×


 x 

Shopping cart

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Results 265 - 288 of 3346

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this title follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 181 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394893
ISBN
9780141394893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.74

Paperback. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Editor(s): Horne, Philip. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141441269
ISBN
9780141441269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Pyotr Verkhovensky and Nikolai Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goals - even if the mission means suicide. Translator(s): Maguire, Robert; Meyer, Ronald. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 38. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141441412
ISBN
9780141441412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. 'Call me Ishmael.' So begins the author's masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. As Ishmael is drawn into Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to slay the white whale Moby-Dick, he finds himself engaged in a metaphysical struggle between good and evil. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps, illustrations, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780142437247
ISBN
9780142437247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241980347
ISBN
9780241980347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.66

Hardcover. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152807
ISBN
9781857152807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
Unabridged
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486275598
ISBN
9780486275598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.23

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486434124
ISBN
9780486434124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

Paperback. The beefy 'Stilton' Cheesewright has drawn Bertie Wooster as red-hot favourite in the Drones club annual darts tournament - which is lucky for Bertie because otherwise Stilton would have beaten him to a pulp and buttered the lawn with him. Stilton does not like men who he thinks are trifling with his fiancee's affections. Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099513933
ISBN
9780099513933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Tells stories from the middle period of the author's career - influenced by his own experiences as a doctor. In this title, all the stories feature characters who face madness, alienation and frustration before they experience brief, ephemeral moments of insight, often earned at great cost, where they confront the reality of their existence. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447866
ISBN
9780140447866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of the author's own insignificance, this book tells the story of his tortured life. It describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140455120
ISBN
9780140455120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A doctor is visited by a desperate woman with a question: am I evil, or insane? When the letters from Italian servant to his wife in London suddenly cease, she is convinced he has been murdered. In the darkened bedroom of a mouldering palazzo by the Grand Canal, an English lord sickens and suddenly dies. How are these little mysteries connected? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784871154
ISBN
9781784871154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Hardcover. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Moncrieff, Scott. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 34. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841598963
ISBN
9781841598963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 18.76

Hardcover. Uses the narrative of a mock travel writer to explore exotic and imaginary locations. This book mounts a scathing attack on the morals, politics and learning of the 18th century, culminating in possibly the greatest satire ever written: the story of the Houyhnhnms. Num Pages: 326 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150261
ISBN
9781857150261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Eustacia Vye criss-crosses the wild Egdon Heath, eager to experience life to the full in her quest for 'music, poetry, passion, war'. She marries Clym Yeobright, native of the heath, but his idealism frustrates her romantic ambitions and her discontent draws others into a tangled web of deceit and unhappiness. Editor(s): Gatrell, Simon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Sunning to spine. Previous owners inscription on top and bottom of pages, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
496
SKU
KCW0001250
ISBN
9780199537044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. William Thackeray called it "the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel-writing began." As a group of travellers visit places in England and Scotland, they provide through satire and wit a vivid and detailed picture of the contemporary social and political scene. Editor(s): Knapp, Lewis M.; Bouce, Paul-Gabriel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Sunning to spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reissue
SKU
KCW0001418
ISBN
9780199538980
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Set in 1797, Billy Budd is a tale of satanic treachery, tragedy and great pathos that explores human relationships and the inherently ambiguous nature of man-made justice. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232033
ISBN
9781853267499
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Anne Elliot lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances. A woman of no importance, she manoeuvres in her restricted circumstances as her long-time love Captain Wentworth did in the wars. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146. Paperback in very good condition, with some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232239
ISBN
9781853260568
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.74

Paperback. Turgenev is an author who no longer belongs to Russia only. During the last fifteen years of his life he won for himself the reading public, first in France, then in Germany and America, and finally in England. As regards his method of dealing with his material and shaping it into mould, he stands even higher than as a pure creator. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Vintage paperback in good condition, with some light shelfwear.
Publication date
1950
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KRF2232311
ISBN
9780140440096
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Includes tales such as 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'Big Klaus and Little Klaus'. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54. Clean copy with damage to cover but pages remain ini very good condition
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KEA0000181
ISBN
9780141398044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Leather / fine binding.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Canterbury Classics United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
724
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607103141
ISBN
9781607103141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.23

Paperback. Based on the 1848 edition text, the Brontes' gifted biographer provides a superlative Norton Critical Edition of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel. Editor(s): Lutz, Deborah. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393264876
ISBN
9780393264876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.52

Paperback. Eustacia Vye criss-crosses the wild Egdon Heath, eager to experience life to the full in her quest for 'music, poetry, passion, war'. She marries Clym Yeobright, native of the heath, but his idealism frustrates her romantic ambitions and her discontent draws others into a tangled web of deceit and unhappiness. Editor(s): Gatrell, Simon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Some wear and bumping to spine. Damage to binding on spine, remains good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
496
SKU
KCW0001823
ISBN
9780199537044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 31. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Minor foxing appears but remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0002214
ISBN
9780007350872
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!