",Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart…” Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable...
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...
Step into the night where tombs lie open and wolves prowl under a cursed moonA solitary traveller strays from the road on the eve of...
Dragons, wyverns and serpents inspire awe and wonder on every page of this riveting collection of myths and legends....
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating...
Dubliners, Joyce's first major work and written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time. His stories are...
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...
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...
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...
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's stories of rebellion and sacrifice, where ordinary lives burn with extraordinary courageIn these tales of rebellion and sacrifice, ordinary lives burn with...
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...
The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants...
Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola and her philandering rat of a boyfriend,...
'Platonov is an extraordinary writer, perhaps the most brilliant Russian writer of the twentieth century' New York Review of BooksThe Soviet Don Quixote, Chevengur is...
A coming-of-age novel that moves from genteel British society to the grim underworld of Paris before the war. At the age...
'Our very best writer today' Milan KunderaDitie is a pint-sized hotel waiter with big dreams. Between pocketing stolen change from unsuspecting customers and reminiscing on...
A psychedelic post-apocalyptic vision of a world on the brink of civil war...In iDEATH, the sun shines a different colour every day. It is a...
Outrageous, and wickedly funny, Lady Susan introduces Jane Austen at her most scandalousRecently widowed and dangerously charming, Lady Susan Vernon arrives among her relatives determined...
'This small book contains multitudes' Marina Warner'For those who have suffered for and in love, this may prove to be one of the most useful...