The civil servant Ivan Matveich and his wife Yelena Ivanovna are spectators of an exhibition – in a shopping arcade – of a...

Compiled and published after Fitzgerald’s death by his friend, the prominent critic and editor Edmund Wilson, The Crack-Up is a...

As the nineteenth century draws to an end, young Torless is sent to a military boarding school for the sons of the nobility on...

The boy who wouldn't grow up, Peter Pan has the power of flight and lives on a magical island. But he is fascinated by Mary...

Paul Scarron’s masterpiece, The Comic Romance, recounts the adventures of a troupe of provincial itinerant actors, skilfully...

When Conrad, son of Prince Manfred of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances on his wedding day, his father, fearing his...

Once again the eminent detective is presented with a series of seemingly impenetrable cases: an anonymous but illustrious client...

Set during the Pugachov rebellion against Catherine the Great, The Captain's Daughter was Pushkin's only completed novel and...

When the Americans Mr and Mrs Otis and their four children move into Canterville Chase, its previous occupant Lord Canterville...

Alma Classics edition of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer contains 3,000 notes and 30 pages extra material.
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When Buck is smuggled from his beloved home in the Santa Clara Valley and forced to work as a sled-dog in the frozen wilderness...

After one of their own people repeatedly fails to live up to a pact with the Devil, a petty and morally bankrupt village...

What is the nature, essence and definition of a fart? What are the consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is...

The heir to his grandfather’s considerable fortune, Anthony Patch is led astray from the path to gainful employment by the...

Starving after a harsh winter, the bears descend from the mountains in search of food and invade the valley below, where they...

Inspired by Boileau's Lutrin and illustrating the debate within European intellectual circles between the "Ancients", who argued...

While spending the summer in the resort of Grand Isle with her husband and children, Edna Pontellier begins a process of...

Most famous for his twenty-volume dissection of nineteenth-century French mores and society, the Rougon-Macquart novels, Zola was...

For two and a half thousand years The Art of War has been the core text of military strategy and planning, providing leaders with...

The intelligent and charming Newland Archer – a member of one of New York’s most prominent families – is living the life that has...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer charts the escapades of a thirteen-year-old boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi. Testing...

This edition contains all the stories originally published under this collection and it's illustrated by David Mackintosh.
From...

Pipi isn’t like his four brothers or the other young monkeys living in the forest of Hullabaloo: he has bright-pink fur, a...

The story of a naughty wooden puppet who has a penchant for lying and dreams of becoming a real boy, The Adventures of Pinocchio...

Widely considered one of the greatest American novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck Finn and his...

After an accident, Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of impoverished peasants, decides to call on the aristocratic d’Urbervilles, as...

While holidaying at a villa on the French Riviera, Dick and Nicole Diver, a wealthy American couple, meet the young film star...

These five stories were collected and published as Tales of Unrest in 1898, shortly before Heart of Darkness, the first of...

A master of many literary genres, Arthur Conan Doyle excelled particularly in the short-story form, and was acclaimed in his day...

A collection of early short stories which helped make Fitzgerald’s name, Tales of the Jazz Age combines period pieces – the most...