Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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
€ 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
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
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€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
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
€ 16.99€ 14.75
€ 16.99
€ 14.75
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€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
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
€ 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
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
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
€ 7.03
€ 7.03
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€ 10.21
€ 11.99
€ 10.21
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€ 9.11
€ 9.99
€ 9.11
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
€ 6.31
€ 6.31
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. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187815
- ISBN
- 9780141187815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
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€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
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
€ 18.99€ 14.25
€ 18.99
€ 14.25
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€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
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€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
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€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
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€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: ports. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Westdeutscher Verlag GmbH Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531122212
- ISBN
- 9783531122212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.39
€ 76.39
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
€ 11.99€ 11.80
€ 11.99
€ 11.80
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
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. Anthony Patch and Gloria Gibson are the golden children of the Jazz Age. They marry and embark on a life of glittering parties, lavish expenditure and scandalous revelry. When the money dries up their marriage founders. In this wistful novel Fitzgerald portrays the decline of youthful promise with devastating clarity. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099541493
- ISBN
- 9780099541493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his 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'. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 208
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951477
- ISBN
- 9780241951477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. A rich and sensitive novel about loss and alienation, about life lived in exile, and about the search for home, shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Translator(s): Peate, John. Series: Hoopoe Fiction. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; 1KBBEY; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 23. .
- Publisher
- Hoopoe Fiction
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774168192
- ISBN
- 9789774168192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46