Written in the same period as&,nbsp,Mrs Dalloway&,nbsp,these seven short stories show the author's fascination with parties and with all the excitement, the fluctuations of mood...
When Mordecai Tremaine emerges from the train station, murder is the last thing on his mind. But then again, he has never been able to...
'Well, Watson, we seem to have fallen upon evil days'Sherlock Holmes: the quintessential British hero and the world's most popular detective. Through his powers of...
Fabien tonight was wandering over the vast splendour of a sea of clouds, but below him lay eternity. Inspired by his career as an aviator,...
Yes, as my swift days near their goal,’Tis all that I implore,In life and death, a chainless soul,With courage to endure. In this new selection...
In October Nights, Gerard de Nerval takes us on a gentle meander through nighttime Paris – a dreamlike journey towards getting lost. Also included in...
“All Frenchmen know you have to become civilised between eighteen and twenty-three and that civilisation comes upon you by contact with an older woman, by...
The very first collection of superb short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings… First there was the mystery of the film star and...
On a military base in 1930s Georgia, Private Ellgee Williams catches sight of his captain’s wife in the nude and becomes obsessed with her. But...
‘And this is fantasy, the flutter, the rapture of fantasy!’A bashful dragon, a lost wood-sprite, the prophet Elijah and the Devil disguised as a middle-aged...
An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will… Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of...
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books‘Under bare Ben Bulben’s headIn Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid. An ancestor was rector thereLong years ago,...
'The body was cold as ice, the heart had long ceased to beat: yet there were no other signs of death.'The phantoms and ghouls of...
‘Maigret moved slowly, edging his bulky frame through the throng in Rue Saint-Antoine, which burst into life every morning, the sunshine streaming down from a...
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksOf course, very few people go through the gate and abandon the beautiful phenomenon of the outside...
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books‘I had rather die in the adventure of noble achievements, than live in obscure and sluggish security’In...
The bones were still warm, but they were picked clean. They had even eaten their own deadThis spine-chilling collection from Dracula creator Bram Stoker showcases...
It’s terribly important that I get in touch with a gentleman who may have stopped in here to buy flowers this morning. Terribly important. Sometimes,...
I am a ridiculous man. They call me mad now. That would be a promotion in rankA delusional man whose strange dream changes his life,...
Many years ago there lived an Emperor who was so terribly fond of beautiful new clothes that he spent all his money on dressing elegantly......