These three novellas display D. H. Lawrence's brilliant and insightful evocation of human relationships - both tender and cruel -...

Mystery and excitement abound in this lively collection of fairy tales, folklore and legends, which celebrate Scotland's...

A major new celebration of the French short story across the twentieth century

The short story has a rich tradition in French...

It's New Years Day in 1933 in New York City and Max Disher, a young black man, has just found out that a certain Dr Junius...

Described as 'a masterpiece' by Stefan Zweig, this extraordinary novel of love, war, ghosts and memory features an introduction...

D.H. Lawrence was one of the great short story writers of the 20th century. This new collection of ten stories shows the variety...

A masterful tale of murder and intrigue in a small French town, from the celebrated author of the Maigret series

Not only had...

George Orwell's experience of the Spanish Civil War had a transformative effect on his life and work. This volume brings together...

Throughout his life George Orwell aimed, in his words, to make 'political writing into an art'. This collection brings together...

This 20th century masterpiece uses the traditional form of autobiography to explore some very untraditional themes. Under the...

The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village,...

First masculine, then feminine, Orlando begins life as a young sixteenth-century nobleman, then gallops through the centuries to...

A pioneering work of dystopian fiction from one of Sweden's most acclaimed writers

Written midway between Brave New World and...

Oscar Wilde's alluring novel of decadence and sin was a succes de scandale on publication. It follows Dorian Gray who, enthralled...

This selection of John Donne's most powerful prose shows that the man remembered predominantly for his poetry was also a...

A rich and unforgettable tragic-comic novel of sexual intrigue and political scheming in nineteenth-century Spain
One of the...

A moving love story and a vivid depiction of Berlin in the 1870s, from Germany's greatest nineteenth-century novelist Theodor...

A rich and enjoyable novel about marriage, love and betrayal, from the great German realist Theodor Fontane.

Charming,...

A key work of ancient Chinese philosophy is brought back to life in Ian Johnston's compelling, definitive translation

Very...

Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher...

Dark, desolate and fantastical, The Purple Cloud was a pioneer in the genre of apocalyptic novels, and the first great science...

Young Chris Guthrie lives a brutal life in the harsh landscape of northern Scotland, torn between her passion for the land, duty...

Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) is arguably the greatest writer of modern China, and is considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese...

Written between 1143 and 1153 by the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, The Alexiad is one of the most popular and...

Throughout his life Isaac Babel was torn by opposing forces, by the desire both to remain faithful to his Jewish roots and yet to...

A superb new translation by Judson Rosengrant of Tolstoy's semi-autobiographical trilogy

Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy,...

Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character,...

Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended...

Headstrong and naive, the young Italian aristocrat Fabrizio del Dongo is determined to defy the wrath of his right-wing father...

His haunting, impressionistic study of a man's slow corruption by jealousy, Emile Zola's The Beast Within (La Bete Humaine) is...