An attack on war which broadens into a satire on the ANCIEN REGIME of the Austro-Hungarian empire, THE GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK recreates the age-old figure...
The new Hercule Poirot novel – another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’....
Famed as a wit and bon viveur, Oscar Wilde lived up to his reputation. This selection of plays, poems and prose writings, introduced by Terry...
A new Pushkin Collection edition of this classic Zweig novella-an epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of persecution and obsession...
Lewis Carroll's two Alice stories are renowned for their fantastic plots and use of nonsense. The edition, containing both stories, features John Tenniel's original illustrations....
A rich, thought-provoking collection of essays, critiques and interviews from the influential author of Ain't I a Woman and All About Love‘If one could make...
From the eerie to the magical by way of the deeply strange, this collection of short stories is a must for all fantasy fans. Part...
A meticulously chosen collection of stories about love in all its guises. Here is a treasure trove of love stories. O.Henry brings comedy with his...
In Victorian England the expansion of railways changed history. Landscapes and cities were transformed and, for the first time, people travelled for miles at unimaginable...
A powerful new translation of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse s masterpiece of youthful rebellion with a foreword and cover art by James Franco A...
'Indisputably the definitive translation' Observer'If there is one novel you should read before you die, it is Don Quixote' Ben OkriWidely regarded as the world's...
Dragons, wyverns and serpents inspire awe and wonder on every page of this riveting collection of myths and legends....
Beautiful, clever, rich and single, Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights...
With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships,&,nbsp,Emma&,nbsp,is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work, this Penguin Threads...
Every country has its own cherished myths and legends featuring fairies, elves and sprites. Sixteen of these stories are collected here, chosen from all over...
Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War...
This hand-picked selection from The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories celebrates the best twentieth-century literature from Italy.From a mystifying tale of the...
This hand-picked selection from The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories celebrates the best literature to emerge from Japan since the twentieth century.From...
This hand-picked selection from The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories celebrates the best literature to emerge from Spain since the twentieth century.From...
Set in Paris’s demi-monde at the beginning of the twentieth century, Chéri by Colette is a passionate story of devotion, misplaced desire and the passage...
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