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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. In this revised and updated version of the definitive and highly acclaimed Maude translation, Tolstoy's genius and the power of his prose are made newly available to the contemporary reader. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1392 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 44. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199232765
ISBN
9780199232765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

Hardcover. Combines history and fiction of Russia's lengthy war with the French armies of Napoleon and its effects on the domestic lives of those caught up in the conflict. This title creates some of the characters in literature. It follows the rise and fall of families in St Petersburg and Moscow who are linked by their personal and political relationships. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 1296 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1568.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Gift ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099512233
ISBN
9780099512233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 26.16

Paperback. From sophisticated Moscow soirees to breathless troika rides through the snow, from the bloody front line at Austerlitz to a wife's death in childbirth, the author conjures a broad panorama of rich, messy, beautiful and debased human life. Series: Vintage Classic Russians Series. Num Pages: 1296 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 215 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871949
ISBN
9781784871949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.93

Hardback. At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. Num Pages: 1440 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241265543
ISBN
9780241265543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.03

Hardback. Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French invasion of Russia. In this definitive Maude translation, Tolstoy's genius and the power of his prose are made newly available to the contemporary reader. Translator(s): Maude, Louise. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 1392 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198800545
ISBN
9780198800545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. This "Critical Edition" is based on the Maude translation. The text includes three maps of Napoleon's campaigns and battles in Russia, the publication history of "War and Peace", selections from Tolstoy's letters and diaries, three drafts of his introduction to the novel, and 20 critical essays. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 1200 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
1196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393966473
ISBN
9780393966473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.12

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 1424 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 49. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375760648
ISBN
9780375760648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.98

Paperback. At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. In this book, the author entwines grand themes - conflict and love, birth and death, free will and faith - with unforgettable scenes of nineteenth-century Russia, to create a magnificent epic of human life in its imperfection and grandeur. Translator(s): Briggs, Anthony. Num Pages: 1440 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 60. Weight in Grams: 992.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
1440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447934
ISBN
9780140447934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. Tolstoy's epic depicts Russia's war with Napoleon and its effects on the lives of those caught up in the conflict. In this book, he creates some of the most vital and involving characters in literature as he follows the rise and fall of families in St Petersburg and Moscow who are linked by their personal and political relationships. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 1296 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
1296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099512240
ISBN
9780099512240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.70

Paperback. War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Translator(s): Maude, Louise; Maude, Aylmer. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 47. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260629
ISBN
9781853260629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.43

Hardcover. This is a three-volume boxed set of Tolstoy's historical chronicle of Russia's struggle with Napoleon. The novel is an affirmation of life itself, focusing on the lives of individuals and the physical reality of human experience and its bewildering complexity. Translator(s): Maude, Louise; Maude, Aylmer. Num Pages: 1744 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 102. Weight in Grams: 1988.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
1744
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150964
ISBN
9781857150964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.27
€ 51.91

Paperback. Translator(s): Hingley, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199553891
ISBN
9780199553891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.28

Paperback. Catherine Sloper is heiress to a fortune and is easily overwhelmed by the attentions of a handsome but penniless suitor. Her clever father is implacably opposed to the match, and the scene for a classic confrontation is set. This new edition of James's most enduringly popular work offers more information than any previous edition. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199559190
ISBN
9780199559190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.94

Paperback. When timid and plain Catherine Sloper is courted by the dashing and determined Morris Townsend, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, delivers an ultimatum: break off her engagement, or be stripped of her inheritance. Editor(s): Banta, Martha. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441368
ISBN
9780141441368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375761225
ISBN
9780375761225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.87

Hardcover. When Catherine Sloper falls for Maurice Townsend, her father, a wealthy New York doctor, believes that Townsend is a fortune hunter after his daughter's inheritance. He forbids the marriage but Catherine persists in her affection, encouraged by her foolish aunt Lavinia who has a weakness for Maurice herself. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 207 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1964
Edition
Durabind
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593524
ISBN
9781841593524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. Dr Sloper is disappointed in his dull daughter, Catherine, a mediocre replacement for his beautiful and intelligent wife who died soon after childbirth. Yet, as Sloper threatens, beguiles and dictates to his daughter, he discovers in Catherine a pale reflection of his own obdurate character. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224276
ISBN
9781840224276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.43

Paperback. Written in Roussillon during World War Two, while the author was hiding from the Gestapo, this title tells the tale of Mr Knott's servant and his attempts to get to know his master. Watt's mistake is to derive the essence of his master from the accidentals of his being, and his attempts to 'know' ultimately consign him to the asylum. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571244744
ISBN
9780571244744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.61

Paperback. Young Edward Waverley is caught in the middle: son of a Hanoverian yet nephew and heir to a Jacobite, a captain in the King's army yet drawn to the brave Highlanders and their romantic history. Edward must choose where his loyalties lie, even as his heart is torn between gentle Rose Brawardine, and the passionate, principled Flora Mac-Ivor. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589631
ISBN
9780099589631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Edward Waverley, a naive, sensitive young man, is posted to Scotland with his regiment, and becomes caught between the clans of the Jacobite Rising and the forces of the Hanoverian regime. He must decide whether he will follow the civilization he has always known, or be drawn into an older world of honour and loyalty. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436600
ISBN
9780140436600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Edward Waverley, a young English soldier, is caught up in the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, the last civil war fought on British soil and the attempt to reinstate the Stuart monarchy. With Waverley Scott invented the modern historical novel and profoundly influenced the development of European and American fiction for a century at least. Editor(s): Lamont, Claire. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198716594
ISBN
9780198716594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. Series: Vintage Classics. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 36. Weight in Grams: 379.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871413
ISBN
9781784871413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.17

Hardback. A critical edition of Scott's first novel about Edward Waverley, a young, cultured man whose sensibilities lead to his involvement in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Editor(s): Garside, Peter. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 608 pages, None. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 934.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605675
ISBN
9780748605675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.43

Paperback. The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. Translator(s): Randall, Natasha. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511434
ISBN
9780099511434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

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