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Walking in the Luxembourg Garden, exchanging letters about enigmatic diva Eleonora Duse or an irascible Tolstoy: Rainer Maria Rilke's French translator Maurice Betz enjoyed a rare intimacy with the great...

Robert Louis Stevenson's terrifying story of an urbane doctor who turns into a homicidal madman sold an unprecedented million copies before the turn of the twentieth century. One hundred years...

A Book of the Year in The Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Bookseller and at Waterstones 'He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all' Thomas...

FEATURING BRAND NEW UPDATED CONTENT EXCLUSIVE TO THIS EDITION 'Inspiring' - Cathy Rentzenbrink 'Fascinating' - Joe Moran 'A very lovely book' - Kate Mosse Bestselling and award-winning authors share the...

Dine with beloved writers in this 'utterly charming' (Nina Stibbe) new anthology of their very own favourite recipes, introduced by Bee Wilson. Agatha Christie's hot bean salad. Jack Kerouac's green...

Since the success of "Philadelphia, Here I Come!" in 1964, Brian Friel has written over twenty plays, successively confirming his reputation as a major dramatist of the twentieth century. But...

A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account-and how they became a cultural sensation Shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize 2025 From Wilkie Collins to the...

An enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to Avalon and Middle Earth Originating in Norse and Celtic mythologies, elves...

An engaging, approachable introduction to literary modernism Modernism represented an astonishing outbreak of cultural innovation, spanning artforms and nations. It was centred around feelings of growing alienation in an industrial...

A spirited and essential companion to Orwell and his works, covering all the novels and major essays An intellectual who hated intellectuals, a socialist who didn't trust the state-our foremost...

A vital guide to poetry from ancient times to the present "[A] fizzing, exhilarating book."-Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times, London "Delightful.'"- New York Times Book Review Poetry is language made special,...

A vibrant guide to the world of literature, from dramatic plays to engrossing novels Literature has inspired every civilisation, from Greek myth to today's graphic novels. John Sutherland, who has...

An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves "Remarkable, brave and compassionate."-Rowan Williams,...

What happened when Jane Austen's heroines and heroes were finally wed? Marriage is at the centre of Jane Austen's novels. The pursuit of husbands and wives, advantageous matches, and, of...

A wonderfully readable anthology of our greatest poetry, chosen by the author of A Little History of Poetry "Does anyone know more about poetry than John Carey? Almost certainly not."-...

A literary master's entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasure-"English 101 in a book." (Michael Lindgren, Washington Post) What makes a work of literature good...

A fascinating and highly original history of medieval magic told through twenty key illuminated manuscripts Medieval Europe was preoccupied with magic. From the Carolingian Empire to Renaissance Italy and Tudor...

The ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars "Replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to approach this great American...

The aim of this study is to resolve discrepancies and correct errors in previous biographies and to attempt to fill serious and long-existing gaps in the story of Hazlitt's life....

The Peru of the near future is in the throes of an insurgency. A revolutionary army is taking on the failing government and the US Marines, and the cities have...

An exploration of late nineteenth-century American literary posters-a vibrant genre at the vanguard of modern commercial art and graphic design "Will thrill commercial art nerds and avid readers alike."-Nathalie Atkinson,...

Born in 1812, the twentieth child of a stockbroker, Edward Lear is known for his Nonsense rhymes, particularly the "Owl" and the "Pussycat". This biography offers an insight into the...

During much of his life Voltaire's plays and verse made him the toast of society, but his barbed wit and commitment to reason also got him into trouble. Jailed twice...

A Spectator Best Book of the Year "It's an extremely handsome, well-designed book, and you couldn't ask for a better introduction to Kafka...If you've never read Kafka before or if...

Thomas Hardy is one of the sacred figures in English writing, a great poet and a novelist with a world reputation. His life was also extraordinary: from the poverty of...

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She found herself on a circular stair that led down into a great sunken theater, the stair opening onto a concrete catwalk around four huge cylinders that rested on a...

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In the vein of Tuesdays with Morrie , a devoted student and friend of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel invites readers to witness one of the...

Patrick O Brian, the late author of the immensely popular Aubrey-Maturin novels, zealously guarded the details of his past. Now Dean King an expert on nautical literature and on O...

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A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account-and how they became a cultural sensation From Wilkie Collins to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the traditional image...

A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and Freud "A compellingly readable and intelligent book. . . . Both authors write with impressive energy."-Rowan...

A biography of Vergil, Rome's greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of...

A wonderfully original book about contemporary Russia as seen on journeys in search of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, Chekhov, Gogol and Turgenev. There is a literal Russian landscape, and there is...

Gunter Grass's novel "Der Butt" is one of his most important and best-known works, and yet it has not received the critical acclaim enjoyed by his other novels, most notably...

With the insight only a novelist can provide, A. S. Byatt vividly conjures into being the world of Wordsworth and Coleridge. Unruly Times is a superlative portrait of the relationship...

In this classic work, the author of 'Footsteps' collects the biographical stories that have captured his fancy in the course of researching his books on the romantic poets, creating a...

The German mystic Gertrude the Great of Helfta (c.1256-1301) is a globally venerated saint who is still central to the Sacred Heart Devotion. Her visions were first recorded in Latin,...

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of...

"All is true," realist writers would say of their work, to which critics now respond: All is art and artifice. Offering a new approach to reading nineteenth-century realist fiction, Lilian...

V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) - VSP as he was affectionately known - was the greatest British short-story writer of the twentieth century, and one of its liveliest and most humane...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'At first you saw only a mass of coarse, matted black hair; presently it was seen that this...

This final edition of Mayor's Juvenal, issued here in two hardback volumes (available separately or as a slip-cased set), should be an essential part of all professional Latinists' reference libraries....