Classics of Literature

Adapted by Daniel Walden, the classic Christmas story about a young girl who receives a nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve and dreams that the doll comes to life. With full...

Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower orders in nineteenth-century Paris. Emile Zola's dispassionate dissection of the motivations of his characters, mere...

Here, gathered together in one volume, are three of George Eliot's works - Middlemarch, Silas Marner and Amos Barton.

'Respectable people... What bastards!' Unjustly deported to Devil's Island following Louis-Napoleon's coup-d'etat in December 1851, Florent Quenu escapes and returns to Paris. He finds the city changed beyond recognition. The...

In Basil's secret and unconsummated marriage to the linen-draper's sexually precocious daughter, and the shocking betrayal, insanity, and death that follow, Collins reveals the bustling, commercial London of the nineteenth...

Arranged in the order of their original publication and written during Kipling's time as a journalist in India, these seventeen short stories explore the themes of isolation and abandonment and...

Rediscover H.G. Wells - what does he mean to you? A successful author and Liberal MP with a loving and benevolent wife, Richard Remington appears to be a man to...

A masterpiece of Russian prose, Lermontov's only novel was influential for many later 19th century authors, including Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov. Lermotov's hero, Pechorin, is a dangerous man, Byronic in...

A collection of von Kleist's haunting, unsettling stories In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this...

Part of the series of Waverley Novels published by Penguin based on the acclaimed scholarship of the Edinburgh Editions. In the court of Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester,...

A powerful, dramatic and disturbing novel about the long shadow cast by the memory of a dead mother on the life of her daughter - another brilliant exploration of family...

'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.' Stephen Fry A Mulliner collection In the bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his...

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...

A brand new 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...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Welcome to Utopia. When Mr. Barnstaple, an Earthling, is accidentally transported to Utopia with a group of others,...

This "Critical Edition" of "Fathers and Sons", translated and edited by Michael R. Katz, is accompanied by a selection of Turgenev's letters, illustrating his involvement in the critical storm that...

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.' One...

Secondhand Charles Dickens Classics Bargain Book Box Step back into the bustling, complex world of Victorian England with this monumental collection of Charles Dickens' greatest works. This box brings together...

Secondhand Classics Bargain Book Box Step into a curated library featuring some of the most influential voices in Western literature, spanning from Ancient Greek tragedy to defining 20th-century modernism. This...

Secondhand Classics Bargain Book Box Immerse yourself in the intellectual and emotional landscape of the 20th century with this remarkable collection of literary classics. Featuring groundbreaking works by towering figures...

New to Penguin Clothbound Classics, Gaston Leroux's classic tale of Gothic horror and tragic romance Rumours that a ghost stalks the dark passages and cellars of the Paris Opera House,...

' HELP! I am addicted to this series! Unputdownable ' NetGalley reviewer Chilling truths are buried in this snow... When a body dressed in a Santa Claus suit appears in...

Thrilling Japanesestories of vampires, ghosts and renegade samurai. Step back through the mists of time to ancient Japan, wherewandering samurai seek revenge for the death of their master, the red-eyedspectres...

Secondhand Classics Bargain Book Box Dive deep into the foundations of Western thought and narrative tradition with the World Classics Bargain Box. This curated selection features eighteen pivotal works spanning...

"Finding the young Angelique on their doorstep one Christmas Eve, the pious Hubert couple decide to bring her up as their own. As the girl grows up in the vicinity...

In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Therese Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life...

In the persons of Gradgrind and Bounderby, Dickens stigmatized the prevalent philosophy of utilitarianism which, whether in school or factory, allowed human beings to be caged in a dreary scenery...

McTeague (1899) chronicles the demise of a San Francisco couple at the end of the nineteenth century. Inspired by an actual crime that was sensationalized in the San Francisco papers,...

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...

A selection of ten stories written when Chekhov had reached his maturity as a short storywriter, between 1887 and 1902. They show him as a master of compression and a...

Penniless and homeless, David Benediner, a young writer, arrives in Warsaw with two contacts: a young woman and a Zionist functionary who informs him that he has qualified for a...

One of the most irrepressible and exuberant characters in the history of literature, Tom Sawyer explodes onto the page in a whirl of bad behaviour and incredible adventures. Whether he...

'One of the greatest novels ever written' - Philippe Sands Set during the doomed splendour of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, The Radetzky March tells the story of the celebrated Trotta family,...

In a private letter Jane Austen once wrote: "Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor, which is one very strong argument in favour of matrimony." Marrying well was...

Widely considered one of the greatest American novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck Finn and his companion, the slave Jim, as they journey down the Mississippi...

"Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world." As it gets harder for...

A Faulkner-esque Classic of Trinidadian literature - No Pain Like This Body is a lost masterpiece of contemporary fiction. 'A masterpiece of hurt' New York Times WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY...

A selection of Oscar Wilde's best and most important plays - sharp, relevant and brilliant to this day A selection of Oscar Wilde's best and most important plays - sharp,...

A Timeless Tale of Adventure and Courage Acclaimed as one of the greatest literary masterpieces in the world, John Bunyan's beloved allegory has captivated reader's attention for centuries while providing...