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The collection that invented an American mythology and some of its most memorable figures from Rip van Winkle to the Headless Horseman. The timeless collection that introduced Rip Van Winkle,...

The artistic work of Leo Tolstoy has been described as 'nothing less than one tremendous diary kept for over fifty years'. This particular 'diary' begins with Tolstoy's first published work,...

Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a captivating story of one young woman's rebellion against the social order, edited by Peter Sabor with an introduction by Margaret A. Doody in Penguin Classics....

'As a writer of the English language there has been no one to touch Stevenson in a hundred years...as a story-teller he is unsurpassed' George MacDonald Fraser 'As a writer...

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. 'It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in...

The Two Towers is the second part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings. Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during...

It was her father's funeral. Fiona's son, Luke, with insight and eloquence, captured the exuberant essence of the man. Edward arrived late and stood anxiously at the back, his eyes...

Peter and Kate host an end-of-year dinner for Peter's colleagues. All is going well until Petra's name is mentioned. Lying in bed later that evening, Kate recalls the first time...

Poor Judd Foxman returns home early to find his wife in bed with his boss - in the act. He now faces the twin threats of both divorce and unemployment....

Louise de la Balliere is the middle section of The Vicomte de Bragelonne or, Ten Years After. Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The...

"All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" It was the indifferent shrug and callous inertia that this "optimism" concealed which so angered Voltaire, who found...

A special edition collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. This collection of twelve original short...

Penguin Classics relaunch. With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what is regarded as the first English novel, and created one of the most popular and enduring myths in literature. Written in...

This vivid historical and political novel by Dickens is centred on the infamous 'No Popery' riots, instigated by Lord George Gordon, which terrorised London in 1780. Dickens' targets are prejudice,...

On his thirtieth birthday, the bank clerk Josef K. is suddenly arrested by mysterious agents for an unspecified crime. He is told that he will be set free, but must...

'Here's to alcohol, the rose coloured glasses of life.' Anthony Patch has told his wealthy grandfather that he is writing a medieval history. But he isn't. Instead he's living a...

Tolstoy s last major work was A Calendar of Wisdom, a collection of his favourite spiritual and philosophical quotations in the form of daily readings. Each week he included a...

A high-octane story from the great Eric Ambler of a journalist on the run in the south of France Lucia Bernardi was last seen driving a car at top speed...

An existential masterpiece from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms....

This collection of Tolstoy's stories includes "Sevastopol," "Two Hussars," "Albert," "What Men Live By," "Master and Man," "How Much Land Does a Man Need?," "The Death of Ivan Ilych," "The...

The plans of Edgar, Master of Ravenswood to regain his ancient family estate from the corrupt Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland are frustrated by the complexities of...

A new Penguin Classics black spine edition of Herman Melville's virtuosic short stories--American classics wrought with scorching fury, grim humor, and profound beauty A new, definitive edition of Herman Melville's...

One of the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tale of Genji, in a groundbreaking new edition From the acclaimed translator ofThe Tale of Genji, a groundbreaking rendering of...

New to Black Classics The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier, seems to be the perfect English...

Penguin Classics relaunch. As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people- Ada and Richard...

Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, leaves the easy life of the Happy Valley, accompanied by his sister Nekayah, her attendant Pekuah, and the much-travelled philosopher Imlac. Their journey takes them to...

Although he is best known for his novels-several of which have been made into popular movies-E.M. Forster also published stories. This volume, which collects those stories published during Forster's lifetime,...

\"The Story of the Stone\" (c. 1760), also known as \"The Dream of the Red Chamber\", is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao...

Plt;bPgt;Pquot;A powerful, severe, and harshly comic portrayal of Irish immigrant life in lower New York exactly a century ago.Pquot; P#8212;Alfred KazinPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;iPgt;MaggiePlt;/iPgt;, a powerful exploration of the destructive forces that...

"When a girl leaves home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumes the cosmopolitan standard of...

The book titled Look Homeward, Angel by the author Thomas Wolfe. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

One of the central novels in the American canon with a new foreword by Tom Perotta and introduction by Hawthorne scholar Robert Milder The canonical American masterpiece of sin, guilt,...

A deluxe edition of Lewis Carroll's timeless tale of wondrously charming nonsense, in time for its 150th anniversary Lewis Carroll's brilliantly timeless tales-in a deluxe 150th-anniversary edition.Nominated as one of...

For the centennial of its original publication, an irresistible Graphic Deluxe Edition of one of the most beloved books of the 20th century, featuring a new foreword by National Book...

The classic boyhood adventure tale in a beautiful Deluxe Edition illustrated by Lilli Carre Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the...

'May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then' 'May you not rest, as long as I am living. You...

Ry nosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. 'Rash mon'...

First published in 1869, Lorna Dooneis the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy...

Philosophy in the Bedroom accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of...

Published for the first time in Penguin Classics, this is the conclusion of Dumas's celebrated Musketeers adventures In the Musketeers' final adventure, D'Artagnan remains in the service of the corrupt...

A marvelously vivid, many-sided portrait of America's frontier days. Mark Twain's rambling took him all over the American West during teh 1860's. He prospected for gold and silver, speculated on...

Sink your teeth into the original horror classic-Bram Stoker's timeless gothic tale which introduced one of the most terrifying and mesmerizing legends in literature: Dracula the Vampire. Originally published in...

"A classic story . . . delivers real news from Cuba in a lyrical way."-NPR Available for a new generation, Wendy Guerra's intoxicating and heartrending classic-a portrait of economically depressed...

Super-spy Paul Chavasse - British Intelligence's most maverick agent - is embroiled in an deadly double-cross, in this new revised edition of Jack Higgins' classic spy thriller. The Chief of...