Classics of Literature

This collection features 16 monumental works of non-fiction, encompassing philosophy, politics, autobiography, and practical advice. Spanning over two millennia, from the ancient wisdom of Confucius and Marcus Aurelius to the...

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Author: George Grossmith Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Mr Charles Pooter is a respectable man. He has just moved into a very desirable home in Holloway with...

The classic translation of Kafka's great work of psychological horror 'It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary' Rediscover Kafka's classic work...

Author: John Williams Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 The author of Stoner delivers something completely different but equally unique, skewering romantic notions of the Wild West with...

Author: Agatha Christie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling...

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 For the first time ever, a special enhanced edition of the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings,...

Author: Joseph Conrad Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'Spookily topical' - Guardian WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GILES FODENLondon is under threat. It has become a haven for...

'Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph ** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ** Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon. Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She...

Author: Georges Simenon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 In the penultimate novel in the series Maigret investigates a crime in Paris's seedy red light district The body...

Author: Andrew Nicoll Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Otto Witte was once many things. But now, sitting in his caravan, drinking what's left of his coffee (dust),...

Author: Sun Tzu Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The Art of War By Sun Tzu Discover the strategic genius of Sun Tzu in The Art of War, translated and annotated...

'In this new translation one finally gets the musical whole of Dostoevsky's original' New York Times Book Review FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY Dostoevsky's beautiful writing...

Brave New World is still one of the most shocking, unnerving and prophetic novels ever written. Mass-consumerism, individualism, total reliance on technology- it is a future that appears to be...

Author: Ford Madox Ford Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 A brilliant and heart-rending evocation of destructive passion. When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora...

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...

'A masterpiece - a classic of twentieth-century fiction' New York Times in Bulgakov's allegorical masterpiece of Stalin's regime the devil is making a personal appearance in Moscow. He is accompanied...

Kafka's gripping work of psychological horror A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of...

46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946 My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so...

Author: Lorraine KellyFormat: Hardback, 160mm x 236mm, 580g, 368 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2024'A must read. Loved it and a beautiful ending' Reader Review'Written with compassion and empathy,...

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings,...

The definitive translation of the world's greatest novel TRANSLATED BY EDITH GROSSMAN Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever...

Penguin Classics relaunch Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to...

Author: Hester Musson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Held me completely in its thrall until the very last line' SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN, bestselling author of Pandora 'A well-researched and thoroughly...

The greatest rediscovered classic of recent years, Stoner is a literary legend. This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic....

Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of his own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking Notes from Underground tells the story of his tortured life. With bitter...

Curl up with the warm, escapist and feel-good novel full of gorgeous scenery, new beginnings, family and friendship, from the instant Sunday Times bestselling author this winter! ? 'A must...

Detective Carson Ryder's reputation is on the line when a sociopathic serial killer embarks on a personal vendetta, constructing his crimes to hit Carson's weak spot. He's coming to get...

Author: Henry GrayFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 232mm, 1280 pagesPublished: Sterling Juvenile, United States, 2018This is an attractively designed edition of Gray's Anatomy, the scientific and artistic triumph.Gray's Anatomyis a phenomenally...

The acclaimed new translation of Tolstoy's masterpiece, for the first time in Black Classics after the successful hardback and Red Classics editions - 10,000+ hbks and by time of BC...

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series- all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers 'Jane...

Author: Ernest Hemingway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 112 A gorgeous new centennial edition of Ernest Hemingway's landmark short story of returning veteran Nick Adams's solo fishing trip in Michigan's...

Author: Italo Svevo Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 592 'I am sure a cigarette has a more poignant flavour when it is the last' A neurotic Italian businessman...

'Probably more people have shed tears over the last page of A Town Like Alice than about any other novel in the English language... remarkable' John Ezard, Guardian 'Probably more...

Penguin Classics relaunch. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard...

The acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's masterpiece for Penguin Classics 'Will I really - I mean, really - actually take an axe, start bashing her on the head, smash her...

Stefan Zweig's classic novella of obsession, madness and chess In 1941 a cruise ship is heading to Buenos Aires, and on board a group of eager passengers challenge the reigning...

Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is the story of a man who makes a devilish pact never to grow old. Dorian Gray remains forever young, indulging in unspeakable...

"There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery." Dante Alighieri's Inferno, the first Canticle in the epic poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy, is...

Author: 'Antarah ibn Shaddad Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 438 Poems of love and battle by Arabia's legendary warrior From the sixth-century highlands of Najd in the Arabian peninsula, on...

Dickens wrote of 'David Copperfield': "Of all my books I like this the best". Millions of readers in almost every language on earth have subsequently come to share the author's...

'Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century' Anthony Burgess, Observer Following the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th June 1904, and what...

A collection of folktales to transport the reader into a world of adventurers, tricksters, kings, peasants and saints Meticulously selected and artfully recreated, the selection of stories in Italian is...

Extra-special futuristic 3D edition! Each book comes with 3D glasses! 'One of the most important books to have been published since the war' Daily Telegraph WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD...

Penguin Classics relaunch The award-winning new translation of the great Russian novel.Leo Tolstoy (Author) Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Tula province. He studied at the University of...

Special unjacketed hardback edition of the prelude to J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. This edition of The Silmarillion features the complete work with a unique cover...

Victor Frankenstein is obsessed with the secret of resurrecting the dead. But when he makes a new 'man' out of plundered corpses, his hideous creation fills him disgust. Rejected by...

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is...