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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

CD-Audio. AUDIOBOOK Volume 1 of The Inimitable Jeeves also follows the trials and tribulations of one of the more idiotic of Bertie's chums, Bingo Little, who has a tendency to fall in love.. frequently and disastrously! BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
CD
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Canongate CSA Audio
Condition
New
SKU
9781906147372
ISBN
9781906147372
CD
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0000494
ISBN
9781843915287
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. At Deverill Hall, an idyllic Tudor manor in the village of King's Deverill, impostors are in the air. The prime example is man-about-town Bertie Wooster, doing a good turn to Gussie Fink-Nottle by impersonating him while he enjoys fourteen days away from society. It's a brilliant plan - until Gussie himself turns up, imitating Wooster. Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099513773
ISBN
9780099513773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. Gladys and Annie Barnes are impoverished sisters who have seen better times. They live in a modest cottage in the backstreets of Highate with Mr Fisher, a mild but eccentric old man living secretively in the attic above them. Their quiet lives are thrown into confusion when a new landlord takes over, a dreaded and unscrupulous 'rackman'. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099528692
ISBN
9780099528692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. With the ink still wet on his diploma, the twenty-five-year-old Dr Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the depths of rural Russia in 1916-17. This book show how his alter-ego copes (or fails to cope) with the new and often appalling responsibilities of a lone doctor in a vast country practice - on the eve of the Revolution. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
9780099529569
ISBN
9780099529569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.55

Paperback. A young English woman leaves her ageing parents to visit friends living in the Australian outback. She falls in love, both with the country and with Carl, a doctor and Czech refugee. Brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate, their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is called back to England. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099530039
ISBN
9780099530039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. Son of a bankrupt landowner, Frank Gresham is intent on marrying his beloved Mary Thorne, despite her illegitimacy and apparent poverty. Frank's ambitious mother and haughty aunt are set against the match, however, and push him to save the family's mortgaged estate by making a good marriage to a wealthy heiress. Editor(s): Rendell, Ruth. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin USA
Condition
New
SKU
9780140433265
ISBN
9780140433265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.61

Paperback. Offers accounts of 'Funes the Memorious', the man who can forget nothing; 'Pierre Menard, Author of the "Quixote"', who recreates Miguel de Cervantes' epic word-for-word; a society run on the basis of an all-encompassing game of chance in 'The Lottery in Babylon'. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183848
ISBN
9780141183848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral. This title presents eleven short stories. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183862
ISBN
9780141183862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.84

Paperback. Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of 'The Daily Beast', has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184029
ISBN
9780141184029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.07

Paperback. Set among the manicured lawns and euphemisms of Whispering Glades Memorial Park in Hollywood, this novel satirizes the American way of death and offers Waugh's memento mori. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184241
ISBN
9780141184241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.71

Paperback. Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious and immature, Botchan finds himself facing several tests. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141391885
ISBN
9780141391885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.15

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
€ 9.15

Paperback. The story of the childhood and youth of an Irish poet-scholar, Stephen Dedalus, who questions his Catholic faith as he reaches manhood in turn-of-the century Dublin. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 214 x 25. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143108245
ISBN
9780143108245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Translator(s): Reynolds, Sian. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241258552
ISBN
9780241258552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.15

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

€ 11.99
€ 9.69

Hardcover. Mike is a seriously good cricketer who forms an unlikely alliance with old Etonian Psmith ('the P is silent') after they both find themselves fish out of water at a new school, Sedleigh, where they eventually overcome the hostility of others and their own prejudices to become stars. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841591834
ISBN
9781841591834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.14

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
€ 9.71

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
€ 10.30

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
€ 9.71

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