Classics of Literature

Conrad's first novel is also the first part of his Malayan trilogy. Set in Borneo against an exotic and ruinous background, the book enacts the final, tragi-comic anguish of paternity...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either...

Jane and Alice Melville are looking for a living wage. Although well qualified with a 'boy's education', neither can find a suitable position. They are disinherited by an uncle who...

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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...

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...

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...

I'm a God boy, Sister, 'I said. 'You don t have to worry about me, I'm a God boy.' Jimmy Sullivan believed he was protected by God until his parents...

Years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This and fear of another war take his mind back...

In Monterey, on the California Coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that's just naturally bad. Returning to the...

With a new introduction by Emma Larkin Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, Burmese Days describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry, when...

Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion, but he also wants to be loved. In THE RED PONY, Jody begins to learn about adulthood - its pain, its responsibilities and...

A tragic tale of a young woman's descent into isolation and despair, inspired by Jean Rhys's own experiences First published in 1934, Voyage in the Dark is the story of...

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature A landmark in American fiction, Light in August explores Faulkner's central theme- the nature of evil. Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated...

Born in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later, Moll's drive to find and hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery, bigamy, prostitution and...

A collection of eight of Chekhov's finest early stories. This collection of Chekhov's finest early writing reveals a young writer mastering the art of the short story. 'The Steppe', which...

A provocative and astute portrayal of a world caught by the lure of progress Published in 1886, The Bostonians begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, a young...

A disturbing, enthralling, Sensation novel Weathering critical scorn, Lady Audley's Secret quickly established Mary Elizabeth Braddon as the leading light of Victorian 'sensation' fiction, sharing the honour only with Wilkie...

A mesmerising collection of stories from the superb Richard Yates First published in 1962, a year after Revolutionary Road, this sublime collection of stories seems even more powerful today. Out...

A powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Snow Country With the Second World War only a few years in the...

Tonks on holiday - a charming, funny and sun-soaked novel by the author of The Bloater. Fun, witty and sun-soaked - literary cartwheels and seaside capers from the astoundingly brilliant...

Finally back in print, a shockingly wry and funny coming-of-age novel from the inimitable Rosemary Tonks, author of The Bloater Brilliantly funny and brutal, this is the story of one...

A powerfully tense tale of domestic tyranny set against the wild open spaces of the American West - another rediscovered classic from the publishers of Stoner Discover Thomas Savage's dark...

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...

Depicting a young woman's life in Nazi Germany, this is the masterpiece from the author of Child of All Nations Nineteen-year-old Sanna just wants to drink her beer in peace,...

A brilliant feminist novel from Weimar Germany, from the author of Child of All Nations Gilgi knows where she's going in life- she's ambitious, determined and fearless. She's not even...

Available in English for the first time, The Chandelier is one of Lispector's most radical books and a key part of what made her a Brazilian legend 'She found the...

The second novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a passionate portrait of the artist as a young woman Thea Kronberg, a young girl from a small town in...

As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley A department of ageing British spies...

A short, brilliantly evocative novel set in the bleak eastern European borderlands before the First World War An artillery officer is persuaded by his resentful wife to leave the Austro-Hungarian...

In the penultimate novel in the series Maigret investigates a crime in Paris's seedy red light district The body of a well-known Parisian restaurateur turns up on Avenue Junot in...

Conrad's last great novel, featuring one of his most fascinating heroes, Victory is a psychological thriller, a tragic romance and a commentary on the lies that we tell ourselves. Axel...

Kipling's masterpiece about a boy's journey through imperial India, edited by Harish Trivedi Kipling's epic rendition of the imperial experience in India is also his greatest long work. Two men...

One of the great novels of the twentieth century, now in a wonderful new cover The Rainbow chronicles the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family over a period...

Part of a series of new editions of Henry James's most famous novels and short stories When Chadwick Newsome, a young American favoured with fortune and independence, becomes entangled in...

'Brilliant ... a panorama of a remarkable talent ... McCullers's finest stories' The New York Times A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's...

The Bright Young Things of 1920s Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade, whether it...

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, who he'll do anything to possess. Is he in love or...

Jay Rubin's translation of Soseki's cherished novel, new to Penguin Classics One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving the sleepy countryside for...

New translation by Roger Whitehouse for this tale of murder, passion, and possession La Bete humaine (1890), the seventeenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, is one of Zola's most violent...

This volume includes Family Happiness; The Kreutzer Sonata; The Devil and Father Sergius. The four stories are all about love, but they take very different attitudes towards it. Tolstoy knows...

A collection of nine of Chekhov's short stories from the middle period of his life These stories from the middle period of Chekhov's career show him exploring complex, ambiguous and...

Completes the set of six 'Palliser' novels available in Penguin Classics. In the fourth of the 'Palliser' stories, Trollope follows Phineas Finn's return to the dangerous world of Westminster politics....

A gripping melodrama from Wilkie Collins When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret...

This is the fifth volume of Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire Engaged to the ambitious and self-serving Adolphus Crosbie, Lily Dale is devastated when he jilts her for the aristocratic Lady...

Trollope's story of political advancement, debt, and family pride Mark Robarts is a clergyman with ambitions beyond his small country parish of Framley. In a naive attempt to mix in...

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....

New Penguin Essentials edition of the heartbreaking classic of the roaring twenties. 'I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside...