Discover the classic story behind the major new film

'Jane Austen's Emma is her masterpiece, mixing the sparkle of her early...

'One of the greatest allegories in all literature' D.H. Lawrence

Hester Prynne is a beautiful young woman. She is also an...

The first book in Anthony Trollope's Barchester Chronicles is a moving, insightful exploration of moral dilemmas fought in public...

'As a writer of the English language there has been no one to touch Stevenson in a hundred years...as a story-teller he is...

Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his...

Discover the lesser-known but brilliant novel by the hugely under-appreciated Anne Bronte.

When Agnes's father loses the...

A cautionary horror story about the dangers of greed, isolation and a science without ethics, from the father of science...

Maggie and Tom Tulliver are both wilful, passionate children, and their relationship has always been tempestuous. As they grow up...

Discover the legendary story of a marine adventurer shipwrecked on a desert island.

Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to...

Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea....

The Mayor of Casterbridge is a man haunted by his past. In his youth he betrayed his wife and baby daughter in a shocking...

In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party she...

Rediscover Emily Bronte's powerful tale of love, violence and obsession.

'May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I...

Edwardian era love, society and politics explored in this perfect read for Downton Abbey fans.

Sebastian is young, handsome...

Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this...

Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire...

Meet Elizabeth and discover there is no greater happiness to be found than when lost in a wilderness of a garden, with bird...

Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War,...

What could be more relaxing than a refreshing holiday on the river with your two best friends and faithful canine companion,...

'The ultimate fish story' Bob Dylan

When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea...

Mysterious disappearances, domestic cases, noiseless, bloodless snuffings-out… the law can look as deep as it likes, but when the...

'They sing in my head even now... What a wonderful storyteller/poet he was' Michael Morpurgo, Guardian

Have you ever wondered...

Discover the classic tale behind the hit film and one of the most beloved, comforting, charming stories of all time.

Life in...

Shakespeare's sonnets are lyrical, haunting, beautiful and often breath-taking, representing one of the finest bodies of poetry...

Reunion is a little-known novel. But it is also a universal story of friendship. It is a book of great power, waiting to be...

Malignant forces and supernatural visitors haunt this selection of superbly spooky tales selected and introduced by Ruth...

These seven stories were the last that Carver wrote. Among them is one of his longest, 'Errand', in which he imagines the death...

Arthur Conan Doyle leaves Baker Street far behind in this ripping yarn about a undiscovered land where dinosaurs and ape-men...

'Gaskell's shocking, moving and contemporary account of the corrosive effects of injustice and poverty' Sunday Telegraph

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Eight short works of fiction by one of Britain's greatest and most original writers.

Extraordinary and diverse people inhabit...