Is a tale of extraordinary events, tragedy, horror, pathos, humour and a gallery of minor characters. The portrait of the hideous musician, crazed by his extreme ugliness, shows compassionate insight
This volume contains two of the greatest Sherlock Holmes novels penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. The Baskerville family is haunted by a
What happens when we listen to others instead of our heart? That is the subject of Jane Austen's final novel, and her most mature work. After Anne Elliot heeds the advice of her dearest friend and bre
Partly modelled on his own life--although in no way a direct autobiography--David Copperfield follows a young boy's life, from his birth in Suffolk, through the trials and tribulations of childhood (i
When first published, The Picture of Dorian Gray was regarded as dangerously modern in its portrayal of fashionable fin de siecle decadence. In Wilde's updated version of the Faust story, the tempter
This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting stories ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious to the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius for the
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." Few novels have as passionate a following as Jane Austen's witty, perceptive tale
Quick-witted, beautiful, headstrong and rich, Emma Woodhouse is inordinately fond of matchmaking. Yet the irony is that she is oblivious to the question of who she herself might marry. Through this co
When Pip meets an escaped convict on the foggy moors one evening, he has no idea that his life is about to change forever. Thanks to this unexpected encounter, he has the chance to live a life of weal
Set in mid-17th century Boston, this tale of passion, puritanism and revenge is one of the foremost classics of American literature. Its heroine, Hester Prynne, is compelled by her own moral autonomy
Chronicles the adventures of English gentleman Phileas Fogg and his manservant, Passepartout, on their journey around the world in the late-nineteenth-century.
This volume contains all the major lyric poems reflecting the diverse moods and phases of this important and inspiring poet, from “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” and “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
Utterson, the lawyer, is becoming increasingly anxious about the strange behavior of his friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and in particular, by Jekyll's association with an ugly, violent creature by the name
One of the most irrepressible and high-spirited characters in the history of literature, Tom Sawyer explodes onto the page in a whirlwind of bad behaviour and incredible adventures. Whether he is slyl
When his father suddenly dies, Nicholas Nickleby is sent by his uncle to Dotheboys Hall to work as a teacher, but when Nicholas discovers that the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, maliciously bullies the
Oscar Wilde is remembered today primarily as a brilliant and witty playwright and the author of the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. As a result, his shorter pieces of fiction have tended to be negl
A young man and woman meet by chance and fall instantly in love, but their families are bitter enemies, and in order to be together the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything, in a drama that
A French professor and his two companions embark on a perilous underwater odyssey through the world's oceans as prisoners on the Nautilus, the fabulous electric submarine commanded by the deranged Cap
Many Christmas stories have been written through the years, but none has become as much a part of the holiday landscape as A Christmas Carol? or produced a character to match the extraordinary Ebeneze
