Set in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev during the chaotic winter of 1918–19, The White Guard, Bulgakov’s first full-length novel,...

When strange things are reported to be floating in rivers in rural Vermont after a flood, old myths about hill-dwelling monsters...

Through a series of connected monologues, The Waves tells the story of six very different friends – Bernard, Louis, Neville,...

When the peaceful atmosphere of Barchester is destroyed by a scandal concerning the financial affairs of an almshouse, Septimus...

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in...

Helen and Ridley Ambrose are preparing to set off for an exotic resort off the coast of South America on the Euphrosyne, a ship...

Ivan Bunin's first published work, The Village is a bleak and uncompromising portrayal of rural life in south-west Russia. Set at...

When Sherlock Holmes receives a bungled tip-off from one of the agents of his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, the great detective...

An unnamed young governess is sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Yet she is soon oppressed...

Gilbert's libretti of the comic operas composed by Arthur Sullivan are hugely well known, and lines such as "let the punishment...

On his thirtieth birthday, the bank clerk Josef K. is suddenly arrested by mysterious agents for an unspecified crime. He is told...

As a group of Western tourists travel down the Nile on the steamer Korosko towards the historical sites near Egypt's southern...

Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money. So when he becomes aware of the potential value of a series of passionate love...

A Victorian scientist and inventor creates a machine for propelling himself through time, and voyages to the year AD 802701,...

Coming back into town after a hunting expedition, Alexandre Dumas witnesses an incredible scene: a man has come to hand himself...

When Richard Hannay finds the corpse of freelance spy Franklin P. Scudder in his London flat, he goes on the run, fearing that...

Gilbert Markham is fascinated by Helen Graham, the beautiful and enigmatic woman who has recently moved into Wildfell Hall. He is...

When shop-owner Julia Segovia decides that she’s going to marry the handsome if exceedingly young and naive soldier Valentin Bru,...

Imbued with a comic nostalgia and overlaid with Dovlatov's characteristically dark-edged humour and wry power of observation, The...

Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius ("H.O.") Bastable are desperate to help their widowed father to restore the...

When Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane find the Psammead, a magical sand fairy, in a pet shop in London, they have no idea that they...

"After a while, with the parrot's help, the Doctor got to learn the language of the animals so well that he could talk to them...

In Dandelion Land, a young snail can't stop asking his friends awkward questions, such as: why are we so slow - and why can't we...

Caught up in an oil spill, a dying seagull scrambles ashore to lay her final egg and lands on a balcony, where she meets Zorba, a...

A secret terrorist group infiltrates the household of a government official’s son, with a view to spying on the father and,...

Combining psychological detail with a strong sense of place and time, this tale bears all the hallmarks of Chekhov's genius, and...

Presented as a collection of confessional letters written by the eponymous protagonist, The Sorrows of Young Werther charts the...

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After years of fierce battle, the Emperor Charlemagne's army is finally on the brink of victory over the...

As their father is sick, Hans Brinker and his younger sister Gretel must work to support their family. Despite this life of...

Deeply bored by the lack of mental stimulus and the dull routine of existence, Sherlock Holmes is about to resort to his daily...