Wordsworth
Best Ghost Stories
77%
Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens lifetime. His natural…
The Best Short Stories
68%
This is a fascinating selection of Kipling's most famous short stories, bringing together the very…
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
86%
The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan…
Billy Budd and Other Stories
97%
Melville's short stories are masterpieces. The best are to be appreciated on more than one level…
The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde
55%
Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and,…
The Complete Fairy Tales
89%
Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and his brother Wilhelm (1786-1859) were philologists and folklorists. The…
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
76%
Gibbon's «The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire», published between 1776 and…
Democracy in America
75%
Democracy in America is a classic of political philosophy. Hailed by John Stuart Mill and Horace…
Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
76%
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Synonyms & Antonyms will enable readers to find the most appropriate…
The Inferno
85%
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European…
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
86%
Dickens' final novel, left unfinished at his death in 1870, is a mystery story much influenced by…
The Origin of Species
87%
'A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die...'.…
Selected Lives
97%
Plutarch of Chaeronea is one of the great storytellers of antiquity, a writer whose ability to…
Selected Short Stories
77%
This specially commissioned selection of Conrad's short stories includes favourites such as Youth,…
Shadows of Sherlock Holmes
96%
»The Shadows of Sherlock Holmes» is a fascinating collection of stories featuring detectives,…
The Social Contract
76%
In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in…
Three Sea Stories
95%
As these three specially commissioned stories amply demonstrate, Conrad is our greatest writer of…
Our Mutual Friend
77%
With an Introduction and Notes by Deborah Wynne, Chester College. Illustrated by Marcus Stone. «Our…
Complete Fairy Stories
58%
For 150 years, the tales of Hans Christian Andersen have been delighting both adults and children.…
The Best Short Stories
68%
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. Guy…