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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Who but the Marquis de Sade would write, not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards for selfless love in his stories; tragedy, despair, and death the inevitable outcome. This new selection includes 'An Essay on Novels', Sade's penetrating survey of the novelist's art. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 45. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539987
ISBN
9780199539987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. Often said to be Jane Austen's most perfect novel, Emma is also the perfect read - with a very imperfect - but loveable - heroine.. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755331482
ISBN
9780755331482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Hardcover. In Jane Austen's first published novel, her portrait of two heroines' parallel experiences of love, loss, and hope offers a powerful analysis of how women were shaped by the claustrophobic society they had to survive. This new edition includes a new introduction, and revised notes and bibliography. Editor(s): Mullan, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198807452
ISBN
9780198807452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. In a gloomy house in provincial Saumur, the miser Grandet lives with his wife and daughter, Eugenie, whose lives are stifled and overshadowed by his obsession with gold. Guarding his piles of glittering treasures and his only child equally closely, he will let no one near them. Translator(s): Crawford, Marion. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1955
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440508
ISBN
9780140440508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. A powerful, exuberant romance this is Daphne du Maurier's first novel which shows her beginnings as a great writer Series: VMC. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080939
ISBN
9781844080939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain Alice Liddell, the daughter of the dean of Carroll's college, the dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down. Illustrator(s): Tenniel, Sir John. Editor(s): Haughton, Hugh. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439761
ISBN
9780141439761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FJ; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 967.
Publisher
Dover Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606600795
ISBN
9781606600795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. John Harmon returns to England after years in exile to claim his inheritance: a great fortune and a beautiful young woman to whom he is betrothed, but has never met. When Harmon's body is pulled out of the Thames, all of London is fascinated by the mystery of the murdered man and his unclaimed riches. Num Pages: 928 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540694
ISBN
9780099540694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Mass Market Paperback.
Publisher
Bantam Classics
Publication date
1981
Edition
59642nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553213119
ISBN
9780553213119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.07

Paperback. A classic collection of linked stories featuring some of the funniest episodes in the life of Bertie Wooster, gentleman, and Jeeves, his gentleman's gentleman - in which Bertie's terrifying Aunt Agatha stalks the pages, seeking whom she may devour, while Bertie's friend Bingo Little falls in love with seven different girls in succession. Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513681
ISBN
9780099513681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. This title shows how, forced to move from the country to an industrial northern town, she develops a passionate sense of social justice, and a turbulent relationship with mill-owner John Thornton. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198927
ISBN
9780141198927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.46

Paperback. An Anglican bishop, on recuperative leave from his African diocese, alights at the island of Nepthene for a short stay on passage to England, and is soon caught in the midst of a wild and exuberant cast of fellow visitors and residents. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Apollo Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786690678
ISBN
9781786690678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.21

Hardcover. The liberal hero, Balint, is at odds with the politics of his time; he describes the idyllic pre-industrial world of Hungarian Transylvania, later to fall into the hands of first the Nazis and then the Communists, his love for Adrienne, married to an unpleasant and dangerous lunatic, and a Proustian society helplessly bent on its own destruction. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 54. Weight in Grams: 854.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593548
ISBN
9781841593548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. This book is an English translation of the French original. Editor(s): Prendergast, Christopher. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141180342
ISBN
9780141180342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Translator(s): Turner, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
Publisher
Calder Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714543550
ISBN
9780714543550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.16

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; FC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144. Series: Dover Thrift S. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; FC; JF. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 11. Weight: 144.
Publisher
Dover Publications
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486287386
ISBN
9780486287386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.23

Paperback. The Pontellier family are spending a hot, lazy holiday on the Gulf of Mexico. No-one expects that Edna Pontellier should be preoccupied with anything more than her husband and children. When an illicit summer romance awakens new ideas and longings in Edna, she can barely understand herself. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540779
ISBN
9780099540779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812971187
ISBN
9780812971187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.30

Paperback. Contains "Aladdin", "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Sindbad the Sailor" and many other tales from the "Arabian Nights". Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint, Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191669
ISBN
9780141191669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. It's 1943 and the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. When food is in short supply, it is bad enough, but when the whisky runs out, it looks like the end of the world. Morale is at rock bottom. George Campbell needs a wee dram to give him the courage to stand up to his mother and marry Catriona. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870942
ISBN
9781784870942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

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