Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes", "The Battle of Life" and "The Cricket on the Hearth". Illustrator(s): Maclise, Daniel; Stanfield, Clarkson; Stone, Frank; Doyle, Richard; Leech, John; Tenniel, Sir John. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853262685
- ISBN
- 9781853262685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.48
€ 7.48
Paperback. One of Dickens's very last writings, 'George Silverman's Explanation' is a dark and psychologically insightful investigation of failure and guilt. This volume also includes two other lesser-known pieces of fiction: the novella for children 'Holiday Romance' and the detective story 'Hunted Down'. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494023
- ISBN
- 9781847494023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.78
€ 10.99
€ 9.78
Hardback. A first-ever trade edition of the original manuscript of the beloved Christmas classic. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393608649
- ISBN
- 9780393608649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.09
€ 21.99
€ 20.09
Paperback. Following the life of David Copperfield through sufferings and adversity, this book helps reader find many light-hearted moments in the company of a host of English fiction's stars including Mr Micawber, Traddles, Uriah Heep, Creakle, Betsy Trotwood, and the Peggoty family. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853260247
- ISBN
- 9781853260247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.93
€ 6.93
Paperback. This new edition contains Dickens's prefaces, working plans, and all the original illustrations. It is supplemented by a substantial new introduction, highlighting Dickens's engagement with his times, and the touching exploration of family relationships which give the novel added depth and relevance. The Notes and Bibliography have been substantially revised, extended, and updated. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1024 pages, numerous black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 47. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536283
- ISBN
- 9780199536283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.45
€ 13.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007350896
- ISBN
- 9780007350896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.33
€ 5.33
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 784 pages, 8 line drawings, one as frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536245
- ISBN
- 9780199536245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. Written at the same time as Oliver Twist - indeed the serialized version of the novel referred to Mudfog as the protagonist's home town - The Mudfog Papers lampoons all manner of journalistic and scientific writing of the time and showcases the young Dickens at his satirical best. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493484
- ISBN
- 9781847493484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.77
€ 10.99
€ 9.77
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008182274
- ISBN
- 9780008182274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.04
€ 10.99
€ 9.04
Paperback. In the midst of the chaos two men - an exiled French aristocrat and a dissolute English lawyer - are both redeemed and condemned by their love for the same woman, as the shadow of La Guillotine draws closer.. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141199702
- ISBN
- 9780141199702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. Perhaps Dickens's best-loved work, "Great Expectations" is a powerful and moving novel suffused with the author's memories of the past and its grip on the present. This edition includes a new Afterword. Revised reissue. Editor(s): Weintraub, Director the Institute for the Arts and Humanities Stanley (Pennsylvania State University). Series: Signet Classics. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451531186
- ISBN
- 9780451531186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.27
€ 9.27
Paperback. When Nicholas' father dies he, his mother and sister are left penniless. To earn his keep, Nicholas becomes a tutor at Dotheboys Hall but soon discovers that the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, is a one-eyed tyrant who insists on a harsh regime. Nicholas embarks on an adventure that takes him from loathsome boarding schools to the London stage. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 44. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540793
- ISBN
- 9780099540793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. Against a background of government incompetence and financial scandal, Arthur Clennam searches for the key to the affairs of the Dorrit family, prisoners for debt in the Marshalsea. Mixing humour and pathos, irony and satire, Little Dorrit reveals a master of fiction in top form. This new edition includes all of Phiz's original illustrations. Editor(s): Sucksmith, Harvey Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 912 pages, 41 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199596485
- ISBN
- 9780199596485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. Tells the story of the solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas. This title also includes: "The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton", and the short story from "The Pickwick Papers" on which "A Christmas Carol" was based. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140439052
- ISBN
- 9780140439052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. Little Nell Trent lives in the quiet gloom of the old curiosity shop with her ailing grandfather, for whom she cares with selfless devotion. But when they are unable to pay their debts to the stunted, lecherous and demonic money-lender Daniel Quilp, the shop is seized and they are forced to flee, thrown into a shadowy world. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz); Cattermole, George; Maclise, Daniel; Williams, Samuel. Editor(s): Page, Professor Norman. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437423
- ISBN
- 9780140437423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Hardback. Tells the story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, has been adapted into countless film and stage versions and is today the most famous and loved of all Christmas tales. Series: Penguin Christmas Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 185 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143122494
- ISBN
- 9780143122494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.75
€ 19.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. Set in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment, which is the the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby. Illustrator(s): Walker, Fiona; Greiffenhagen, Maurice. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KRF0020530
- ISBN
- 9781853262326
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When David Copperfield escapes from the cruelty of his childhood home, he embarks on a journey to adulthood which will lead him through comedy and tragedy, love and heartbreak and friendship and betrayal. Num Pages: 976 pages, b/w illust. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099511465
- ISBN
- 9780099511465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. Having moved into an abandoned haunted house, the narrator, undaunted by the warnings of the locals, invites a party of friends over, setting them the task of driving out the ghosts from the various rooms and reporting back on Twelfth Night. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494337
- ISBN
- 9781847494337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.20
€ 11.20
Paperback. Dickens' final, unfinished novel features themes and motifs such as: drugs, disappearances, sexual obsession, disguise and a possible murder. It also includes a number of stories and sketches, with subjects as different as murder, guilt and childhood romance. Illustrator(s): Fildes, S. L.; Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853267291
- ISBN
- 9781853267291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Ebenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529736
- ISBN
- 9780099529736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.38
€ 10.99
€ 9.38
Hardback. Illustrator(s): Hische, Jessica. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 43. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143123798
- ISBN
- 9780143123798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.51
€ 20.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There, two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. Illustrator(s): "Phiz". Num Pages: 544 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Updated and REV ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439600
- ISBN
- 9780141439600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141199566
- ISBN
- 9780141199566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.34
€ 10.99
€ 9.34