Stella Gibbons' novel is a wickedly funny portrait of British rural life in the 1930s. Flora, a recently orphaned socialite, moves in with her country...
A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desireWhy do humans have such a remarkable capacity for...
In 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French Alpine Club resolved to try....
Appointment in Samarra is a fast-paced, blackly comic depiction of the rapid decline and fall of Julian English. English is part of the social elite...
A grand old London hotel A series of alarming coincidences Danger lurking down every corridor Impeccable service. Luxurious rooms. Eccentric guests.There are worse places for...
Joyce's final work, Finnegan's Wake is his masterpiece of the night as Ulysses is of the day. Supreme linguistic virtuosity conjures up the dark underground...
Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is...
A Carnegie Medal winning classic based on a real manor house and the giant tree that towers over the garden, a story that is seeped...
An inventive translation of a great historical epic, and the oldest surviving literary work in the Mongolian language, recounting the turbulent life and times of...
J. L. Carr's beautiful portrayal of the countryside and the healing it brings, in an irresistible Little Clothbound Classics edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith'One of...
Every winter, in the days leading up to Christmas, Benedikt walks into the snowy mountains of Iceland to rescue sheep lost in the blizzards. With...
There's nothing quite like ",Alice's Adventures in Wonderland",. Described by ",The Times", on its first publication in 1865 as 'an excellent piece of nonsense', this...
The profound, hugely influential exploration of spiritual growth and transformation, from one of the great Spanish mystics and poets ‘Oh living flame of love,how tenderly...
'The most innovative and challenging writer of fiction in his generation in Russia' Guardian Based on a real-life crime which horrified Russia in 1869, Dostoevsky...
A masterpiece of German modernism and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Adrian Leverkühn is a young man destined for success. He...
FROM AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKYDoctor Zhivago is the epic novel of Russia in the throes of revolution and one of the greatest...
James Joyce's only surviving play, Exiles builds upon one of his most famous short stories, 'The Dead', as well as elements of his own life....
'Playful and profound... a captivating glimpse into twentieth-century Finland through the eyes of a charismatic child narrator. I loved it' Fiona MozleyIn this charming patchwork...
A profound exploration of colonialism, from one of the Caribbean’s most powerful literary voices‘A novel which adds a new dimension to contemporary fiction ... Natives...
The poems published in Joyce's own lifetime collected in a new edition, with an introduction and notes by scholar Clare Hutton'His writing is not about...