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Although Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was not only the brightest genius of his age and country, but a man of active life and open...

When Bathsheba Everdene inherits a farm from her uncle, no-one expects her to run it alone. But our spirited young heroine will...

‘Of living creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few if any can hope to equal the versatile Arthur Machen.’...

Othello has long been recognised as one of the most powerful of Shakespeare’s tragedies. This is an intense drama of love,...

The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother – 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of...

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
In 1943, there was an urgent need for Animal Farm. The Soviet...

Anne of Avonlea continues Anne’s story. Now half-past sixteen but as strong-headed and romantic as ever, Anne becomes a teacher...

‘… the shadow turned round; and I saw a terrible death’s-head, which darted a look at me from a pair of scorching eyes. I felt as...

Like George Orwell, Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka’s world, it is never completely clear...

The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their...

Through the Looking-Glass the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, containing the famous illustrations by Sir John...

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a huge cyclone transports the orphan Dorothy and her little dog Toto from Kansas to the Land of...

Hans Christian Andersen is the best-loved of all tellers of fairy tales.
This collection of over forty of Andersen's most...

‘… the shadow turned round; and I saw a terrible death’s-head, which darted a look at me from a pair of scorching eyes. I felt as...

The supernatural figure of the sorcerer, someone with magic powers for both good and evil, features in storytelling and legends...

The stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are sprawling, dramatic and wonderfully strange; their lives intertwine...

From the eerie to the magical by way of the deeply strange, this collection of short stories is a must for all fantasy...

Published in 1967 in Japan to huge controversy, Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed novel and a classic of its...

The inspiration for The Boy & The Heron, the major new Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli film and Golden Globe Award winner...

A letter from beyond the grave.
One last request.
An unsolvable crime.
When Miss Marple receives a letter from the recently...

Written at the end of the life of Elizabeth I, Henry V is an inspirational, gripping play that struck a chord in a time of...

In Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare uses the most notorious murder in classical history to tell a tragic tale of friendship,...

Initially described as a comedy, Shakespeare's explorations of prejudice, duty and the nature of justice make The Merchant of...

Its lyricism, comedy (both broad and subtle) and magical transformations have long made A Midsummer Night’s Dream one of the most...

James Joyce’s astonishing masterpiece, Ulysses, tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in...

Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world...

Childhood friends Clare and Irene are both light-skinned enough to pass as white, but only one of them has chosen to cross the...

Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned on its publication in 1928, creating a storm of controversy. Lawrence tells the story of...

Agatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery, now presented as a sumptuous special edition hardback.

Beautiful Caroline Crale...

A young woman found murdered

A scandal in the making

When Mrs Bantry wakes to find a body in her library, there’s only one...