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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other women and children whom the Japanese force to walk for miles through the jungle leading to the deaths of many. Due to her courageous spirit, Jean takes on the role of leader of the sorry gaggle of prisoners. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Publication date
2015
Format
Paperback
SKU
9781784870027
ISBN
9781784870027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 5.80

Hardcover. Set in mid 19th-century Russia, this book examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 44. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151824
ISBN
9781857151824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 14.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 501 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Bantam USA
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553213430
ISBN
9780553213430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.82

Paperback. Unwelcome guests are descending on Blandings Castle, particularly the overbearing Duke of Dunstable, who settles in the Garden Suite with no intention of leaving, and Lady Constance, Lord Emsworth's sister and a lady of firm disposition, who arrives unexpectedly from New York. Skulduggery is also afoot involving the sale of a modern nude painting. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099514022
ISBN
9780099514022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.69

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94. 8vo. Good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
New edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0289555
ISBN
9780486264653
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 39. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harper Press
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007925360
ISBN
9780007925360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.66

Paperback. Set in the countryside of the author's native province of Berry, this book tells the story of Francois, an orphan boy placed in a rural foster home, and Madeline, the miller's wife who befriends him. Translator(s): Collis, E. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258501
ISBN
9780803258501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.90

Paperback. Introduces Ellen Webb, who lives in the dryland wheat country of central Montana during the early 1940s. This title is about growing up, becoming a woman, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and within the space of a year and a half. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FC; FJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803297418
ISBN
9780803297418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.27

Paperback. A set of ten interlocked stories, set in Dublin and involving their adrift hero Belacqua in a series of encounters, as woman after woman comes crashing through his solipsism. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571244607
ISBN
9780571244607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.48

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. The Unnamable - so named because he knows not who he may be - is from a nameless place. He speaks of previous selves ('all these Murphys, Molloys, and Malones..') as diversions from the need to stop speaking altogether. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571244645
ISBN
9780571244645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.61

Paperback. This collection brings together Jane Austen's earliest experiments in the art of fiction and novels that she left incomplete at the time of her premature death in 1817. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9781840226966
ISBN
9781840226966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.93

Paperback. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children. But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him, scare him into mending his ways, and he finds, as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and their family, that geniality brings its own reward. Illustrator(s): Rackham, Arthur. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 70.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853261213
ISBN
9781853261213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.41

Paperback. Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of two contrasting but inter-linked lives. Through the retiring Amelia Sedley and the brilliant Becky Sharp, Thackeray examines the position of women in an intensely exploitative male world. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 38. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260193
ISBN
9781853260193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.43

Hardback. The Dublin Illustrated Edition of Ulysses, endorsed by The James Joyce Centre, meticulously recreates the 1922 text. Illustrator(s): Byrne, Emma. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 139 x 51. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
1056
Condition
New
SKU
9781847175908
ISBN
9781847175908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476663661
ISBN
9781476663661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.25

Paperback. A deliriously delightful novel of George Bernard Shaw's, full of miscommunication, drawing-room comedy and love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547476
ISBN
9781848547476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. From the story of revenge served cold in 'The Shot' to the supernatural atmosphere of 'The Undertaker', this collection - presented here in a brand-new translation by Roger Clarke - sparkles with humour and is a testament to the brilliance and versatility of Pushkin's mind. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Alma Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781847493514
ISBN
9781847493514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.66

Paperback. Amory Blaine, intent on rebelling against his staid, Midwestern upbringing, longs to acquire the patina of Eastern sophistication. In his quest for sexual and intellectual enlightenment, he progresses through a series of relationships, until he is cast out into the real world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185576
ISBN
9780141185576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.61

Paperback. First published in the pages of a pulp-fiction magazine, Tarzan of the Apes has gone on to become one of America's most enduring cultural icons. The story of an orphaned child growing up among the apes is here set within its historical and literary contexts, and appendices include readers' letters and selections from related narratives. Editor(s): Haslam, Jason. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 239.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199542888
ISBN
9780199542888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.70

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