Finding the young Angelique on their doorstep one Christmas Eve, the pious Hubert couple decide to bring her up as their own. As...

While Charles Dickens is best known and celebrated for his prolific journalistic output and novelistic creations, he also devoted...

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

Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, is considered by many to be the first novel in English, and its success was so enormous that...

One of the most famous and celebrated Victorian coming-of-age novels, David Copperfield charts the adventures and vicissitudes of...

Everyone in the Yorkshire town of Greenall Bridge knows Lassie, the prize collie of miner Sam Carraclough and his son Joe. But...

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...

Beautiful Emma Rouault yearns for the life of wealth, passion and romance she has encountered in popular sentimental fiction, and...

Dual-Language Edition.
Set against the chequered background of Rome, the city of the six Ps - Pope, priests, princes,...

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

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

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

Dual-Language Edition.

Cecco Angiolieri, the enfant terrible of Italian literature, loved women, gambling, food and wine. It...

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

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

Nellie March and Jill Banford manage an ailing Berkshire farm at the time of the First World War, a task which is made all the...

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...

Regarded as one of the most influential horror stories of all time and the inspiration for countless literary spin-offs, the tale...

Shakespeare's Sonnets are among the most lyrical and moving pieces of poetry in any language, abounding with examples of his...

Dual-Language Edition

First published in 1831, and here presented in a dual-language edition with annotations and additional...

Dual-language edition.
This collection of Dante Alighieri’s lyrics charts his poetic evolution and displays the ground on which...

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

First published in 1797, The Italian, with its archetypal villain Schedoni, its intense romance and its sublime depiction of...

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

Fully annotated edition with over 300 notes.

In the Midwestern city of Zenith, the middle-aged real-estate agent George F....

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...