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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099513933
ISBN
9780099513933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.71

Paperback. Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of the author's own insignificance, this book tells the story of his tortured life. It describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140455120
ISBN
9780140455120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.93

Paperback. A doctor is visited by a desperate woman with a question: am I evil, or insane? When the letters from Italian servant to his wife in London suddenly cease, she is convinced he has been murdered. In the darkened bedroom of a mouldering palazzo by the Grand Canal, an English lord sickens and suddenly dies. How are these little mysteries connected? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784871154
ISBN
9781784871154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.71

Paperback. Eustacia Vye criss-crosses the wild Egdon Heath, eager to experience life to the full in her quest for 'music, poetry, passion, war'. She marries Clym Yeobright, native of the heath, but his idealism frustrates her romantic ambitions and her discontent draws others into a tangled web of deceit and unhappiness. Editor(s): Gatrell, Simon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Sunning to spine. Previous owners inscription on top and bottom of pages, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
496
SKU
KCW0001250
ISBN
9780199537044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. William Thackeray called it "the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel-writing began." As a group of travellers visit places in England and Scotland, they provide through satire and wit a vivid and detailed picture of the contemporary social and political scene. Editor(s): Knapp, Lewis M.; Bouce, Paul-Gabriel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Sunning to spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reissue
SKU
KCW0001418
ISBN
9780199538980
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.80

Paperback. Set in 1797, Billy Budd is a tale of satanic treachery, tragedy and great pathos that explores human relationships and the inherently ambiguous nature of man-made justice. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232033
ISBN
9781853267499
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Anne Elliot lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances. A woman of no importance, she manoeuvres in her restricted circumstances as her long-time love Captain Wentworth did in the wars. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146. Paperback in very good condition, with some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232239
ISBN
9781853260568
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Turgenev is an author who no longer belongs to Russia only. During the last fifteen years of his life he won for himself the reading public, first in France, then in Germany and America, and finally in England. As regards his method of dealing with his material and shaping it into mould, he stands even higher than as a pure creator. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Vintage paperback in good condition, with some light shelfwear.
Publication date
1950
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KRF2232311
ISBN
9780140440096
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Includes tales such as 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'Big Klaus and Little Klaus'. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54. Clean copy with damage to cover but pages remain ini very good condition
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KEA0000181
ISBN
9780141398044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Leather / fine binding.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Canterbury Classics United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
724
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607103141
ISBN
9781607103141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.00
€ 17.71

Paperback. Based on the 1848 edition text, the Brontes' gifted biographer provides a superlative Norton Critical Edition of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel. Editor(s): Lutz, Deborah. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393264876
ISBN
9780393264876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Eustacia Vye criss-crosses the wild Egdon Heath, eager to experience life to the full in her quest for 'music, poetry, passion, war'. She marries Clym Yeobright, native of the heath, but his idealism frustrates her romantic ambitions and her discontent draws others into a tangled web of deceit and unhappiness. Editor(s): Gatrell, Simon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Some wear and bumping to spine. Damage to binding on spine, remains good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
496
SKU
KCW0001823
ISBN
9780199537044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 114. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Foxing on endpages and cover, remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KCW0001962
ISBN
9780141182704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 9.99
€ 8.40

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 31. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Minor foxing appears but remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0002214
ISBN
9780007350872
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Over 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores material, including instances of graphic homosexual content, removed by the novel's first editor, who feared it would be "offensive" to Victorians. Editor(s): Frankel, Nicholas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780674066311
ISBN
9780674066311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.48

paperback. From the foreword to the selected bibliography this is the most up-to-date and comprehensive documentary source for the study of Moby-Dick. Editor(s): Parker, Hershel. Series: Norton Critical Editions. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Norton
Edition
Third Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393285000
ISBN
9780393285000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.92

Paperback. The unsolved riddle at the heart of style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Pudd'nhead Wilson> is less the identity of the murderer than the question of whether nature or nurture makes the man. In his introduction, Werner Sollors illuminates the complex web of uncertainty that is the switched-and-doubled-identity world of Mark Twain's novel. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674059832
ISBN
9780674059832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.63

Hardcover. Dostoesky's drama of sin, guilt and redemption transmutes the sordid story of an old woman's murder by a desperate student into the nineteenth century's profoundest and most compelling philosophical novel. Grim in theme and setting, the book nevertheless seduces by its combination of superbly drawn characters, narrative brilliance and manic comedy. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 574 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Everyman
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150353
ISBN
9781857150353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 14.11

Hardcover. Random House says title is blocked and is not for sale to the consumer. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152715
ISBN
9781857152715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. These inventive and entertaining pieces display the early sparkles of wit and imagination of Jane Austen's mature fiction. Written when she was only in her teens, they are by turns amusing, acerbic and occasionally downright silly. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Alma Classics
Condition
New
SKU
KSK0000323
ISBN
9781847496331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.17

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