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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Parodying the popular travel accounts of its time, Gulliver's Travels is not only a tour de force of imaginative and comic writing, which has thrilled readers of all ages for almost three centuries, but also a masterly, merciless satire on Western society and human nature. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495976
ISBN
9781847495976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.23

Hardback. Features Captain Ahab who is an eerily compelling madman who focuses his distilled hatred and suffering (and that of generations before him) into the pursuit of a creature as vast, dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. This title is a haunting social commentary populated with some of the most enduring characters in literature. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 44. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780141199603
ISBN
9780141199603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Eight years ago, Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth. Now, circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle and Anne finds her old feelings for him reignited. This novel tells the story of a love that endures the tests of time and society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511175
ISBN
9780099511175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.51

Paperback. Presents an uproarious and alcohol-soaked shaggy-dog story from one of Russia's great comic masters. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397399
ISBN
9780141397399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.42

Paperback. Written in the mid-thirteenth century, this book chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. It depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. Written in the mid-thirteenth century, this book chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. It depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2GJ; FC. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight: 316.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Trade
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138031
ISBN
9780231138031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008110604
ISBN
9780008110604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.30

Hardback. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780141199573
ISBN
9780141199573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 13.56

Hardback. More than a delightful girls' book, this richly annotated and illustrated edition of Little Women will instruct new and returning readers, young and old. Alcott scholar Daniel Shealy illuminates the novel's engagement with social equality, reform movements, the Civil War, friendship, love, loss, and the central question: How does one grow up well? Editor(s): Shealy, Daniel. Num Pages: 540 pages, 100 color illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 237 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1950.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
540
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674059719
ISBN
9780674059719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.90

Hardcover. A collection of early stories and later fragments which throw an entirely new light on Jane Austen. Arranged in two parts, it includes everything she wrote apart from letters and the six famous novels. Num Pages: 502 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152258
ISBN
9781857152258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.24

Hardback. M. R. James's classic ghost stories are some of the finest in English, creating menace and terror in lonely country houses and remote inns. This is the only one-volume edition to include all James's published stories, an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story, and a critical introduction and notes. Editor(s): Jones, Darryl. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 43. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198797364
ISBN
9780198797364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.26

Paperback. .
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495655
ISBN
9781847495655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.69

Hardcover. A story which evokes a bygone rural life, and is charged with a personal passion that intensifies the novel's outer dramas of seduction and betrayal and inner dramas of moral growth and redemption. Num Pages: 598 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150599
ISBN
9781857150599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.22

Paperback. A novel, in which, one man's obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a journey into a shadow-world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780571276639
ISBN
9780571276639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Conjuring up a cascade of sexual encounters, this book evokes the essence of female sexuality in a world where only love has meaning. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182841
ISBN
9780141182841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he was not successful enough, has never forgotten him. When he returns, he brings with him a tantalizing second chance of happiness. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 8. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198835
ISBN
9780141198835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 402. Series: Oxford World's Classics. 592 pages. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 194 x 130 x 27. Weight: 394.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555437
ISBN
9780199555437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173268
ISBN
9781590173268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.52

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, this new edition includes pictures and section on Dostoevsky's life and works. Seen by many as the first existentialist novel, Notes from Underground was a pivotal moment in the development of modern literature and has inspired countless novelists, thinkers and film-makers. Translator(s): Zinovieff, Kyril; Hughes, Jenny. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493743
ISBN
9781847493743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Margaret; Rosengarten, Herbert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Oxford University Press New York
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
SKU
KST0029981
ISBN
9780199536672
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.83

Paperback. In this intriguing tale of time travel, du Maurier interweaves past and present together in a novel that is just as rich as anything she has ever written. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080427
ISBN
9781844080427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

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