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...

From the eerie to the magical by way of the deeply strange, this collection of short stories is a must for all fantasy...

Written at the end of the life of Elizabeth I, Henry V is an inspirational, gripping play that struck a chord in a time of...

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

As heard on Radio 4 and seen on Netflix, Nella Larsen’s Passing is a distinctive and revealing novel about racial...

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...

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Cornwall is steeped in poetry, legend and storytelling. Join Luke Thompson on a literary tour around its dramatic coastline, its...

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

Bringing together all Charles Dickens' ghost stories - twenty in all - including several longer tales. Here are chilling...

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

Nostalgic and melancholy in equal measure, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a razor-sharp satire of the...

Reading the stories of Somerset Maugham is rather like curling up and up listening to the delicious, risque tales of an old, dear...

A pioneer of the Romantic movement, William Wordsworth wrote about the natural world and human emotion with a clarity of language...

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...

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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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This mesmerising, macabre collection contains Edgar Allan Poe's best-known poetry, including 'The Raven', 'Annabel Lee' and...