948. Illustrator(s): Peacock, Irvine. Translator(s): Zipes, Jack David. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160993
ISBN
9780691160993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. A book of short stories from one of the most popular novelists of our time. Illustrator(s): Searle, Ronald. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KRA0010666
ISBN
9781447221890
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. "Fictions" is a collection of short stories, influenced by writers as disparate as Lewis Carroll, Stevenson and Cervantes. Borges turns dry logical puzzles into enchanting fables. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
148
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151664
ISBN
9781857151664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086518
ISBN
9781847086518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Reissued with new jacket and two additional stories not previously included. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340933992
ISBN
9780340933992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. How do you ever know the whole story? How do you ever know even part of the story? How do you find meaning when chance and coincidence could, just be chance and coincidence? Presenting connections and missed connections, this collection of stories is an inquiry into things ranging from flies and trees and books to sex, art, drunkenness, and love. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140296808
ISBN
9780140296808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness. This book talks about this boy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458951
ISBN
9780099458951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783782017
ISBN
9781783782017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Carver, Raymond; Jenks, Tom. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 108 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780440204237
ISBN
9780440204237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.22

Hardcover. Primarily known as a dramatist, Chekhov also wrote short stories. This selection of his work includes "The Swedish Match", "Easter Eve", "Mire", "On the Road", "Verotchka", "Volodya", "The Kiss", "Sleepy" and "The Steppe". Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150452
ISBN
9781857150452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. When her father marries his second wife, Chrissy gets a new step sister. Three years older than her, Queenie is beautiful and kind, someone everybody wants to be friends with. Chrissy worships her. But when Queenie runs away at eighteen, their lives quietly diverge. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 106 x 5. Weight in Grams: 44.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781253175
ISBN
9781781253175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 2. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141983202
ISBN
9780141983202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Takes us into the lives of men and women trapped in marriage, ensnared by drink, diminished by disappointment; all kinds of women, all kinds of men - lonely, unfaithful, dying - driving empty roads at night. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575597
ISBN
9780099575597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. "Rebhorn deserves our gratitude for an eminently persuasive translation.. I celebrate his accomplishment."-Edith Grossman Translator(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 211 x 47. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350265
ISBN
9780393350265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Hardcover. Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AM; FYB; YDC; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 205 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Addison Wesley Longman Australia Pty Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582434493
ISBN
9780582434493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.16

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