Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. Originally published in a censored form, this novel is now presented in a form closer to that first written, though not all passages can be restored. Dorothy's plight can be read with clearer understanding of what Orwell intended. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780436231292
- ISBN
- 9780436231292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.85
€ 40.99
€ 26.85
Hardcover. Written during World War II and published in 1945, this is a sharp and celebrated satire on dictatorship. Orwell conveys his bleak message of man's inhumanity to man, and beast's to beast through stark prose and black comedy. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151503
- ISBN
- 9781857151503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper. Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for the church school play. Suddenly her routine shatters and Dorothy finds herself down and out in London. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184654
- ISBN
- 9780141184654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club, and Flory can help. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185378
- ISBN
- 9780141185378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Hardcover. In "Nineteen eighty-four", one of the 20th century's great myth-makers takes a cold look at the future. Orwell's study of individual struggling - or not struggling - against totalitarianism remains a salutary lesson in any society. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 211 x 29. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151343
- ISBN
- 9781857151343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141393056
- ISBN
- 9780141393056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679417392
- ISBN
- 9780679417392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.29
€ 25.99
€ 24.29
CD-Audio. George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece - one of the definitive and most influential novels of the nineteenth century. Now available as an unabridged audiobook. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782115397
- ISBN
- 9781782115397
CD
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 18.90
€ 33.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183725
- ISBN
- 9780141183725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary life. He fears modern times - since, in 1939, the Second World War is imminent - foreseeing food queues, soldiers, secret police and tyranny. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185699
- ISBN
- 9780141185699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Hardcover. One of a series of fiction titles for schools. In Orwell's classic story the animals, led by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, drive out Farmer Jones and set up an Animals' Republic in which all are to be free and equal. But the saviours turn out to be just as greedy, vain and oppressive. Series: New Windmills. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFH; YQEF. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435121655
- ISBN
- 9780435121655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.16
€ 22.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Exile Editions Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550964257
- ISBN
- 9781550964257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
€ 18.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. Repackaged to tie-in with hardback publication of 'The Reavers' and to appeal to a new generation of George MacDonald Fraser fans, 'The Pyrates' is a swashbuckling romp of a novel. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006470175
- ISBN
- 9780006470175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.38
€ 14.99
€ 11.38
Paperback. George MacDonald Fraser's hilarious stories of the most disastrous soldier in the British Army - collected together for the first time in one volume. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006513711
- ISBN
- 9780006513711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. An autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Black writers of the 20th century. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472064687
- ISBN
- 9780472064687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.15
€ 30.15
Paperback. This long-acknowledged classic about Caribbean exiles torn between returning and staying is a powerful study of the impossibility of disentangling British and Caribbean lives, the novel explores the unacknowledged power of history, the nature of misogyny, and the conflict between the calls of art and revolution. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845231675
- ISBN
- 9781845231675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.04
€ 26.04
Paperback. A compelling and intricate novel of emigration and the effects of colonialism on a people Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472064700
- ISBN
- 9780472064700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.19
€ 27.19
Paperback. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845231453
- ISBN
- 9781845231453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Features three novels that come together in the humorous parable of greed, religion and slum youth that is The Boy Who Wanted Peace; in the fate of old and disturbed Miss Partridge who is obsessed with the innocence of young Grace; and in the mental collapse of Mr Alfred, a middle-aged schoolteacher who is in love with one of this pupils. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Canongate UK
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862418854
- ISBN
- 9780862418854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.34
€ 26.99
€ 18.34
Paperback. Set in a rural mining village in South Wales in the years leading up to the Second World War, this book recreates a magical but alive world that will resonate with our memories, real and imagined, of childhood. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762514
- ISBN
- 9781905762514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34