20th Century History

With a brand new introduction from Greg James, this caper of supreme joy is a Wodehouse classic. 'A colourful universe of aristocratic buffoonery and public school nonsense' Greg James, host...

A lyrical translation of Kafka's first novel - a menacing allegory of modern life Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with...

Pavese's seductive masterpiece of memory and betrayal in the Italian countryside, in a vivid new translation by Tim Parks Having made his fortune in America, Eel is magnetically drawn back...

Le Carre's singular story of a cautious man plunged into recklessness, published in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Aldo Cassidy is the naive and sentimental lover. A successful,...

Steinbeck's most ambitious and engrossing novel, at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis, in a new A format edition 'There is only one...

A collection of fifteen stories, evoking the voices and lives that teem in Joyce's vision of his native city EDITED BY HANS WALTER GABLER WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY SCARLETT BARON AND...

The greatest rediscovered classic of recent years, Stoner is a literary legend. This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic....

'One of the century's greatest writers' Sunday Times Discover Angela Carter's classic feminist retelling of favourite fairy tales interwoven by a master of seductive, luminous storytelling. From familiar fairy tales...

Grass's landmark novel in a stunning new translation and with a new foreword by the author WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR On his third birthday Oskar decides to...

Elizabeth Smart's passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as 'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ... A masterpiece'. One day,...