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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Anthony Patch and his wife Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141187815
ISBN
9780141187815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A summary of the "roaring twenties", and a expose of the "Jazz Age", this book, through the narration of Nick Carraway, takes the reader into the world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
KKE0000943
ISBN
9781853260414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307474513
ISBN
9780307474513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. A summary of the "roaring twenties", and a expose of the "Jazz Age", this book, through the narration of Nick Carraway, takes the reader into the world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0009521
ISBN
9781853260414
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 6.74

Paperback. Amory Blaine, intent on rebelling against his staid, Midwestern upbringing, longs to acquire the patina of Eastern sophistication. In his quest for sexual and intellectual enlightenment, he progresses through a series of relationships, until he is cast out into the real world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185576
ISBN
9780141185576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183596
ISBN
9780141183596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Hardcover. Pampered as a child, wealthy, brilliant at school, Amory Blaine looks for the love of others but only finds himself. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152272
ISBN
9781857152272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375758867
ISBN
9780375758867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.66

Paperback. It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are a wealthy, elegant, magnetic couple. A coterie of admirers are drawn to them, none more so than the blooming young starlet Rosemary Hoyt. When Rosemary falls for Dick, the Diver's calculated perfection begins to crack. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541523
ISBN
9780099541523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375759642
ISBN
9780375759642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182636
ISBN
9780141182636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.78

Paperback. Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332. 384 pages, illustrations. Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight: 330.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492128
ISBN
9781847492128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Series: Dover Thrift S. 208 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight: 186.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486289991
ISBN
9780486289991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.97

Paperback. American psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole live in a villa on the French Riviera, surrounded by a circle of glamorous friends. When beautiful film star Rosemary Hoyt arrives she is drawn to the couple - Dick contemplates an affair, while Nicole believes she's found a new best friend. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 26. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140282559
ISBN
9780140282559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. New, lavishly produced paperback with a beautiful cover with foil and illustrations by Art Deco artist George Barbier. Here presented in a new fully edited and annotated version, it contains an extensive apparatus on Fitzgerald's life and works. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492586
ISBN
9781847492586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.07

Paperback. Includes stories such as: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, The Cut-Glass Bowl, May Day, The Rich Boy, Crazy Sunday, An Alcoholic Case, The Lees of Happiness, The Lost Decade and Babylon Revisited. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Wordsworth Edition
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262128
ISBN
9781853262128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.29

Paperback. From the author of The Great Gatsby comes a beautiful tale of love, wealth and destruction - set to the backdrop of the 1920s French Riviera. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409149552
ISBN
9781409149552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. Set in the post-Great War Long Island/New York world of the rich. The narrator, Nick Carraway, sympathetically records the pathos of Gatsby's romantic dream which founders on the reality of corruption, the insulated selfishness of Tom and Daisy, and the cutting edge of violence. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150193
ISBN
9781857150193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden, coolly debating Gatsby's origins and mysterious past. None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that 'he killed a man'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 112 x 13. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241965672
ISBN
9780241965672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. The studio lot looks like 'thirty acres of fairyland' the night that a mysterious woman stands and smiles at Monroe Stahr, the last of the great Hollywood princes. Enchanted by one another, they begin a passionate but hopeless love affair, starting with a fast-moving seduction as slick as a scene from one of Stahr's pictures. Editor(s): Wilson, Edmund. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185637
ISBN
9780141185637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Fitzgerald's classic coming-of-age tale set against the turbulence of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409150787
ISBN
9781409150787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. *'Her work is certainly far too little known in relation to the greatness of her talent. But her masterpiece THE RECTOR'S DAUGHTER, is in print again' SUSAN HILL *A wonderfully moving, harrowing but ultimately uplifting novel of love. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860689119
ISBN
9780860689119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

paperback. Series: Vintage Classics. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780307474520
ISBN
9780307474520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.87

Paperback. Jay Gatsby is a self-made man, famed for his decadent champagne-drenched parties. Despite being surrounded by Long Island's bright and beautiful, he longs only for Daisy Buchanan. In shimmering prose, Fitzgerald shows Gatsby pursue his dream to its tragic conclusion. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099541530
ISBN
9780099541530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.44

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