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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008166779
ISBN
9780008166779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.33

Paperback. In a "lively, sparkling, and sharp-edged" (Arthur Goldhammer) new translation, Guy de Maupassant's most beloved works are reintroduced to twenty-first-century readers. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631491894
ISBN
9781631491894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. Editor(s): Gill, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538287
ISBN
9780199538287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.25

Hardcover. The most important and complete annotated volume of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ever compiled appears for the 200th anniversary of the original publication. Editor(s): Klinger, Leslie S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 250 color and black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216. .
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871409492
ISBN
9780871409492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. A successful author and Liberal MP with a loving and benevolent wife, Richard Remington appears to be a man to envy. But underneath his superficial contentment, he is far from happy with either his marriage or the politics of his party. Editor(s): James, Simon. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439990
ISBN
9780141439990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171622
ISBN
9781590171622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.23

Paperback. A triology of three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571276653
ISBN
9780571276653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.92

Hardback. Relates the adventures of Vakula, the blacksmith, in his fight against the devil, who has stolen the moon above the village of Dikanka and is wreaking havoc on its inhabitants, all to win the love of the most beautiful girl in town. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 187 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143122487
ISBN
9780143122487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.75

Paperback. First published in German in 1804, under the nom de plume "Bonaventura," this is a dark, twisted, and comic novel, in which the narrator and anti-hero is not Bonaventura, but a night watchman named Kreuzgang, a failed poet, actor, and puppeteer who claims to be the spawn of the devil himself. Translator(s): Gillespie, Gerald. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226141565
ISBN
9780226141565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.90

Paperback. With this pair of absurd, comic stories, the author indulges his imagination and delights readers. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397528
ISBN
9780141397528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

Paperback. While his old furniture rots in storage, Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris, with little but a library reader's card to distinguish him from the city's untouchables. Every person he sees seems to carry their death with them, and he thinks of the deaths, and ghosts, of his aristocratic family, of which only he remains. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182216
ISBN
9780141182216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. A landmark in the development of the twentieth-century novel, the Notebooks is the story of a young Danish aristocrat , told in a series of notes that explore Malte's life in Paris, childhood memories and reflections in highly crafted poetic prose. A radical departure from literary realism, it is an archetypal confrontation with the modern. Translator(s): Vilain, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJC; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199646036
ISBN
9780199646036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. Diderot's The Nun (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent and take holy orders. A novel mingling mysticism, madness, sadistic cruelty and nascent sexuality, it gives a scathing insight into the effects of forced vocations and the unnatural life of the convent. This new translation includes Diderot's all-important prefatory material. Translator(s): Goulbourne, Russell. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555246
ISBN
9780199555246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443004
ISBN
9780140443004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.01

Hardback. Captures better than any other story a child's wonder at Christmas. This book features enchanting images of sugar plums and nutcrackers, mistletoe and the Kingdom of the Dolls - continues to cast its fantastical spell on readers of all ages. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 188 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143122500
ISBN
9780143122500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538300
ISBN
9780199538300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. A translation that presents Homer's poem, recounting the great wandering of Odysseus during his ten-year voyage back home to Ithaca, after the Trojan War. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 560 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140268867
ISBN
9780140268867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. One of Dickens's most haunting and bizarre novels, The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of 'Little Nell' and her persecution by the grotesque and lecherous Quilp. This edition uses the Clarendon text, the definitive edition of the novels of Charles Dickens, and includes the original illustrations, five appendices of deleted passages, and details of Little Nell on stage. Illustrator(s): "Phiz". Editor(s): Brennan, Elizabeth M. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations by Cattermole and 'Phiz'. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538232
ISBN
9780199538232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.95

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
€ 10.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Trainer, James. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199549740
ISBN
9780199549740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.77

Paperback. * Black comedy in the style of The Dud Avocado * 'Definitely demonic, exquisitely carved, deadly murderous comedy' Dawn Powell, Book Week Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081240
ISBN
9781844081240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Offers an account of author's marriage - from early passion to the trials of poverty and separation - and his great, enduring love for his wife in eighteenth-century China. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397801
ISBN
9780141397801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

Paperback. You might find it hard to imagine that those ageing spinsters living quietly in small English towns ever led lives of passion or hardship, that they ever possessed beauty or romantic ideals. This title tells the story of two such old wives, sisters Constance and Sophia, from youth, through marriage, heartbreak, triumphs and disasters, to old age. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 40. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595359
ISBN
9780099595359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. Affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters. This work traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442112
ISBN
9780141442112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.08

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