In this poignant memoir, Naina Yeltsina, the wife of the first president of Russia, recounts the compelling story of her life,...

The pioneer of modern Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin has exerted – through his novel in verse Eugene Onegin, his plays,...

The present selection traces the development of Yeats's verse, encompassing the poet's interest in Irish folklore and national...

The tale of Heathcliff and Cathy’s ungovernable love and suffering, and the havoc that their passion wreaks on the families of...

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

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

In 1807, Charles Lamb and his sister Mary wrote a collection of stories retelling twenty of Shakespeare's plays for children....

Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others...

Sense and Sensibility is the story of the two Dashwood sisters, who embody the conflict between the oppressive nature of...

Pride and Prejudice is one of the most cherished love stories in English literature, delighting generations of readers with its...

Persuasion narrates the emotional journey of its protagonist Anne Elliot, who chances upon Captain Wentworth, a suitor she was...

While enjoying a six weeks’ stay in fashionable Bath, the young and callow Catherine Morland is introduced to the delights of...

Born into a poor family, Fanny Price is raised amid the daunting splendour of Mansfield Park by her rich uncle, Sir Thomas...

Originally published in Italy in 1928, and unavailable in Britain until 1960, when it was the subject of an infamous obscenity...

A novel of high romance and great intensity, Jane Eyre has enjoyed popular success and critical acclaim ever since its first...

On a boat in the Thames estuary, Marlow tells his travelling companions of his reconnaissance expedition for a Belgian trading...

Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the...

Since it was first published in 1818, Mary Shelley’s seminal novel has generated countless print, stage and screen adaptations,...

When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother start exploring a gravel pit not far from their new countryside home,...

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...

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

First published in 1861, Humiliated and Insulted plunges the reader into a world of moral degradation, childhood trauma,...

In order to repay a small debt, the young student Mitya is persuaded by a friend to falsify a bank bond and cash it in. Little...

The House of the Dead recounts the story of Alexander Goryanchikov, a gentleman who is sent to a prison colony in Siberia for...

Written in 1932, but not published until 1962, over twenty years after its author’s death, The Life of Monsieur de Moliere charts...

In the Twilight, the third collection of short stories compiled by Anton Chekhov himself, was his first major success and won him...

The first story in this volume, How the Two Ivans Quarrelled, is an amusing portrayal of two exceptionally close friends, the...

On a visit to a provincial town to see his sister Nina who is suffering from cancer, Alexei Laptev, who works for his father's...

As ideological ferment grips Russia, a small group of revolutionaries, led by Pyotr Verkhovensky and inspired by Nikolai...

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