The supernatural figure of the sorcerer, someone with magic powers for both good and evil, features in storytelling and legends...

We’ve all grown up with stories of magical dragons and mythical winged creatures. This thoroughly entertaining collection of...

Find out what happened when King Midas was granted his wish, how Icarus flew too close to the sun, and relive the adventures of...

The stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are sprawling, dramatic and wonderfully strange; their lives intertwine...

Initially described as a comedy, Shakespeare's explorations of prejudice, duty and the nature of justice make The Merchant of...

In Shakespeare's thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm...

Shakespeare’s gentle melancholy, enlivened by a comic sub-plot of considerable accomplishment, has long made Twelfth Night a...

George Orwell wrote extensively about English life and politics. The selection of essays and journalism in Orwell and England...

Mark Twain’s first historical novel, The Prince and the Pauper, is a classic adventure of mistaken identity that champions social...

This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of the second volume in James Herriot's memoirs, It Shouldn't Happen to a...

A collection of eighteen romantic short stories from the award-winning and much-loved Eva Ibbotson, A Glove Shop in Vienna will...

One of Charles Dickens's most renowned and enjoyable novels, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy who wishes...

The richness of Oscar Wilde's way with words and ideas is given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written...

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, swashbuckling novel about a young boy who is forced to go to sea and who is then caught up in...

H. G. Wells skilfully combines tension, wit and terror in The Invisible Man, a masterpiece of science fiction.

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Happy Hour is a gorgeous gift book of classic poetry which fizzes with poetry about all kinds of drink, drinkers and drinking...

George Bernard Shaw is one of the most famous and celebrated Irish playwrights and this new collection brings together the very...

This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of If Only They Could Talk features an afterword by Yorkshire Shepherdess...

The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of...

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's final twelve stories about his great fictional detective....

The Iliad has had a far-reaching impact on Western literature and culture, inspiring writers, artists and classical composers...

Three Men in a Boat remains one of the best-loved and most entertaining comic novels.
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Shooting stars tear across the night sky, then a gigantic artificial cylinder descends from Mars to land near London. Inquisitive...

Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman's glorious poetry collection, first published in 1855, which he revised and expanded throughout...

The eccentric Mortmain family have been rattling around in a vast, decrepit castle for years, gradually slipping into financial...

Supernatural hounds, a family curse, a mysterious cipher and the return of a deadly enemy... Sherlock Holmes will have to utilize...

Pinkie Brown, a neurotic teenage gangster wielding a razor blade and a bottle of sulfuric acid, commits a brutal murder - but it...

Regarded as a modern fairy tale, L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz is one of America's most cherished and enchanting children's...

Crime and Punishment is the story of a brutal double murder and its aftermath. Raskolnikov, a poor student, kills a pawnbroker...

Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes pits his wits against 'Napoleon of Crime' Professor Moriarty,...