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The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents,...

Gaskell's last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. At its core are family relationships father, daughter and step-mother, father and...

'One of the greatest historical novels ever written' SARAH WATERS 'I love to find queer representation in historical fiction. . . Renault's eye for intimacy is amazing ' DOUGLAS STUART...

Walking through the wilderness of this world I came upon a place where there was a hollow. There I lay down to sleep: and as I slept I dreamed a...

This riverrun edition of Turgenev's most accomplished stories contains A Nest of Gentlefolk , A Quiet Backwater , First Love , and A Lear of the Steppes - the defining...

'Her detective novels are hilarious - less about detecting than delighting, with absurd farce and a wonderful turn of phrase . . . Nancy Spain was bold, she was brave,...

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One of literature's most renowned stories of decadence and betrayal is now available in an affordable softcover edition, featuring striking hand-painted cover art from Laci Fowler and distinctive interior design...

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is now available in an affordable softcover edition, featuring striking hand-painted cover art from Laci Fowler and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal for classic...

Bram Stoker's timeless gothic tale, now available as a Harper Perennial Olive Edition. Originally published in 1897, Dracula is one of the most enduring and influential works of literature ever...

Twenty-five spine-tingling tales and poems from the preeminent writer of American gothic fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, now available in a Harper Perennial Olive Edition. Of all the American masters, Edgar...

Agatha Christie's sensational mystery thriller set in her Devonshire homeland. On holiday in Cornwall, Poirot meets a pretty young woman with an unusual name, 'Nick' Buckley. Upon discovering a bullet-hole...

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A masterful tale of murder and intrigue in a small French town, from the celebrated author of the Maigret series Nobody mentioned the victims, or the terror that had gripped...

An extraordinary tale of betrayal from the celebrated author of the Maigret series On the shore of the Black Sea, on the edge of the Soviet Union, a little city...

A new translation of a twisting detective novel from the celebrated author of the Maigret series Hector Loursat, a lawyer in the small town of Moulins, has lived as a...

A new selection of stories featuring the celebrated literary detective, Inspector Maigret An ageing boxer caught in a love triangle. A wealthy Parisian family on the brink of collapse. A...

'The best saga of pastoral Australia ever published... hard to describe without superlatives... in a hundred years the book will still be a classic.' Meanjin '... far better than any...

In his introduction, Ronald Blythe places the novel in the context of Henry James's literary career, and discusses his depiction of women and themes of money and change. Making her...

A ROLLICKING YARN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN LEGEND Banjo Paterson is our best known and most loved bush poet. Less well known, but no less captivating, are his warm and funny...

Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder...

This cat was a drag... Till a midnight wakeup call Christmas?! What a load of Humbug. Mistletoe and Wine just don't do it for Scrooge; he's a workaholic miser with...

Solitude Was Driving Him Nuts! One man's love of the sea leaves him stranded on a desert island with nothing but a few goats, a bible and a parrot for...

Vintage Heroes & Villains- A lineup of literature's most dastardly, devilish and daring characters London is under threat. It has become a haven for political exiles and anarchists. Frequent bomb...

New edition of the Penguin Essential described by Evelyn Waugh as 'the funniest book in the world' 'I fail to see - because I do not happen to be a...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range Michael Henchard has risen to become a prosperous merchant and mayor of Casterbridge, but he habours a shameful secret. In his youth, while in...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range. In 1843 Charles Dickens took up his pen to begin his 'ghostly little book' and so created A Christmas Carol and the mean-spirited Ebenezer...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range. When a pilot is forced to land in the Sahara Desert he meets the little prince, whose stories about his tiny home planet and...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range. When young Catherine Morland is invited to Northanger Abbey, a house which seems to come straight from the pages of a Gothic novel, a...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range. Nick Carraway rents a property on Long Island, where the new moneyed class are given to ostentatious displays of wealth. None more so than...

Hermann Hesse's magnum opus and a twentieth-century classic In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game...

Lord Dunsany mixes reality with fantasy in this forgotten collection of modern detective stories. Some are macabre, others have a lighter and more amusing touch, but every story stimulates the...

'How truth thickens and deepens when it migrates from didactic fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening is one of the thrills of Tolstoy's stories' Sharon Cameron in...

A gorgeously illustrated graphic novel adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved American classic. First published in 1925, The Great Gatsby has been acclaimed by generations of readers and is now...

"Suddenly there came a tapping." The Raven and Other Selected Works by Edgar Allan Poe, a collection comprising his famous poem and 25 of his remarkable short stories, is now...

This revised and expanded edition of Tolkien's own Hobbit-inspired poetry includes previously unpublished poems and notes, and is beautifully illustrated by Narnia artist Pauline Baynes. 'Tom was here before the...

Agatha Christie's sensational mystery thriller set in her Devonshire homeland. On holiday in Cornwall, Poirot meets a pretty young woman with an unusual name, 'Nick' Buckley. Upon discovering a bullet-hole...

Second in a series of hardback boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets. Includes THE LAYS OF BELERIAND, THE SHAPING OF MIDDLE-EARTH and THE LOST...

'Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me.' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'A delicious Regency romp for fans of Bridgerton.' Red 'Scandal, art and romance...

Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom...

Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street...

Jane Austen seems to have been born with the comic precision and other-worldly insight she everywhere displays in Sense and Sensibility, her first published novel (1811), which, though revised later,...

Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Charlotte's Web Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world, now including a beautiful...

Tender and bittersweet, these stories by Truman Capote form a captivating tribute to the Christmas season Selected from across Capote's writing life, the stories range from nostalgic portraits of childhood...

A revelatory and richly varied collection of Korea's greatest short stories This eclectic, moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea's dramatic twentieth...

A haunting portrayal of addiction and a troubled young woman 'She understands Karma, she says- \"What I do, I reap\"' Her name means sadness, yet Tristessa, a prostitute and morphine...

A strange love triangle unravels in this masterly study of storytelling, deception and desire They met when they were teenagers. Quiet, poor, perhaps even a little dull, Miguel fell for...