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Paperback. When Elfrise Swanston meets Stephen Smith, she is attracted to his handsome face and the sense of mystery which surrounds him. But, societal pressures, and the advent of the superior Henry Knight, eventually displace her affections. But, Knight proves to be an uncompromising moralist. This book is about the struggle between classes and sexes. Editor(s): Dalziel, Pamela. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACD; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435290
ISBN
9780140435290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 242 x 147 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405807074
ISBN
9781405807074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.30

Paperback. Features two versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. This book features a man who is obsessed both with the search for his ideal woman and with sculpting the perfect figure of Aphrodite. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435191
ISBN
9780140435191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. When country-girl Grace Melbury returns home from her middle-class school she feels she has risen above her suitor, the simple woodsman Giles Winterborne. Though marriage had been discussed between her and Giles, Grace finds herself captivated by Dr Edred Fitzpiers, a relationship that is encouraged by her socially ambitious father. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435474
ISBN
9780140435474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Introduces readers to the ancient rhetorical tradition by investigating key questions about the origins, nature and importance of rhetoric. This book explores the role of the orator, especially the two greatest figures of the tradition, Demosthenes and Cicero. It also investigates the place of rhetoric at the center of ancient education. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235156
ISBN
9780631235156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.86

Paperback. In 2000, a sixteenth-century manuscript containing a copy of a previously unknown play in Middle Cornish was discovered among papers bequeathed to the National Library of Wales. This eagerly awaited edition of the play offers a text with a facing-page translation, and a reproduction of the original text at the foot of the page. Series: New Exeter Medieval Texts. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; 2AB; DD; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 133. .
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Critical, Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859892940
ISBN
9780859892940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 391 x 277 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165783
ISBN
9780691165783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431. "Includes index. Bibliography: p. [189]-197. Commissioning organisation: Thomas C. Foster. xi, 203 p. 23 cm. Publishers cloth. Fine clean copy with dw." Keywords: "Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies - 20th Century,Education Resources - Books - English"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Pre
Number of pages
218
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0072267
ISBN
9780875801346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 21.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Building on recent Petrarch scholarship and broader studies of medieval poetics, poetic narrativity, and biblical intertextuality, Peterson conducts a rigorous examination of the Fragmenta's poetic language. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB; DSBB; DSBD; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500023
ISBN
9781487500023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.18

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713668131
ISBN
9780713668131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Suspiria de Profundis, and 'The English Mail-Coach' are De Quincey's finest essays in autobiography, published here with three appendices containing a wealth of related manuscript material and a comprehensive introduction and notes. Editor(s): Morrison, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DN; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199600618
ISBN
9780199600618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.90

Paperback. There is more to Thomas Chatterton than the romantic archetype. This selection, with its detailed notes, shows the historical significance and unexpected range of Chatterton's poetry, and also enables the reader to enjoy it for its rich resonance and wonderfully memorable rhythms. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132. 96 pages. There is more to Thomas Chatterton than the romantic archetype. This selection, with its detailed notes, shows the historical significance and unexpected range of Chatterton's poetry, and also enables the reader to enjoy it for its rich resonance and wonderfully memorable rhythms. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight: 152.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857546927
ISBN
9781857546927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415311755
ISBN
9780415311755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.97

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
327
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841952789
ISBN
9781841952789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.16

Paperback. The untold story of Ireland's role, from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1x8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340637876
ISBN
9780340637876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Hardcover. A book on Virginia Woolf that contends psychobiography has much to gain from a closer engagement with science. It demonstrates how Woolf used her illness intelligently and creatively in her theories of fiction, of mental functioning, and of self structure. Num Pages: 362 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 513.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520072800
ISBN
9780520072800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.15
€ 48.24

Paperback. Born in 1931, the illegitimate child of an abandoned mother, Thomas Bernhard was brought up by an eccentric grandmother and adored grandfather. He ran away from home at 15 and at 18, was put in a hospital ward for the old and terminally ill when he caught pneumonia. This volume tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099442530
ISBN
9780099442530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.70

Hardback. Editor(s): Harper, Thomas L.; Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 632 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBD; DSK; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166584
ISBN
9780231166584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.70
€ 55.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450358
ISBN
9780801450358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.37

Paperback. After much investigation, Ziolkowski reinforces Umberto Eco's notion that the most powerful secret, the magnetic center of conspiracy fiction, is in fact "a secret without content." Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HBLA1; JFHC; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422435
ISBN
9781421422435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.89

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