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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
As an orphan under the care of her selfish aunt who pressures her to convert to Catholicism and enter a loveless marriage, Henrietta learns to live by her wits. Editor(s): Perry, Ruth; Carlile, Susan. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124902
- ISBN
- 9780813124902
Condition: New
€ 70.35
€ 70.35
Paperback. A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan. Editor(s): Byatt, A. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199561605
- ISBN
- 9780199561605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.13
€ 14.99
€ 12.13
Paperback. A masterpiece of character depiction. An expose of the Mayfair Mussolini fans and war profiteers One of A. G. Macdonell's most biting books - a perceptive look at the rise of Nazism and its inevitable outcome. A novel, but with such prescience it could have been fact; illustrating the fondness for the right wing fascist movements among monied set Series: The Fonthill Complete A. G. Macdonell Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781550182
- ISBN
- 9781781550182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.35
€ 16.35
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447244554
- ISBN
- 9781447244554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.93
€ 24.99
€ 18.93
Hardback. The essential thrust of this book is an examination of the origins and development of the satirical element of Stendal's writing in Italy, which culminates with the creation of what many critics consider to be his finest achievement, the novel La Chartreuse de Parme. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894463
- ISBN
- 9780859894463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.50
€ 137.50
Paperback. In this collection of 20 short stories, the editor Richard Ford has selected his personal favourites of Chekhov's work. Includes are "The Kiss", "The Darling", as well as lesser known tales such as "A Blunder", "Hush" and "Champagne". Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781862073005
- ISBN
- 9781862073005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.64
€ 14.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Singerman, Alan J (Davidson College). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063928
- ISBN
- 9780271063928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.40
€ 37.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. The young Chevalier des Grieux recounts the tragic story of his passion for Manon and betrayal at her hands. Capricious, mercenary, alert to virtue but alive to pleasure, Manon is one of literature's "femmes fatales". Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445596
- ISBN
- 9780140445596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.48
€ 15.99
€ 13.48
Hardcover. Translator(s): Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 122 x 28. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Hardcover Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823119
- ISBN
- 9781933823119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.23
€ 21.99
€ 17.23
Paperback. Translator(s): Moore, Marianne; Mayer, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172858
- ISBN
- 9781590172858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.83
€ 16.99
€ 13.83
Paperback. This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in a frozen landscape is eloquent in its innocence. A Christmas story set in a terrifying and beautiful world of snow and ice, Rock Crystal is a classic of German literature, loved by children and adults alike. Translator(s): Mayer, Elizabeth; Moore, Marianne. Series: Pushkin Collection. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 120 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908968319
- ISBN
- 9781908968319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.43
€ 13.99
€ 10.43
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DB; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007902125
- ISBN
- 9780007902125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.30
€ 5.30
Paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446494
- ISBN
- 9780140446494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Hardback. A leather bound edition from the popular series. It features a satin-ribbon bookmark, decorative stained edging and marbled endpapers. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 464 pages, b/w throughout, includes illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Union Square & Co.
- Number of pages
- 464
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781435144835
- ISBN
- 9781435144835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.55
€ 48.55
Paperback. The book that topped the international online poll held in Agatha Christie's 125th birthday year to discover which of her 80 crime books was the world's favourite. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008123208
- ISBN
- 9780008123208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.46
€ 13.99
€ 10.46
Hardback. Contains nine gothic tales that are Japan's celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film "Ugetsu". Editor(s): Chambers, Anthony H. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139120
- ISBN
- 9780231139120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.29€ 48.87
€ 63.29
€ 48.87
mass_market. Includes autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling - Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927). Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397726
- ISBN
- 9780141397726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Calder Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714544595
- ISBN
- 9780714544595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.33
€ 13.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Calder Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714544540
- ISBN
- 9780714544540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.47
€ 11.99
€ 10.47
Paperback. Translator(s): Brooke-Rose, Christine. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Calder Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714544571
- ISBN
- 9780714544571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.45
€ 13.99
€ 11.45