Between 1892 and 1895, Oscar Wilde’s drawing-room comedies Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and...

Seduced by the chimerical world of the theatre and taking upon himself the grand ambition of becoming a successful performer and...

The story of young Henry, who struggles to fulfil his ambitions to become a successful painter and is torn between the gentle...

Liv Bloom’s life is even more complicated than that of your average fourteen-year-old: her father walked out on the family when...

In the provincial Burmese town of Kyauktada, the world-weary John Flory – a thirty-something English teak dealer – leads a life...

An old man arrives at the offices of the lawyer Derville, claiming to be Colonel Chabert, a hero of the Napoleonic Wars who was...

A major work by one of France's most important authors of the twentieth century, London Bridge is a riotous novel about the...

Celine’s third novel, first published in 1944 but dealing with events taking place during the First World War, Guignol’s Band...

The influence of Antonin Artaud on the contemporary theatre has only become evident since the early Sixties, although writers and...

Baron Eduard and his second wife Charlotte enjoy a quiet, humdrum existence in their opulent castle, but when he invites his...

In the summer of 1348, the plague ravages Florence, and ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside, where they...

Eric Young is the first child android to be trialled in society, but he doesn’t know that. He does know that he’s just moved to...

When Parker Banks moves with his family from London to New York, he struggles to adapt to his new school and environment. His...

A remarkable nineteenth-century account of Istanbul - which begins with a dazzling description of the city gradually appearing...

Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Vosges mountains, Lenz tells the tale of the real-life writer J.M.R. Lenz’s...

Admired for the poetical heights of his Canti, the gentle wit of his prose dialogues and the soul-searching questionings of his...

Candide is an innocent young nobleman who leads an idyllic, sheltered life and has adopted the optimistic mindset promoted by his...

Micromegas is a six-hundred-and-fifty-year-old, thirty-nine-kilometre-high giant from the planet Sirius who can speak a thousand...

Contains the original 1928 illustrations, notes and an updated extra material.
Orlando, a young nobleman and one of Queen...

When the ambitious but inept clerk Frans Laarmans is offered a job managing an Edam distribution company in Antwerp, he jumps at...

When Paul d'Aspremont travels to Naples to join Alicia Ward, his beautiful fiancee, he is surprised to see her grow pale under...

When Sara Crewe is brought from India to attend Miss Minchin’s boarding school for girls in London, she arrives looking rather...

“I know every move of your game… It has been a duel between you and me, Mr Holmes… If you are clever enough to bring destruction...

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

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

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...

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

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

What could be better during the golden age of boating on the Thames than a relaxing row up the river? So think J., George and...

A murderer is forced to reveal his crime by the sound of a beating heart, a mysterious figure wreaks havoc among a party of...