Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. The 'first man' is Jacques Cormery, whose poverty-stricken childhood in Algiers is made bearable by his love for his silent and illiterate mother, and by the teacher who transforms his view of the world. This book gives profound insights into his life and the powerful themes underlying his work. Translator(s): Hapgood, David. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185231
- ISBN
- 9780141185231
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
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Paperback. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. This title tells the story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. Editor(s): Judt, Tony. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185132
- ISBN
- 9780141185132
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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Paperback. Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186580
- ISBN
- 9780141186580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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Paperback. 'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room and came across a dead rat in the middle of the landing.' It starts with the rats. Vomiting blood, they die in their hundreds, then in their thousands. When the rats are all gone, the citizens begin to fall sick. Like the rats, they too die in ever greater numbers. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 20. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780141049236
- ISBN
- 9780141049236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.15
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Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 992
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188300
- ISBN
- 9780141188300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 18.21
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Paperback. Translator(s): Moore, Michael F. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590177235
- ISBN
- 9781590177235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.04
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€ 15.04
Paperback. Sebastian Barnack, a handsome English schoolboy, is on bad terms with his socialist father who disapproves of his hedonistic lifestyle. He escapes to Florence in order to learn about life. His education there, thanks to the contradictory influences of his scurrilous Uncle Eustace and a saintly bookseller, is both sacred and profane. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870348
- ISBN
- 9781784870348
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
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Paperback. Jo Stoyle is afraid of death. But Stoyle is also a millionaire, and so he pours his riches into scientific research, desperate to find the secret of immortality. This ruthless quest will enmesh everyone around him in a web of greed, seduction, murder and debasement. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870355
- ISBN
- 9781784870355
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
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Paperback. It is Christmas Eve, and John Rivers is thinking about the past; about his sheltered upbringing; about an extraordinary time spent as a lab assistant to the great physicist Henry Maartens; about Maartens' beautiful wife, Katy, and about a love affair which shook Rivers to the core and caused him to question everything he once revered. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870362
- ISBN
- 9781784870362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
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Hardcover. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress.. Series: Everyman's Library Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593593
- ISBN
- 9781841593593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.19
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Paperback. Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784870140
- ISBN
- 9781784870140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.93
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Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935554523
- ISBN
- 9781935554523
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.21
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Paperback. Translator(s): Nabokov, Vladimir. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 1056 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DCF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691019048
- ISBN
- 9780691019048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.84€ 46.44
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Paperback. A historical novel set in Lombardy during the wars, famine and plague of the period 1628-30. Two star-crossed lovers are tested by the political injustices of their situation, the virulence of the plague, and a life in exile, away from their homeland. First published in 1827, and now accompanied by an essay HISTORY OF THE COLUMN OF INFAMY. Translator(s): Penman, Bruce. Num Pages: 720 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442748
- ISBN
- 9780140442748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.95
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hardcover. Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, this title tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 209 x 35. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593579
- ISBN
- 9781841593579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.60
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Paperback. Translator(s): Avsey, Ignat. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782271154
- ISBN
- 9781782271154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.96
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Paperback. Eugene Onegin - presented here in a sparkling translation by Roger Clarke, along with extensive notes and commentary - was the founding text of modern Russian literature. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 39. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Dual language ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494177
- ISBN
- 9781847494177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.25
€ 11.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Myers, Alan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538652
- ISBN
- 9780199538652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.14
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Paperback. Portrays the Russian people. This title presents a series of interlinked stories including "The Shot", in which a duel is revisited after many years, and the grotesque "The Undertaker". It also features "Roslavlev" and the "Egyptian Nights". Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446753
- ISBN
- 9780140446753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.77
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Paperback. Translator(s): Billings, Josh. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933633732
- ISBN
- 9781933633732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50