The plot lines of The Campus Trilogy, radiating from its hub at the redbrick University of Rummidge, trace the comic adventures...

Trollope's magnificent and prescient satire about a dishonest financier who buys his way into a corrupt society, and throws it...

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

An adventure classic of deep-sea volcanoes, giant squid and the renegade scientist Captain Nemo.

Professor Aronnax embarks on...

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

Extra-special futuristic 3D edition! Each book comes with 3D glasses!

From the grandpere of science fiction - a perilous and...

Discover Charles Darwin's most important ideas...

When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on...

Sterne's utterly original novel - the meandering, maddening 'autobiography' of one of literature's oldest comic...

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

A heartwarming and poignant tale of a lonely man brought back to life and faith.

Silas Marner lives a friendless and isolated...

'A masterpiece' The Times

After the tragic deaths of their parents, Magdalen and Norah discover the devastating news that they...

'Vital, passionate, spirited - from the moment Bathsheba appears she is beguiling' Independent

When Bathsheba Everdean arrives...

'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...

A brilliant story of intrigue, retribution, revenge and redemption.

Imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Edmond Dantes...

'I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year'


Becky Sharp is a poor orphan when she first makes friends...

The Art of Love may have been written in the days of gladiators and emperors, but Ovid remains the smartest teacher on the...

Hailed as a masterpiece from its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright young...

First published in 1962, a year after Revolutionary Road, this sublime collection of stories seems even more powerful today. Out...

In this witty and poignant story the railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town from Manchester, bringing fears of...

'For all its excellence as a social panorama and a sketch of a marriage, it is as a picture of a man destroyed by drink and pride...

Sherlock Holmes stars in Doyle’s most famous detective story.

The Baskerville family curse tells of how a terrifying,...

Alice is one of the most beloved characters of English writing. A bright and inquisitive child, one boring summer afternoon she...

‘The image of little Oliver Twist victimised by poverty, almost seduced by the specious excitement of crime, and then offered the...

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

'Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire' J. K. Rowling

Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very...

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

Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to...

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

Have you ever wondered...

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

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

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

How thin is the line between good and evil?

Discover the classic tale of gothic horror

Dr Jekyll has been experimenting...