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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. In 1842, eight years before his death, Balzac described Ursule Mirouet as the masterpiece of all the studies of human society that he had written. In this title, the twin themes of redemption and rebirth are illuminated by a consistently passionate rejection of both philosophic and practical materialism in favour of love. Translator(s): Adamson, Donald. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396705
ISBN
9780141396705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853261893
ISBN
9781853261893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.43

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
€ 8.43

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series at 4.99, this edition of Great Expectations includes pictures and a section on Dickens's life and works. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493811
ISBN
9781847493811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.26

Paperback. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend of the phantom hound before Sir Charles' heir comes to an equally gruesome end. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199177
ISBN
9780141199177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19

Hardcover. The Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives - and often violent deaths - the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 522 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 36. Weight in Grams: 796. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. 522 pages. The Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives - and often violent deaths - the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 36. Weight: 796.
Publisher
Non Basic Stock Line
Number of pages
522
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604432
ISBN
9780748604432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782271079
ISBN
9781782271079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.39

Hardback. Presents a selection of author's writings that demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. This title follows a man's terrifying descent into madness after the loss of a lover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143122364
ISBN
9780143122364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. Ex-detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. He thinks his sleuthing days are over, but when Julia Wolf, a former acquaintance, is found dead, her body riddled with bullets, Nick - along with his glamorous wife, Nora - can't resist making a few enquiries. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241962527
ISBN
9780241962527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007420148
ISBN
9780007420148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.32

Paperback. Milton is a northern town centred around the cotton mills that employ most of its inhabitants. Arriving from a rural idyll, Margaret Hale is initially shocked by the social unrest and poverty she finds in her new hometown. However, as her stormy relationship with the mill-owner John Thornton develops, she starts to see Milton in a different light. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511489
ISBN
9780099511489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19

Paperback. Features Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for intellectual fulfilment leads her into a disastrous marriage to the pedantic scholar Casaubon; and the charming but tactless Dr Lydgate, whose marriage to the spendthrift beauty Rosamund and pioneering medical methods threaten to undermine his career. Editor(s): Ashton, Rosemary. Num Pages: 880 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439549
ISBN
9780141439549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Tells the story of Lucius, a curious and silly young man, who is turned into a donkey when he meddles with witchcraft. Doomed to wander from region to region and mistreated by a series of deplorable owners, Lucius at last is restored to human form with the help of the goddess Isis. Translator(s): Ruden, Sarah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198140
ISBN
9780300198140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. When Phineas Finn returns from Ireland to the parliamentary fray, his political advancement is complicated by his romantic relations with three powerful women; his very life is at stake when he is accused of murder. The fourth of Trollope's Palliser novels, Phineas Redux is a spellbinding achievement, and the first modern 'media' novel. Editor(s): Bowen, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583485
ISBN
9780199583485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.13

Paperback. Includes stories such as - "Mr Loveday's Little Outing"; "Cruise"; "Period Piece"; "On Guard"; "An Englishman's Home"; "Excursion in Reality"; "Bella Fleace Gave a Party"; "Winner Takes All"; "Work Suspended"; "Scott-King's Modern Europe"; "Basil Seal Rides Again"; and "Charles Ryder's Schooldays". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184517
ISBN
9780141184517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare, that has thrilled readers ever since. Also included in this edition are a number of short stories and essays of the 1880s and extracts from writings on personality disorder that set the works in their historical context. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536221
ISBN
9780199536221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.88

hardcover. This complex tale of self-discovery -- considered by the author to be his best work -- traces the path of an aging idealist, Lambert Strether. Arriving in Paris with the intention of persuading his young charge to abandon an obsession with a French woman and return home, Strether reaches unexpected conclusions. Num Pages: 548 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 301 x 31. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Heritage Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593746
ISBN
9781841593746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Gustafson, Richard F. Translator(s): Maude, Louise Shanks. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555765
ISBN
9780199555765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.32

Hardback. Wuthering Heights tells the story of a romance between two youngsters: Catherine Earnshaw and an orphan boy, Heathcliff. This tale of hauntings, passion and greed remains unsurpassed in its depiction of the dark side of love.

With an Afterword by David Pinching

Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93 x 23. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827800
ISBN
9781509827800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.68

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

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

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