This memorable collection gathers the plays of the great social satirist and playwright Moliere, representing the many facets of his genius and offering a superb...
Heartbreaking American masterpiece of the ",Roaring Twenties", based on Fitzgerald's own experience.It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are a...
Tess is an innocent young girl until the day she goes to visit her rich 'relatives', the D'Urbervilles. Her encounter with her manipulative cousin, Alec,...
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Edith Wharton (1862–1937) wrote carefully structured fiction that probed the psychological and social elements guiding the behavior of her characters. Her portrayals of upper-class New...
From the awe-inspiring story of the Creation to the defeats and triumphs of the Children of Israel and the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus,...
'She felt a cozy solidarity with the big company of the voluntary dead.' Wise-cracking and heartbreaking, these tales of women on the...
'They didn't seem to take much interest in my private parts which to tell the truth were nothing to write home about, I...
The celebrated master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe brought his nightmare imaginings to life in classic stories told in a signature style. This volume...
From the acclaimed author of The Old Ways and Landmarks -- an essay on the beauty and joy of reading, for anyone who has ever...
With a beautiful cover and chapter-heading illustrations throughout from queen of colouring Johanna Basford. The Jungle Book tells the story of the irrepressible Mowgli, who...
For once there had been false idols and asses' heads drawn on the walls...' Sleepers awake in a remote cave and the ancient...
The Misanthrope, The Doctor in Spite of Himself, The Miser, The Would-Be Gentleman, The Mischievous Machinations of Scapin, The Learned Women, The Imaginary Invalid. 'The...
In December 1827, a French newspaper ran a story about a young man charged with the attempted murder of a married woman. The article fired...
",The best of American short fiction", Spanning over 100 years of literary history, here are 33 of the finest short stories by Washington Irving...
In the Time Traveller's miraculous new machine, we will be carried from a Victorian dinner table to 802,701 AD, when the Earth is divided between...
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