16th to 18th Century Fiction

"Journey to the Moon"

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"Hesperus Classics" series; Brown, Andrew (trans.) What if the moon were another world for which ours served as a moon? An absurd notion, but one which lead our narrator to travel to a paradisiacal world in which he is a monster, a malfunction of Nature and a myth. The dream quickly becomes a nightmare though when the ruling ecclesiastical courts condemn him for his thinking and illicit beliefs. Paperback, 120 pages. Size: 194 x 130 mm. Weight: 167g.

Author: Bergerac, Savinien De Cyrano De
ISBN: 1843911493
Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 16th to 18th Century Fiction

"The Life and Death of Mr Badman"

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"Hesperus Classics" series; Describing instead the progress of the wicked Mr Badman through the world to his death and damnation, this book sets out a dialogue between two earnest gentlemen - Mr Attentive and Mr Wiseman. Paperback, 184 pages. Size: 195 x 125 mm. Weight: 235g.

Author: Bunyan, John
ISBN: 1843911531
Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 16th to 18th Century Fiction

"The Tale of the Incomparable Prince"

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"Harpercollins Library of Tibet" series; Newman, Beth (trans.) A Tibetan novel and a classic work in that country, this text combines intrigue, romance, war, and religion in a story of adventure within the context of a traditional Buddhist worldview. New ed. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 205 x 136 mm. Weight: 262g.

Author: Rgyal, Tshe Ring Dbang
ISBN: 0060927844
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Date: 1997 (UK)
Readership: General 16th to 18th Century Fiction

"Dom Casmurro"

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"Library of Latin America" series; Gledson, John (trans.) This novel, by the Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (originally published in 1900), is one of the unrecognized classics of the turn of the century. This translation provides an informative introduction and notes by John Gledson, which set the novel in its historical context. New ed. Paperback (C Format), 286 pages. Size: 203 x 140 mm. Weight: 249g.

Author: Assis, Machado De
ISBN: 0195103092
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 1998 (Usa)
Readership: General 19th Century Fiction

"Emma"

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For the first time ever, the fairy godmother of modern women's fiction is being reissued for a new audience. All six of Jane Austen's novels are being packaged so they appeal to the fiction-buying public, rather than as either dusty academic texts or film tie-ins. A HUGE untapped market New ed. Paperback, 496 pages. Size: 197 x 128 mm. Weight: 331g.

Author: Austen, Jane
ISBN: 0755331486
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 19th Century Fiction

"Persuasion"

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Eight years ago, Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth fell head over heels in love. But Anne's family put a stop to their engagement, believing he wasn't good enough for her. Pretty Anne soon realises she's made a terrible mistake. Then Captain Wentworth walks back into her life again. Can he forgive her? This is a novel of love lost and regained. New ed. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 128 x 197 mm. Weight: 207g.

Author: Austen, Jane
ISBN: 0755331494
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 19th Century Fiction

"Sense and Sensibility"

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Marianne Dashwood is young, flirtatious and ready to meet a knight in shining armour. Her sister, Elinor, is more restrained - she knows that when it comes to romance, slow and steady wins the race. This is a story of two sisters, both on the brink of falling in love and living happily ever after. But can life ever be that simple? New ed. Paperback, 480 pages. Size: 128 x 197 mm. Weight: 269g.

Author: Austen, Jane
ISBN: 0755331451
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 19th Century Fiction

"The Watsons"

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"Hesperus Classics" series; Left impoverished upon the death of her aunt, Emma Watson has no option but to be reunited with her estranged father and siblings. Initially delighted with her new life, Emma soon realises that her family harbour many ill feelings, not least those springing from the sisters' hopes - and disappointments - in snaring a husband. Paperback, 67 pages. Size: 197 x 128 mm. Weight: 505g.

Author: Austen, Jane Atkinson, Kate
ISBN: 1843911450
Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 19th Century Fiction

"The Legacy of Cain"

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"Pocket Classics" series; When a condemned woman asks the local Minister to take her daughter home, the childless man is touched and finds himself unable to refuse. Yet the prisoner is unrepentant of the murder of her husband. Will her vices be passed on to this seemingly sweet child? New ed. Paperback (B Format), 336 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 240g.

Author: Collins, Wilkie
ISBN: 0750904534
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 1993 (UK)
Readership: General 19th Century Fiction

"Madame Bovary"

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Double tapes, reader Jenny Agutter. Audio Cassette, Weight: 222g.

Author: Flaubert, Gustave
ISBN: 1901768589
Publisher: Csa Word
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 19th Century Fiction

"The Young Pretenders"

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Babs lives contentedly in a large house in the country with her grandmother, her nanny and her brother. Then their grandmother dies and they are sent to live in Kensington with their uncle. Having run wild in the country, suddenly they are abandoned in a world of artifice and convention and are expected to behave artificially and conventionally. Paperback, 248 pages. Size: 192 x 138 mm. Weight: 328g.

Author: Fowler, Edith Henrietta
ISBN: 1903155630
Publisher: Persephone Books Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 19th Century Fiction

"The Squabble"

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"Hesperus Classics" series; Aplin, Hugh (trans.) Gogol's 'The Squabble' is a work of tragicomedy. In it, Gogol ridicules the Ukrainian passion for litigation and reveals life as something really rather absurd. New ed. Paperback, 112 pages. Size: 198 x 124 mm. Weight: 133g.

Author: Gogol, N.V.
ISBN: 1843910136
Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 19th Century Fiction

"The Runaway"

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This novel for grown-up children and childish grown-ups was first published in 1872 and is evocative and surprisingly modern. With illustrations. Paperback, 232 pages. Weight: 505g.

Author: Hart, Elizabeth Anna
ISBN: 1903155266
Publisher: Persephone Books Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 19th Century Fiction