‘… the shadow turned round; and I saw a terrible death’s-head, which darted a look at me from a pair of scorching eyes. I felt as...

Like George Orwell, Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka’s world, it is never completely clear...

Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In...

Little Women is one of the best-loved children’s stories of all time, based on the author’s own youthful experiences. It...

Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald’s finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the “roaring...

Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman,...

When fifteen-year-old orphan John Trenchard is banished by his Aunt Jane, he goes to live at the local inn with the mysterious...

The perfect gift for any Jane Austen lover. Box set contains six books, together creating a comprehensive collection of Austen’s...

Thomas Hardy started composing poetry in the heyday of Tennyson and Browning. He was still writing with unimpaired power sixty...

Christina Rossetti is widely regarded as the most considerable woman poet in England before the twentieth century. No reading of...

Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a 'heroine whom no one but myself will much like', but Emma is irresistible....

Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky...

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Under the Greenwood Tree is Hardy's most...

Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination...

The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the...

A Christmas Carol is the most famous, heart-warming and chilling festive story of them all. In these pages we meet Ebenezer...

With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Tweedledum...

Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It...

Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the...

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and his brother Wilhelm (1786-1859) were philologists and folklorists. The brothers rediscovered a host...

Edgar Poe was born the son of itinerant actors on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusets. Abandoned by his father and the...

As Angus Calder states in his introduction to this edition, 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the major statements about the...

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A collection of Oscar Wildess many varied works. These include the tender fairy stories he...

Jane Austen is without question, one of England's most enduring and skilled novelists. With her wit, social precision, and...

"To the Lighthouse" is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf novels. It is based on her own early experiences, and while it...

Jules Verne (1828-1905) possessed that rare storyteller`s gift of being able to present the far-fetched and the downright...

Cervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of...

"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest - Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!" Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps,...

Robin Hood is the best-loved outlaw of all time. In this beautifully illustrated edition, Henry Gilbert tells of the adventures...

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