Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral. This title presents eleven short stories. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183862
- ISBN
- 9780141183862
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Paperback. Set among the manicured lawns and euphemisms of Whispering Glades Memorial Park in Hollywood, this novel satirizes the American way of death and offers Waugh's memento mori. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141184241
- ISBN
- 9780141184241
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Paperback. Ex-detective Nick Charles plans to spend a quiet Christmas holed up in a hotel suite with his glamorous wife Nora, their pet Schnauzer and a case of good Scotch. But then a bullet-riddled corpse and a missing inventor (not to mention the attentions of a beautiful young woman) force him out of retirement and back into business. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141194608
- ISBN
- 9780141194608
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Paperback. Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious and immature, Botchan finds himself facing several tests. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141391885
- ISBN
- 9780141391885
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Paperback. Grandfather, son and grandson are equally dependent on the empire: the first for his enoblement; the second for the civil virtues that make him a meticulous servant of an administration whose failure he can neither comprehend nor survive; the third for the family standards of conduct which he cannot attain but against which he is unable to rebel. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141393421
- ISBN
- 9780141393421
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Paperback. In 1842, eight years before his death, Balzac described Ursule Mirouet as the masterpiece of all the studies of human society that he had written. In this title, the twin themes of redemption and rebirth are illuminated by a consistently passionate rejection of both philosophic and practical materialism in favour of love. Translator(s): Adamson, Donald. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141396705
- ISBN
- 9780141396705
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Paperback. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Editor(s): Horne, Philip. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141441269
- ISBN
- 9780141441269
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Paperback. The story of the childhood and youth of an Irish poet-scholar, Stephen Dedalus, who questions his Catholic faith as he reaches manhood in turn-of-the century Dublin. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 214 x 25. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143108245
- ISBN
- 9780143108245
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Paperback. Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns his back on humanity once more. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241189658
- ISBN
- 9780241189658
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Translator(s): Reynolds, Sian. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241258552
- ISBN
- 9780241258552
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Paperback. Translator(s): Garry, Stephen. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241284407
- ISBN
- 9780241284407
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Paperback. One vital convoy can break Mussolini's stranglehold on Malta - but it is intercepted in the Mediterranean by enemy warships.. This title recounts life aboard a British warship during some of the darkest days of the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241955482
- ISBN
- 9780241955482
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Hardcover. While pursuing the love of his life, American heiress Pauline Stoker, Lord 'Chuffy' Chuffnell borrows the services of Jeeves, the perfect gentleman's gentleman. But when Chuffy finds out that Jeeves' employer, Bertie Wooster, was once engaged to Pauline himself - until the engagement was broken by her tough-egg father. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841591278
- ISBN
- 9781841591278
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Hardcover. Mike is a seriously good cricketer who forms an unlikely alliance with old Etonian Psmith ('the P is silent') after they both find themselves fish out of water at a new school, Sedleigh, where they eventually overcome the hostility of others and their own prejudices to become stars. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841591834
- ISBN
- 9781841591834
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Hardcover. Collected over centuries from Persia and Arabia and India, and ranging from vivacious erotica, animal fables and adventure fantasies to pointed Sufi teaching tales, this title provides daily entertainment of the medieval Islamic world at the height of its glory. Num Pages: 952 pages, 64 B&W. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 42. Weight in Grams: 814.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593616
- ISBN
- 9781841593616
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Hardcover. In this account of a disillusioned soul failing to come to terms with reality, the novelist recreates the Byronic anti-hero in the context of post-revolutionary France where the church, politics and society itself are in upheaval. Translator(s): Moncrieff, Scott; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 36. Weight in Grams: 686.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150384
- ISBN
- 9781857150384
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Condition: New
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Paperback. In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe's Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of 'Thursday'. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141199771
- ISBN
- 9780141199771
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Condition: New
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Paperback. The beefy 'Stilton' Cheesewright has drawn Bertie Wooster as red-hot favourite in the Drones club annual darts tournament - which is lucky for Bertie because otherwise Stilton would have beaten him to a pulp and buttered the lawn with him. Stilton does not like men who he thinks are trifling with his fiancee's affections. Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099513933
- ISBN
- 9780099513933
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Paperback. A private detective who can make the guilty confess simply by smiling at them. An artist so intimidated by his morally impeccable cat that he feels compelled to wear formal attire at dinner. These are just a few of the many members of the eccentric Mulliner clan whose lives and exploits are laid before the regulars of the Angler's Rest. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099514053
- ISBN
- 9780099514053
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Paperback. Keith Stewart is an ordinary man. However, one day he is called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. When his sister's boat is wrecked in the Pacific, he becomes trustee for his little niece. In order to save her from destitution he has to embark on a 2,000 mile voyage in a small yacht in inhospitable waters. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099529989
- ISBN
- 9780099529989
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Condition: New
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