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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. William Grove is a nervous teenager trying to fit in at his new boarding school. Jack Draper is a teacher whose wife is cheating on him. Edith Stone is the daughter of the English master who falls in love with the most popular boy in school. In this book, their stories twine together in the confines of the small community of Dorset Academy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518587
ISBN
9780099518587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.72

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264462
ISBN
9788086264462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.47

Paperback. After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183961
ISBN
9780141183961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186580
ISBN
9780141186580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his name in his dull provincial hometown, he is taken up by a patroness, the captivating married woman Madame de Bargeton, and prepares to forge his way in the glamorous beau monde of Paris. Translator(s): Heppenstall, Rayner. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New Impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442328
ISBN
9780140442328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.72

Paperback. In A Hero of Our Time, the first great Russian novel, a young officer, passionate and world-weary, is posted to the Caucasus and becomes involved in a series of adventures. A dazzlingly original work of fiction, the novel is newly translated together with Pushkin's travel narrative, A Journey to Arzrum, with introduction and notes. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199652686
ISBN
9780199652686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this edition includes Princess Ligovskaya Translator(s): Cornwell, Neil; Parker, Martin. Series: Evergreens. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495761
ISBN
9781847495761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.69

Hardcover. Set in the Caucasus, the scene of Russia's military campaigns in the 19th century, this is both an adventure story and a sardonic look at the heroic ideals of the author's contemporaries. Translator(s): Nabokov, Vladimir; Nabokov, Dmitri. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
188
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150780
ISBN
9781857150780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. This new translation includes Kafka's two published collections, A Country Doctor and A Hunger Artist with other, uncollected stories, aphorisms, and parables that have become part of the Kafka canon. Enigmatic, satirical, often bleakly humorous, the stories meditate on art and artists and the human experience. Includes an introduction and notes. Translator(s): Crick, Joyce. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199600922
ISBN
9780199600922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. A Journal of the Plague Year is Defoe's fictional reconstruction of the effects of the Great Plague of 1665 on London. He brings vividly to life the devastation and suffering wrought by the disease,and its effect on the city. This revised edition includes comprehensive notes, a complete topographical index, and a new introduction. Editor(s): Landa, Louis A. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199572830
ISBN
9780199572830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146. Series: Dover Thrift S. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ; FC. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 12. Weight: 148.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486419190
ISBN
9780486419190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.16

Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375757891
ISBN
9780375757891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.92

Paperback.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493088
ISBN
9781847493088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.79

Paperback. Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a troubled teenager growing up in the small Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley. Treated as a failure at school, and unhappy at home, Billy discovers a new passion in life when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184982
ISBN
9780141184982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910263068
ISBN
9781910263068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.32

Hardback. Against the background of Montrose's campaign of 1644-5, this spirited novel centres on one of Scott's most memorable creations - Sir Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 270 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605729
ISBN
9780748605729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.30

Paperback. The first of Maupassant's six novels, A Life (Une Vie) (1883) is the story of Jeanne de Lamare, the only daughter of wealthy Norman aristocrats whose life is beset by treachery and disillusion. Editor(s): Pearson, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555512
ISBN
9780199555512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. A fascinating study in sexual psychology and sexual politics, the novel focuses on Helene Grandjean, a widow, and her shifting emotional states. This is the eighth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years. Editor(s): Nelson, Brian. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC; FYT. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728641
ISBN
9780198728641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Hardback. Collects stories of the author, from the yuletide festivities of Marmee and her 'little women' to the moving 'What Love Can Do'. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 186 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143122463
ISBN
9780143122463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 4. Weight in Grams: 62. Series: Dover Thrift S. 64 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Dimension: 208 x 134 x 4. Weight: 62.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486287591
ISBN
9780486287591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.00

paperback. One summer, just after the Great War, Tom Birkin, a demobbed soldier, arrives in the village of Oxgodby. He has been invited to uncover and restore a medieval wall painting in the local church. At the same time, Charles Moon - a fellow damaged survivor of the war - has been asked to locate the grave of a village ancestor. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 70.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
9780241972038
ISBN
9780241972038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.56

Paperback. 'I did have hallucinations, but did they harm anyone? Who did they harm, that's what I'd like to know!' This title features three disturbing tales of supernatural hallucinations, hysterical obsession and moral decay. It includes fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241251782
ISBN
9780241251782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.46

Paperback. Hailed as a masterpiece of Russian literature, A Nest of the Gentry - Turgenev's most successful and widely read novel, here presented in a new translation by Michael Pursglove - deals with the personal struggles of the individual in a period of turbulent social change. Translator(s): Pursglove, Michael. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495907
ISBN
9781847495907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Manford, Alan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 122 x 1. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538492
ISBN
9780199538492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

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