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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. With this novel about the anguish of loving, and society's brutal treatment of those who transgress its codes, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
308
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152029
ISBN
9781857152029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. The heroine of this novel is Lily Bart, whose goal is to secure a rich husband who can sustain her lifestyle. She operates in a world where social position is important, but money can buy it. Lily is redeemed by her clear view of the corrupt society which is her gilded cage. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224191
ISBN
9781840224191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. The new collection of stories from the author of the award-winning Binocular Vision. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444797046
ISBN
9781444797046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Editor(s): Harsh, Constance D. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117416
ISBN
9781551117416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780812967067
ISBN
9780812967067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845233006
ISBN
9781845233006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Trade Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486272757
ISBN
9780486272757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.56

Leather / fine binding.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Canterbury Classics United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
724
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607103141
ISBN
9781607103141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.24

Paperback. Editor(s): Hutchisson, James M. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 573.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810468
ISBN
9781554810468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
1026
Condition
New
SKU
V9780394716787
ISBN
9780394716787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.09

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400036
ISBN
9781910400036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. An American gothic story of brotherhood, family fealty, love, scandal and disorder. One day, in an act of vengeance against their father, Paul picks up Rocky from school and nearly abandons him in the woods. Afterward, Paul disappears. Seven years later, Rocky is a teenager himself. He hasn't forgotten being abandoned by his boyhood hero. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616205263
ISBN
9781616205263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. In Dublin, a newspaper editor is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier on the dead man's desk. And in the dossier Owen finds a photograph, which brings him back, once again, to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTJ0008195
ISBN
9780141038063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 13.99
€ 11.24

Paperback. In Dublin, a newspaper editor is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier on the dead man's desk. And in the dossier Owen finds a photograph, which brings him back, once again, to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Paperback, in good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0015132
ISBN
9780141038063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 11.24

Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: European Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873982648
ISBN
9781873982648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The second novel by an award-winning Caribbean novelist, playwright and poet. It deals with the impingements of modern life on a remote village in the interior of Trinidad which wants a school and a schoolmaster. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571196760
ISBN
9780571196760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. After 19 years of teaching his pupils to emigrate, Alford George, elitist schoolteacher turned populist politician, is forced to work out a welcome for the diverse races of Trinidad to their own island and how to liberate those who, despite emancipation, are still struggling under old captivities. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571192946
ISBN
9780571192946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231484
ISBN
9781845231484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.53

Paperback. In the town of Cascadu, Trinidad, the 1970 Black Power rebellion has failed. Sonnyboy, hapless and luckless, is desperate to be recognised as part of the rebellion and forces the uninterested police to arrest him. KingKala, a singer, returns from detention and is sidelined in the calypso tent, his music dated and unfashionable. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571255672
ISBN
9780571255672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. A story of shanty-town life in Trinidad. Calvary Hill is the home of Aldrick Prospect, who lives for the carnival and his once-a-year chance to play dragon. Here too live Miss Cleothilda, the ageing carnival queen, Philo the Calypsonian, and Fisheye, who flaunts his strength in the steel bands. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571193172
ISBN
9780571193172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. By the same authors as "French Leave" and "An Enthusiast" this book is a collection of stories first published at the turn of the century and were considered some of the funniest prose in the English language. They have more recently inspired the television series of the same name. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349101460
ISBN
9780349101460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.51

Paperback. A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182131
ISBN
9780141182131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Visiting Florence with her cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional, lower-class Mr Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England, Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but she finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world and the yearnings of her heart. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183299
ISBN
9780141183299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Written during 1913 and 1914, Maurice deals with the then unmentionable subject of homosexuality. More unusual, it concerns a relationship that ends happily. Editor(s): Levitt, Steven D. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First by this Publisher
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441139
ISBN
9780141441139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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