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

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

Acclaimed author Elizabeth Jane Howard said she would certainly have been a gardener had she not become a writer first. In Green...

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...

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

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