Katherine Mansfield's clear, sparkling and perceptive short stories revolutionized the genre, and this collection represents the...

James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a Scottish classic, a quintessentially Gothic tale of...

'L-d! said my mother, what is all this story about? - A Cock and a Bull, said Yorick - And one of the best of its kind, I ever...

The complete plays of Christopher Marlowe, in which the lure of dark forces drives the shifting balances between weak and strong,...

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

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

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes

Proust's...

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes

Proust's...

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...

A unique collection of advice for life, Baltasar Gracian's The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence is a philosophical gem, and...

Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral...

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

In Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order...

Two of D. H. Lawrence's most renowned novels - now with new packages and new introductions

Widely regarded as D. H....

Set in the rural midlands of England, The Rainbow revolves around three generations of the Brangwen family over a period of more...

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

One of the most extraordinary literary works of the twentieth century, Lady Chatterley’s Lover was banned in England and the...

Sons and Lovers is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence, and the price of family bonds....

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

Not only had...

'There were some weeks that were painful, nerve-racking. At the office or at home, in the middle of a meal, he would suddenly...

A compelling portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India depicts the fate of individuals caught in the...

A masterfully rendered volume of Chekhov's stories from award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa...

A superb new translation of the libretto to Wagner's Ring cycle

'Smiling in sorrow
I sing of love'

The Ring of the...

'It is, perhaps, easier to dismiss a man whose face gives no indication of an inner life. And what a pity that is: a dash of...

A story of forbidden sexual passion and thwarted dreams set against the backdrop of a lush summer in rural...

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...

Ever since its publication in 1948, George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian regime where Big Brother controls its...

In this newly translated classic of spiritual literature, Bernanos considers what it really means to be humble, charitable and...

A selection of Lafcadio Hearn's brilliantly entertaining and eerie ghost stories, regarded as major classics in Japan

In this...

As the First World War reaches its final year, an illicit love affair is beginning between a sixteen-year-old boy and a young...