Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Nineteen year old Lily Bart is in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite. Unwilling to marry without both love and money, Lily becomes vulnerable to gossip. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 51. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 150th Anniversary ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106555
- ISBN
- 9780143106555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. Edith Wharton's most famous novel, written immediately after the end of the First World War, is a brilliantly realized anatomy of New York society in the 1870s. The charming Newland Archer is content to live within its constraints until he meets Ellen Olenska, whose arrival threatens his impending marriage as well as his comfortable future. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540013
- ISBN
- 9780199540013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers. It follows the career of Undine Spragg, as she pursues her schemes and social ambitions in a world of shifting values, where triumph is swiftly followed by disillusion. Editor(s): Orgel, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555123
- ISBN
- 9780199555123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.35
€ 14.35
Paperback. Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious, and hypochondriac wife, Zeenie. But when Zeenie's vivacious cousin enters their household as a 'hired girl', Ethan finds himself obsessed with her and with the possibilities for happiness she comes to represent. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 102
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142437803
- ISBN
- 9780142437803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.53
€ 10.99
€ 10.53
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 92 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Modern Library Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375753206
- ISBN
- 9780375753206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. Series: Bantam Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 177 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Classics
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Reprint, Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553213935
- ISBN
- 9780553213935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.27
€ 8.99
€ 8.27
Hardcover. Edith Wharton's subtle variation on the theme of the eternal triangle features Anna Leath, a rich American widow living in France; her daughter's governess, Sophy Viner; and the first love of Anna's youth, George Darrow, who has come back into her life. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152012
- ISBN
- 9781857152012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.84
€ 14.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan's farm. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224085
- ISBN
- 9781840224085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.31
€ 6.31
Paperback. The text of Wharton's richly allusive Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel of desire and its implications in Old New York has been rigorously annotated by a prominent Wharton scholar. Editor(s): Waid, Candace. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Norton Critical
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393967944
- ISBN
- 9780393967944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
Hardcover. Wharton's antiwar masterpiece, now once again available, probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Interweaving her own experiences of the Great War with themes of parental and filial love, art and self-sacrifice, national loyalties and class privilege, Wharton tells an intimate and captivating story of war behind the lines. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802039
- ISBN
- 9780875802039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 138.75
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486298030
- ISBN
- 9780486298030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.76
€ 8.76
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 83.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486266909
- ISBN
- 9780486266909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.40
€ 7.40
paperback. Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Wordsworth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853262104
- ISBN
- 9781853262104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
hardcover. Gives us Edmund Burke a new, vividly depicting his dazzling intellect, imagination and empathy against the rich tapestry of 18th century Europe. Editor(s): Norman, Jesse. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 213 x 54. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593654
- ISBN
- 9781841593654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 16.53
€ 26.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408858967
- ISBN
- 9781408858967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509813865
- ISBN
- 9781509813865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. A middle-aged American works out in a Paris gym - an ordinary day, except that he catches the eye of a stranger, Julien, a young French architect with a gleam in his eye. Slowly, life takes on the colour of romance. But there is sadness in Julien's past and a grim cloud on the horizon. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Book Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001898
- ISBN
- 9780099285144
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Presents a personal chronicle of Fanny, a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. This novel charts Fanny's emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069468
- ISBN
- 9780252069468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.22
€ 27.99
€ 26.22
paperback. The short stories in this collection take the reader from small-town Wisconsin to the bustling streets of New York and Chicago and back again. It explores the role of women (especially strong or unconventional women) in modern society, the mores of the midwestern small town, and the changes over time in relationships between parents and children. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071294
- ISBN
- 9780252071294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.33
€ 29.99
€ 27.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270309
- ISBN
- 9780571270309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.48
€ 14.99
€ 11.48