Grossmith... , Grossmith...

The Diary of a Nobody is a comic masterpiece that has been hugely influential since its first publication in 1892.

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

In The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton gives us a witty and piercingly insightful dark satire about the privileged society of early...

With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliot's most autobiographical novel gives a...

It is 1941 and bombs have turned London into the front line of a world war. In the shadows of the Blitz, Hitler's agents are...

In The Pickwick Papers we are introduced not just to one of the greatest writers in the English language, but to some of...

English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll arrives in the country of Ruritania on the eve of King Rudolf the Fifth's coronation. That...

Thought-provoking, comforting and wise, the simple truths of The Prophet remain compelling and rewarding to this day.
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Three years after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes returns to 221B Baker Street, to the astonishment...

One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long, suspicious years leading up to the First World...

'Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.'

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning,...

The Road to Wigan Pier is a book in two parts: the first half is Orwell's description of working-class life in industrial...

Roger Chillingworth arrives in New England after two years' separation from his wife, Hester Prynne, to find her on trial for...

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved...

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a magical tale of transformation that has enchanted both children and adults...

Why has the mild mannered Dr Jekyll suddenly begun to associate with the ugly and violent Mr Hyde? And why are they never seen...

Rollo Martins, a failing novelist, is invited to Vienna by his best friend, Harry Lime. The city he arrives in is unrecognizable...

An impenetrable fog has descended on the streets of post-war London and, lurking in the shadows, a violent murderer is on the...

Ibn Battutah - ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist - was just twenty-one when he set out in...

In Kafka's powerful and disturbing novel, an innocent man is arrested and repeatedly interrogated for a crime that is never ever...

After being chased from the home of an upper-class young girl called Ellie, chimney-sweep Tom falls asleep and tumbles into a...

A breathtaking classic of psychological suspense by the inventor of the detective novel, Wilkie Collins, with an afterword by...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's progressive views on feminism and mental health are powerfully showcased in her two most famous...

To the Lighthouse, considered by many to be Virginia Woolf's finest novel, is a remarkably original work, showing the thoughts...

Collins... , Southey...

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

Brilliant anti-heroine Becky Sharp will do anything to climb to society's loftiest heights and couldn't be more different from...

Bennett... , D...

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that saw an explosion of Black art, music and writing, yet few female creatives...

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands is a wonderfully entertaining autobiography by Mary Seacole - nurse,...

Bronte... , Herriot...

A gorgeous anthology to dip into and savour the rich literary heritage of Yorkshire, Britain’s largest county. Yorkshire is...