Classic Fiction

Under the feckless husbandry of Mr Jones, Manor Farm has fallen into disrepair. Pushed into hardship, the animals decide to stage a revolt, and led by two young pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, they overthrow Mr Jones and drive him away from the farm. In the subsequent struggle for power, it is Napoleon that emerges as a victor: he renames the...

A beautiful hardcover repackaging of this timeless classic from the publishers of the Autobiography of Mark Twain and in partnership with the Mark Twain Project. This definitive edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the only version of Mark Twain’s masterpiece based on his complete manuscript, including the 663 pages found in a Los Angeles attic in 1990. Prepared by...

Every year at the holidays, the historic Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, with its detailed emendations, deletions, and insertions in Dickens's own hand. Here, for the first time in a beautiful trade edition, A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition...

Do you dare to be scared? Ace Walker has one rule: never stay out after sunset. Because when the sun goes down, the dead rise—fast, hungry, and hunting for brains. So, when his best friend Cassie collapses with appendicitis, Ace has one shot to save her: steal a truck and race across the desert to the nearest hospital before nightfall....

Experience the timeless story of Toad, Rat, Mole, and Badger in this beautiful unabridged edition designed and illustrated by New York Times best-selling and Eisner Award-winning creator David Petersen (Mouse Guard). Painstakingly completed over three years, this exquisite and lavish edition features 20 colour illustrations and over 50 pen and ink drawings throughout. Begun as a series of letters from...

Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary. "The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!" Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with...

Pride and Prejudice, Austen's most popular novel, tells the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Now available in a collectible Deluxe Edition, this release celebrates the 250th anniversary of the author's birth. Generations of readers have fallen in love with Jane Austen's beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. The sparkling Elizabeth Bennet, the taciturn Fitzwilliam Darcy, and an array...

Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary. Pride and Prejudice begins with the line: 'No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression...

Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary. Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every enjoyment of youth; and an early loss of bloom and spirits had been their lasting effect. Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a moving, masterly and elegiac love story tinged with the...

Jane Austen's witty exploration of the perils of mistaking fiction for reality, now in a collectible Deluxe Edition celebrating the 250th anniversary of the author's birth. A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition During an eventful season at Bath, young, naive Catherine Morland experiences fashionable society for the first time, both its pleasures and its pitfalls. She is delighted with her new...

Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary. ‘To look almost pretty, is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life, than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.’ During an eventful season at Bath, young, naive Catherine...

Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary. We have all been more or less to blame ... every one of us, excepting Fanny Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble...

The most famous horror story in world literature—the original tale of a mad scientist and his monster—is also a profoundly moving masterpiece. No-one in the grip of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, with its mythic-minded hero and its highly sympathetic monster who reads Goethe and longs to be at peace with himself, can fail to notice how much more excellent the original...

Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary. I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either...

From the author of Dead Silence and Ghost Station, a new space horror that blends the dystopian dread of Severance with the catastrophic approach to AI from M3gan. From the Queen of Space Horror comes a terrifying, dread-filled nightmare perfect for fans of Ridley Scott's Alien franchise. "The S.A. Barnes Creature Feature we've all been waiting for! Tense, nasty, and...

John Waterhouse has died of some gastric complication. Exhumed at his brother's request, it transpires that he has been killed by arsenical poisoning, though nobody in the sleepy village of Anneypenny seems to have had a reason to do him ill. Rumours abound of Nazi intrigue and military skullduggery, but whatever the motive, the truth remains; this was murder. Originally...

Life is struggle. From the howling wilderness of the Yukon to the brutal arenas of man, White Fang is Jack London's savage and sublime masterpiece of survival, adaptation, and transformation. Half wolf, half dog, White Fang is born into a world of ice, hunger, and violence—a creature of pure instinct shaped by the merciless laws of nature. But when he...

When Margaret Hale is uprooted from the quiet gentility of southern England and thrust into the industrial tumult of Milton, a northern mill town, her world fractures. Confronted with striking workers, choking factories, and a proud, implacable mill owner named John Thornton, Margaret must reckon with her deepest convictions about justice, class, power, and love. First published in 1854, North...

The rise of a scoundrel. The anatomy of a world. In Bel Ami, Guy de Maupassant delivers a razor-sharp portrait of a man who climbs the social ladder not by virtue, talent, or labour—but by charm, seduction, and sheer opportunism. Georges Duroy begins with nothing: a handsome face, a military past, and the hunger to rise. What follows is a...

Command is described by the Guardian as 'the history of our time,' offering a timely exploration into the interplay between politics and military operations. Throughout history, the concept of command—both as a way to achieve objectives and as an assertion of authority—has been essential to military action and leadership. However, as Sir Lawrence Freedman illustrates, it is also deeply political....

There will be ten teacups at number 4, Berwick Terrace, W. 8, on Wednesday, July 31, at 5 p.m. precisely. The presence of the Metropolitan Police is respectfully requested. Writing as Carter Dickson, the master of the locked room mystery, John Dickson Carr, returns to the Crime Classics series. He pitches his series amateur detective, Henry Merrivale, against a seemingly...

The newly formed Ministry of Fine Arts has a staffing problem—one minister dead within six months of its inception, his successor snuffed out shortly before the General Election. When a third victim, Permanent Secretary Edwin Pompfret, is fatally crushed by the fall of a giant bust, Inspector Julian Rivers is drawn into a case of murder of artistic devilment. "Her...

The four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy – live in financial hardship in New England with their mother, while their father has been drafted to fight in the Civil War. The girls embark on a series of adventures and endure a number of unexpected misfortunes – experiences that allow their personalities to emerge: Meg, sensible and outgoing;...

Discover the tortured tales of Heathcliff, Catherine, and the other inhabitants of Wuthering Heights. Uncover a passionate tale of love lost, found, and avenged in Wuthering Heights. Lockwood, a wealthy man from England, rents a house from an eccentric gentleman named Heathcliff, who is the tortured master of Wuthering Heights. Through Lockwood and the housekeeper, Nelly, the story of Heathcliff’s...

LARGE PRINT EDITION. In this new edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, re-read the classic love story that has haunted and inspired nearly all who've come across it. From the burning love between Catherine and Heathcliff, to the estranged family dynamics at Wuthering Heights, Bronte's novel explores the dangers of a love that remains forever unrequited. Lockwood, a striking...

One of our finest writers. - Neil Gaiman One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years. - Sarah Waters Diminutive masterpieces ... Hand yourself over to be enchanted. - Guardian Extraordinary, lucid wildness. - Helen MacDonald Glinting perfection - The Times Decades after her divorce, a lady returns to the village of her tumultuous...

Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? follows the lives of two 11-year-olds intent on escaping childhood. As the strength of their friendship is tested repeatedly, they begin to take their first, exhilarating steps towards adulthood.

Fifty-two of Henry Lawson's stories and sketches that he had first published in newspapers and magazines from 1888 onwards were gathered in his collection While the Billy Boils (Angus & Robertson, 1896). Lawson was not responsible for their ordering, and he had to give ground on their texts, especially on his idiosyncratic presentation of wordings that helped to breathe life...

There was no one in the room. Blinds and curtains were closed; the light of the skies, if any, was shut out. ... Only the fire was alive, consuming its life—for what? Then the door opened and as Claudia came with hurried steps into the fire's glow, two open letters in her hand, the telephone began ringing. She shut the...

"I believe in the flapper as an artist in her particular field, the art of being - being young, being lovely" - Zelda Fitzgerald Vivacious, charming, irreverent, the flapper is a girl who knows how to have a roaring good time. In this collection of short stories, she is a partygoer, a socialite, a student, a shopgirl, and an acrobat....

War Among Ladies by Eleanor Scott presents the story of Miss Cullen, a teacher facing a dreadful predicament. With just four years until retirement, she finds herself unable to meet the educational standards expected at Besley High School for girls, nor can she control her pupils. Aware that no other school would hire her due to her shortcomings, Miss Cullen...

In Thomas More’s hugely influential Utopia, a traveller recounts his discovery of an island nation in which the inhabitants enjoy unprecedented social cohesion and justice. The book imagines a community in which laws, personal relations, and professional ambition are based on reason, in contrast with the tradition-bound superstitions of Europe, which were, in More’s eyes, impediments to equality and peaceful...

Transformation and other stories (Legend Classics) by Mary Shelley 'But power, in all its shapes, is venerable to man. Awe, curiosity, a clinging fascination, drew me towards him.' Transformation and other stories showcases the extraordinary talents of Mary Shelley, renowned author of Frankenstein. This collection brings together a series of lesser-known works that delve into themes of power, curiosity, and...

Touch Me Not (1887) is a novel by Jose Rizal, published in Berlin. The novel was originally conceived as a collaborative project by a group of Filipino nationalist writers living in Madrid. However, disappointed by his comrades' lack of engagement, Rizal undertook the task alone, blending aspects of his own life story with a critique of Spanish imperialism in the...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE 'A literary masterpiece for all ages . . . a tale of growing up, of love and laughter, of tragedy and loss and grief - a tale that is so compelling that it turns the page for you: The Yearling leaves you tearful, breathless, exhilarated' - MICHAEL MORPURGO 'An unsentimental, stone-cold classic that should be...

Some writers build worlds. Others birth entire universes. In the decades since its publication, Frank Herbert's Dune has become arguably the best-selling and certainly the best-known science fiction novel ever written. So how did an ex-Navy newspaperman from Washington State come to write such a world-conquering novel? And how was he able to pack it with so many layers of...

The Workingman's Paradise is set in the context of the defeat of the shearer's and maritime strikes of the early 1890s. The novel is essential reading for an appreciation of the context of the rise of the union movement in Australia. William Lane was born in Bristol, England in 1861, and died in Auckland, New Zealand in 1917. In 1885,...

Old Arkhip sits every day by the roots of a wizened, hunchbacked willow, fishing and exchanging whispered stories with the ancient tree. One of these takes Arkhip three decades back in time, to a quiet day in early spring when a strange encounter shook him momentarily from the rural bliss in which he lived, catapulting him into a world of...

One of the most remarkable British writers of the twentieth century With brilliant dialogue and intense passages of elation and despair, The Weather In The Streets takes you on the rollercoaster of their relationship — Esther Freud, Sunday Telegraph Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes — English Pen The first writer to filter her...

Helen and Ridley Ambrose are preparing to set off for an exotic resort off the coast of South America on the Euphrosyne, a ship belonging to Helen’s brother-in-law, Willoughby Vinacre. Also travelling with them is his daughter, Rachel — a quiet, unremarkable girl raised in the London suburbs by her spinster aunts after the death of her mother. Along the...

These stories and poems come from the mind of Edgar Allan Poe—one of the earliest masters of macabre literature. From the mysterious to the macabre, the works of Edgar Allan Poe have the power to evoke readers’ deepest emotions. Poe’s stories and poems explore the darker side of life and still offer lessons and insight into human behaviour today. This...

"An absolute treat... Szerb is a master novelist, a comedian whose powers transcend time and language" - Nicholas Lezard, Guardian At an end-of-season London soirée, a young Hungarian scholar, Dr. Janos Bátky, is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumours. Invited to the family seat, Pendragon Castle in North Wales, Bátky...

The Obscene Madame D is the electrifying masterpiece by one of modern Brazilian literature's most significant and controversial writers. At sixty years old, Hillé decides to abandon conventional life and devote the rest of her days to contemplation in a recess under the stairs. There, she is haunted by her perplexed, recently deceased lover, Ehud, who cannot understand her rejection...

Edgar Allan Poe, the original master of the macabre and dark Romantic writer of Gothic novels, detective stories, poetry, short stories and satires, is synonymous with themes of premature burial, death, madness, and mysticism. His life was intriguing, and his early death at 40 was appropriately mysterious—dying in delirium (possibly opium, alcohol, rabies, or syphilis induced) in someone else's clothes...

In the dark heart of Sicily, Fabrizio, the formidable Prince of Salina, rules over his kingdom. Known as The Leopard, his power extends from the opulent drawing rooms of Villa Salina to his vast acres of land, and some say even to the stars themselves. But in the year 1860, change is in the air. With Garibaldi's red shirts marching...

This collection of stories from Washington Irving, one of the best-known authors of the eighteenth century, spins fantastic, timeless tales and offers insights into the early years of the United States. The Headless Horseman faces off with Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a ghost story of enduring popularity that takes place at the time of the American...

‘All my sense of the ancient world – its values, its style, the scent of its wars and passions – comes from Mary Renault. Her Theseus novels are perhaps the most exciting of her Greek fictions, and The Last of the Wine the most moving. I turned to writing historical fiction because of something I learned from Renault: that it...

A brand new imprint from Penguin Classics Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach... Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby—young, handsome, fabulously rich—always seems...

The landmark novel of the Sixties – a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political and professional identity while facing rejection and betrayal. In 1950s London, novelist Anna Wulf struggles with writer’s block. Divorced with a young child, and fearful of going mad, Anna records her experiences in four coloured notebooks: black for her writing life, red...

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEEL MUKHERJEE The international bestseller from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author 'Ghosh has established himself as one of the finest prose writers of his generation' Financial Times Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of social and...

THE PITCH-BLACK REDISCOVERED CLASSIC OF 2024 From the Booker-shortlisted author of Great Granny Webster, this twisted modern classic is perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Celia Dale. 'One of the greatest, darkest writers who ever lived' — Virginia Feito 'This chillingly profound story drips with classy darkness... a one-way descent into the abyss' — Janice Hallett 'A dark masterpiece'...

A discreet advertisement in The Times, addressed to 'Those who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine...' is the impetus for a revelatory month for four very different women. High above the bay on the Italian Riviera stands San Salvatore, a mediaeval castle. Beckoned to this haven are Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs Arbuthnot, Mrs Fisher and Lady Caroline Dester, each quietly craving a respite....

The Defense is Vladimir Nabokov's early novel about a chess-playing genius, reissued in Modern Classics as part of the Nabokov relaunch. This dazzling story features the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing chess-playing genius Luzhin. Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess that renders the real world...

A new award-winning author joins the Crime Classics series with one of her best novels. This is a mystery of international intrigue set in London at Christmas time, mixing the best parts of traditional mystery with thriller elements such as a climactic chase involving a helicopter! The Easter egg. I told 'im. All white an' glittering, lovely, like ice an'...

This second instalment in the story of the legendary hero begins with Theseus' triumphant return from Crete after slaying the Minotaur. Having freed the city of Athens from the onerous tribute demanded by the ruler of Knossos — the sacrifice of noble youths and maidens to the appetite of the Labyrinth's monster — Theseus has returned home to find his...

A beautiful leather-bound collectible volume of Jack London’s stories. From hard-edged adventures in the Klondike territory to harrowing experiences on the South Seas, Jack London’s three most popular novels form the basis of this collection. Popular short stories round out this beautiful leather-bound volume that will be a treasured addition to any home library. You’ll enjoy hours of reading infused...

A hauntingly beautiful, unforgettable Norwegian classic, ripe for discovery. In the blue dusk of a spring evening, a man is drawn to a lonely, beautiful stranger across a station platform. She follows him home, and over one heady night of wine and cigarettes, recounts to him the devastating story of her life... First published in 1947, Nothing Grows by Moonlight...

'If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.'

Lucy Graham, radiantly beautiful, born to poverty, and Sir Michael Audley, an aging aristocratic widower and fabulously wealthy, are married soon after first glance. Life is peaceful at old Audley Court until the arrival of Robert Audley, Sir Michael's nephew, and his friend George Talboys, who is home again after making his fortune in Australia. When George mysteriously disappears, Robert...

Successful lady novelist Laura Morland and her boisterous young son Tony set off to spend Christmas at her country home in the sleepy surrounds of High Rising. But Laura's wealthy friend and neighbour George Knox has taken on a scheming secretary whose designs on marriage to her employer threaten the delicate social fabric of the village. Can clever, practical Laura...

Love is an endurance sport... When Australian star cyclist Lori 'Top-Gun' Gallagher collides with Belgian teammate Seb Franck, she realises it may not be their first meeting. "The amount of tension and chemistry between Lori and Seb was nearly burning right off the pages...this book has everything sports romance lovers want!" - Ally Wiegand, author of First Base Love is...

A picture book edition of a much-loved classic, with illustrations by award-winning artist, Robert Ingpen. This timeless tale has never been out of print and is one of the best-loved children's titles in English literature. Kenneth Grahame's wonderful imagination and quiet humour continue to charm children and adults alike, and Robert Ingpen's stunning illustrations bring to life the adventures of...

It was the considered view of the elderly residents at the posh retirement community on the California coast that the death by stabbing of Mrs Amy Kinseth (only six weeks after her arrival) occasioned no great loss. There'd be no more of her tasteless display of jewellery, no more overtures of friendship suddenly withdrawn, no more doors slammed in other...

A mariner inherits a skull that screams incessantly along with the roar of the sea; a phantom hare stalks the moors to deliver justice for a crime long dead; a man witnesses a murder in the woods near St. Ives, only to wonder whether it was he himself who committed the crime. Offering a bounty of lost or forgotten strange...

The holiday season is here, and for most of us, our minds are on carefree days in the sunshine. But for every trip to the seaside or sultry afternoon on the sun lounger, there's someone who's busy packing a suitcase full of secrets and a motive... for murder. Join ten of the best crime writers in history for the trip...

This deliciously eerie volume collects some of the most well-known of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tales and poems originally published in the early to mid-19th century for a new generation of young readers—featuring a freshly reimagined cover! Acknowledged as one of the most brilliant American writers, Edgar Allan Poe crafted a fantastic world filled with mystery and horror that has...

A new generation of young readers is sure to delight in this enduring tale of love and torment by Gaston Leroux, originally published in 1909—featuring a freshly reimagined cover! Filled with the spectacle of the Paris Opera House in the 19th century, this classic work of suspense remains a riveting journey into the dark regions of the human heart. The...

E.T.A. Hoffmann’s whimsical novella, originally titled Nutcracker and Mouse King and the inspiration behind Tchaikovsky’s ballet, now has a festive new look in this beautiful edition. When Maria is given a nutcracker by her mysterious Godfather Drosselmeier, it seems like an ordinary gift. But as the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Eve, she finds her nutcracker embroiled in a fight...

All three novels in the beloved Little Women series are collected in this elegant leather-bound volume. Follow the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they advance from young ladies to mature women through domesticity, work, and true love. This collection includes all three novels in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women series: Little Women, Little Men, and...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories is a perfectly spooky volume that collects some of the most well-known Washington Irving tales, originally published in the early to mid-19th century, for a new generation of young readers. Featuring a freshly reimagined cover, this collection is sure to captivate. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a ghost story of enduring...

Dante’s epic poem of the soul’s journey through the afterlife remains essential reading seven centuries after its initial publication. This edition was translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso—the three fates of the deceased become the three pillars of an epic poem. The Divine Comedy, written by Italian poet Dante Alighieri in the fourteenth century, is considered the...

Gems of literature in a luxurious and unique design by Marjolein Bastin. The Marjolein Bastin Classics Series offers a chance to rediscover classic literature in collectible, luxuriously illustrated volumes. For the first time ever, the internationally celebrated artwork of Marjolein Bastin graces the pages of not just one, but three of Jane Austen’s unfinished works—Sanditon, Lady Susan, and The Watsons—making...

Five of Mark Twain’s most popular novels are collected in this elegant leather-bound volume. Mark Twain wrote his greatest works more than a hundred years ago, but he’s never far from the minds of modern readers. Whether it's about Twain making the news for his books being banned, or the removal of certain controversial language from one of his novels,...

All the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are collected in this illustrated volume. Central figures in medieval literature, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table still inspire many books and films today. Drawing on the legends of Camelot from French and English sources, Sir Thomas Malory compiled the drama of illicit love,...

This complete set of Jane Austen’s novels makes a beautiful decoration for any home library. Jane Austen's stories of clever women, elusive love, and social mores have struck a chord with millions of fans who consider her work compelling, heartwarming, and essential. Adapted time and again for screen and stage, these enduring classics remain as enjoyable as ever. This elegant,...

The original fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm are the foundation from which many modern retellings have emerged. They are the stories we've known since we were children: Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty. However, the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions we heard before bedtime. They're darker and...

Enjoy over 500 pages of beautifully illustrated and retold classics! This keepsake collection contains Mariah Marsden's beloved graphic novel adaptations of The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables, and Heidi—all in one gift-worthy box set. Immerse yourself in Mary Lennox’s discovery of a hidden garden, Anne Shirley’s adventures on Prince Edward Island, and Heidi’s heartwarming journey in the Swiss Alps....

Brighten the holiday season with five classic tales from the master of Christmastime fiction. Charles Dickens's most famous holiday story is the 1843 publication A Christmas Carol, but he was a prolific writer in the yuletide genre and a great contributor to many now-prevalent traditions of the holiday itself. In the year following the release of A Christmas Carol, Dickens...

Former soldier. Deadly enemies. One fight for survival. In a deadly game of cat and mouse, former Australian Infantry soldier Cable Martin faces his most dangerous mission yet: taking down a ruthless enemy — a rogue faction of ex-Australian Special Forces operatives who will stop at nothing to achieve their twisted goals. When a chance encounter with an old comrade...

Towards Zero sees Superintendent Battle called to investigate a murder at the home of an elderly widow at a clifftop seaside house in Devon. What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a house...