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Emma - Jane Austen 9781853260285 - 416pp N & I Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a 'heroine whom no one but myself will much like', but Emma is irresistible. 'Handsome, clever, and rich', Emma is also an 'imaginist', 'on fire with speculation and foresight'. Her matchmaking maps out relationships that Jane Austen ironically tweaks into a clearer perspective. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 9781853260001 - 352pp N & I The garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this, she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. This is a sparkling novel of manners and is one of the most popular works of classic fiction.

Mansfield Park - Jane Austen 9781853260322 - 400pp N & I Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme, but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park, it has quite unexpected results. Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results, enduring the amorality, old-fashioned indifference and priggish disapproval of those around her.

Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 9781853260162 - 320pp N & I A comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two qualities. Elinor's character is one of Augustan detachment, while Marianne, a fervent disciple of the Romantic Age, learns to curb her passionate nature in the interests of survival.

Northanger Abbey Jane Austen 9781853260438 - 224pp N & I Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and the various characters whom she meets there.

Lorna Doone - R.D. Blackmore 9781853260766 - 624pp N & I A historical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685). It is also a love story told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, as he grows to manhood determined to right the wrongs in his land, and to win the heart and hand of the beautiful Lorna Doone.

Persuasion - Jane Austen 9781853260568 - 224pp N & I Anne Elliot lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances. A woman of no importance, she manoeuvres in her restricted circumstances as her long-time love Captain Wentworth did in the wars.

Lady Audleys Secret Mary Elizabeth Braddon 9781853267260 - 400pp N & I The flaxen-haired beauty of the child-like Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But this novel uncovers the truth, in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder. It challenges assumptions about the nature of femininity and investigates the narrow divide between sanity and insanity.

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Agnes Grey - Anne Bront 9781853262166 - 192pp N & I An expose of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally-starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-19th century. Agnes Grey has a power and poignancy which marks it out as a landmark work of literature dealing with the social and moral evolution of English society during the last century. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Bront 9781853264887 - 432pp N & I A sometimes violent and brutal tale of love and betrayal, separation and reconciliation, set in the familiar Bront landscape of bleak houses. Anne Bront's style is bold, naturalistic and passionate, and this novel has earned her a position in English Shirley - Charlotte Bront 9781853260643 - 496pp N & I This work is set among the cloth mills of the author's native Yorkshire. It portrays the drama of the latter part of the Napoleonic Wars when labour-saving machinery was smashed by desperate, unemployed workers. It explores humanity's efforts to reconcile aspirations with social justice.

Villette - Charlotte Bront 9781853260728496pp N & I This novel is based on the author's personal experience as a teacher in Brussels. It is a moving tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position, borne with heroic fortitude. It is also the story of a woman's right to love and be loved.

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bront 9781853260209 - 448pp N & I Ranked as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction, this title portrays the heroine, who although poor and of plain appearance, possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order.

Wuthering Heights Emily Bront 9781853260018 - 272pp N & I A passionate story of the love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, the action is chaotic and violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the descriptions of the moorland setting and the poetic grandeur combined to make this novel a masterpiece.

The Professor Charlotte Bront 9781853262081 - 208pp This is Charlotte Bront's first novel, and is based on her own experiences in Brussels. The story is one of love and doubt as the hero, William Crimsworth, seeks his fortune as a teacher in Brussels and finds his love for Anglo-Swiss girl Frances Henri severely tested.

Greenmantle - John Buchan 971853262043 - 240pp Greenmantle continues the thrilling adventures of Richard Hannay from convalescence following the Battle of Loos, back to London for a vital meeting at the Foreign Office and thence on a top-secret mission across war-torn German-occupied Europe.

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The Island of Sheep John Buchan 9781853262760208pp In this fifth and final adventure, Richard Hannay becomes embroiled in one of the most hazardous escapades of his life. Two men are honour bound to help the tormented Valdemar Haraldsen, and a third decides to mastermind the whole affair out of a sheer love of adventure and a dislike of villains. Don Quixote - Cervantes 9781853260360800pp N & I Cervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant has found its way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction, the 'books of chivalry', this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature. Selected Stories Anton Chekhov 9781853262883 - 208pp N & I Chekhov is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. This is a collection where action and drama are implied rather than described openly, and which intend to leave much to the reader's imagination.

Mr Standfast - John Buchan 9781853262258 - 288pp The third story in the Richard Hannay series finds Hannay recalled by the Head of British Intelligence from the Western Front at a critical moment in the battle for France. He has little idea that his contribution to the war effort will be much more crucial than the command of his Brigade in Flanders.

The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan 9781853260803 - 112pp The first story in the Richard Hannay series. When Hannay returns from a long stay in Africa, he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan -European war. After a corpse is found in his flat, Hannay flees the attentions of both the conspirators and the law, and a manhunt ensues. Alices Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 9781853260025 - 288pp N & I A selection of Carroll's works, which includes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and its sequel, "Through the Looking-Glass". Through wordplay, parody and logical and philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts, teasing, ominous or melancholy.

The Complete Father Brown Stories - G. K. Chesterton 9781853260032 - 800pp N & I This collection contains all the Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner.

Fanny Hill - Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure John Cleland 9781840224177 - 176pp Fanny's story, as she falls into prostitution and then rises to respectability, takes the form of a confession that is coloured by copious and explicit physiological details of her carnal adventures.

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The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins 9781853260445 - 464pp N & I Considered the first detective novel in the English language. The Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war, is given to Rachel Verrinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night, the stone is stolen. Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked housemaid, on Rachel's cousin, on a troupe of mysterious Indian jugglers, and on Rachel herself. Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 9781853262401 - 240pp N & I A tale of horror, set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century. The story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic, social and political exploitation of European and African societies and the cataclysmic behaviour this induced in some individuals. The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad 9781853260650 - 256pp N & I This story of espionage and counter-espionage, anarchists and embassies, is a detective story that becomes the story of Winnie Verloc's tenacity in maintaining her devotion to her peculiar and simple-minded brother, Stevie, as they pursue their very ordinary lives above a rather dubious shop in the back streets of Soho. Selected Short Stories Joseph Conrad 9781853261909 - 272pp N & I A selection of short stories including favourites such as Youth, a modern epic of the sea; The Secret Sharer, a thrilling psychological drama; An Outpost of Progress, a blackly comic prelude to Heart of Darkness and Amy Foster, a moving story of a shipwrecked, alienated Pole. Three Sea Stories Joseph Conrad 9781853267437304pp N & I Includes three stories where characters are tested by dramatic events that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret stuff of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself.

Nostromo - Joseph Conrad 9781853261749 - 416pp N & I Nostromo is the only man capable of the decisive action needed to save the silver of the San Tome mine and secure independence for Sulaco. Is his integrity as unassailable as everyone believes, or will his ideals, like those which have inspired the struggling state itself, buckle under economic and political pressures?

Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad 9781853260377 - 304pp N & I Set in the Malay Archipelago, this novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. It explores the dilemmas of conscience, of moral isolation, of loyalty and betrayal confronting a sensitive individual whose romantic quest for an honourable ideal are tested to the limit.

The Deerslayer - J. Fennimore. Cooper 9781853265525 - 432pp The young frontiersman Natty Bumppo and his friend Hurry Harry go to the rescue of the trapper Thomas Hutter and his daughters, whose floating fort on Lake Glimmerglass is under attack by the Iriquois. This title introduces Natty Bumppo, the Deerslayer of the title, and the Mohican Chief Chingachgook.

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The Last of the Mohicans J. Fenimore Cooper 9781853260490 - 384pp N & I Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. This book contains vivid incident but reflects also on the interaction between colonists and native peoples. Through the character of Hawkeye, it questions practices of the American frontier and eclipse of cultures. Short Stories from the 19th Century - D. S. Davies (Ed.) 9781840224078 - 240pp A collection of classic short stories featuring tales by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Anthony Trollope and many others.

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Stephen Crane 9781853265594 - 192pp A novel of social realism, set in the urban squalor of New York in the 1890s, it follows the careers of the innocent Maggie and her brother Jimmie, children of brutal and drunken parents.

Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe 9781853260735 - 304pp N & I Follows the life of the heroine through her many vicissitudes, which include her early seduction, careers in crime and prostitution, conviction for theft and transportation to the plantations of Virginia, and her ultimate redemption and prosperity in the New World.

The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 9781853260841 - 192pp N & I Reports on the American Civil War through the eyes of Henry Fleming, an ordinary farm boy turned soldier. This novel evokes the chaos and the dull clatter of war: the acrid smoke, the incessant rumours of coming battles, the filth and cold, the numbing monotony, the unworldly wailing of the dying.

Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 9781853260452 - 272pp N & I Praised by figures like Coleridge, Rousseau and Wordsworth, this book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory. However it is readers of all ages over the last 280 years who have given Robinson Crusoe its abiding position as a classic tale of adventure.

Shadows of Sherlock Holmes David Stuart Davies (Ed.) 9781853267444 - 384pp A collection of stories featuring detectives, criminal agents and debonair crooks from the golden age of crime fiction: a time when Sherlock Holmes was ensconced in his rooms at 221B Baker Street and London was permanently wreathed in a sinister fog.

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater - Thomas De Quincey 9781853260964 - 224pp N & I Relates the authors early life and experiences of opium addiction at the time when the drug was widely used for the relief of pain, and before its addictive qualities were properly understood.

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Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens 9781853267390 - 672pp N & I Provides an account of the 'No Popery' riots that were instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780, and terrorised London for days. This novel tells the tale of a long unsolved murder, and a romance that combines forbidden love, passion, treachery and heroism. David Copperfield Charles Dickens 9781853260247 - 768pp N & I Following the life of David Copperfield through sufferings and adversity, this book helps readers find many light-hearted moments in the company of a host of English fiction's stars including Mr Micawber, Traddles, Uriah Heep, Creakle, Betsy Trotwood, and the Peggoty family.

Bleak House - Charles Dickens 9781853260827 - 800pp N & I Dickens most daring experiment in narration is also his most effective attack on an uncaring society. It is at once a complex mystery story that fully engages the reader in the work of detection, and an unforgettable indictment of an indifferent society. The novel creates a vision that embraces black comedy, cosmic farce and tragic ruin. Christmas Books Charles Dickens 9781853262685 - 400pp Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes", "The Battle of Life" and "The Cricket on the Hearth".

Dombey & Son Charles Dickens 9781853262579 - 848pp N & I Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned.

Great Expectations Charles Dickens 9781853260049 - 432pp N & I Follows the story of Pip, from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. As he unravels truth behind his own expectations in his quest to become a gentleman, the mysteries of the past and fate, through a series of adventures, steer him towards maturity and an important discovery.

Complete Ghost Stories Charles Dickens 9781853267345 - 336pp Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens' lifetime. His natural inclination towards drama and the macabre lead him into the telling of ghost tales. Twelve ghosts stories are presented here, and the full range of Dickens' gothic talents can be seen.

Hard Times - Charles Dickens 9781853262326 - 272pp N & I Set in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment, which is the the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby.

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Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens 9781853261824 - 848pp N & I A tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, this novel highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life. Dickens draws upon his childhood experiences, and his adult doubts of the values of modern society. The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens 9781853262449 - 608pp N & I Presents a combination of the sentimental, the grotesque and the socially concerned. The novel tells the story of pursuit and courage, which sets the downtrodden and the plucky against the malevolent and the villainous.

Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 9781853262050 - 832pp N & I Old Martin Chuzzlewit, tormented by the greed and selfishness of his family, effectively drives his grandson, young Martin, to undertake a voyage to America. It is a voyage which will have crucial consequences not only for young Martin, but also for his grandfather and his grandfather's servant, with whom young Martin is in love.

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens 9781853260124 - 400pp N & I Contains many Dickensian themes - poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of adversity. Features some of the author's most enduring characters, such as Oliver himself, the tyrannical Bumble, the diabolical Fagin, the menacing Bill Sykes, Nancy and 'the Artful Dodger'.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood Charles Dickens 9781853267291 - 496pp N & I Illustrations by S L Fildes and Hablot K Browne (Phiz). This title features themes and motifs such as: drugs, disappearances, sexual obsession, disguise and a possible murder. It also includes a number of stories and sketches, with subjects as different as murder, guilt and childhood romance.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 9781853261947 - 832pp N & I John Harmon returns to England as his father's heir. He is believed drowned under suspicious circumstances - a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity until he can evaluate Bella Wilfer, whom he must marry to secure his inheritance.

Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens 9781853262647 - 800pp N & I Features characters that range from the iniquitous Wackford Squeers and his family, to the delightful Mrs Nickleby, taking in the eccentric Crummles and his travelling players, the Mantalinis, the Kenwigs, and many more.

The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 9781853260520 - 784pp N & I Widely regarded as one of the classics of comic writing. In the century and a half since its first appearance, the characters of Mr Pickwick, Sam Weller and the whole of the Pickwickian crew have entered the consciousness of those who love English literature in general, and the works of the author in particular.

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A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens 9781853260391 - 352pp N & I Traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. The author based his historical detail on Carlyle's "The French Revolution", and his own observations and investigations during his numerous visits to Paris. The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky 9781853261756 - 592pp Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection. The Karamazov Brothers Fyodor Dostoevsky 9781840221862 - 896pp N & I As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha?

Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky 9781840224306 - 528pp N & I A novel built out of a series of dramatic scenes that illuminate eternal conflicts at the heart of human existence: most especially our desire for self-expression and self-fulfilment, as against the constraints of morality and human laws.

Devils - Fyodor Dostoevsky 9781840220995 - 720pp N & I The third of Dostoevsky's five major novels, "The Devils" is a powerful political tract and a profound study of atheism, depicting the disarray which follows the appearance of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town.

The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9781853260339 - 528pp Contains stories such as A Scandal in Bohemia, The Five Orange Pips, and The Final Problem, in which Holmes and his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, face each other in a showdown at the Reichenbach Falls.

The Gambler & The House of the Dead - Fyodor Dostoevsky 9781840226294 N & I Dostevskys The Gambler explores the nature of gambling, drawing upon his own addiction to roulette. The House of the Dead recreates the authors agonising four year incarceration in a remote Siberian Labour camp.

The Best of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9781853267482 - 480pp Basing his selection around the author's own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle's "Baker Street Dozen" creating a unique volume which distils the pure essence of the world's most famous detective.

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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes & His Last Bow Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9781853260704 - 434pp Contains "The Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes", "The Valley of Fear", "His Last Bow" and the last 12 stories of "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes", including The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place, the last Sherlock Holmes story to be written by Arthur Conan Doyle. A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the Four Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9781840224115 - 224pp A Study in Scarlet provides the reader with a dramatic adventure yarn which ranges from the foggy, gas-lit streets of London to the burning plains of Utah. The Sign of the Four presents the detective with one of his greatest challenges. The theft of the Agna treasure in India forms a catalyst for treachery, deceit and murder. The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas 9781853267338 - 928pp N & I The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Edmund Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate.

The Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9781840224009 - 336pp The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast, which roams the moors on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry Baskerville. The Valley of Fear is a dark, powerful tale, which provides the great detective with a most perplexing case and opens with a vile murder.

The Lost World & Other Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9781853262456 - 480pp The protagonist, the 'cave-man in a lounge suit', is the maddening, irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger. This volume includes adventures he faced such as that high above the Amazon rain forest in "The Lost World" and the challenges of "The Land of Mist".

The Man in the Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas 9781840224351 - 656pp N & I For years a young man known only as Philippe has languished in the Bastille, ignorant of the crime for which he has been condemned, until a visitor reveals the circumstances of his imprisonment. It is a story of concealed identity, dishonour and treachery that could destroy the French monarchy.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9781853260582 - 320pp N & I With an introduction by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex. This book is the second of three volumes of "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" reproduced from original copies of "The Strand Magazine".

The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas 9781853260407 - 592pp N & I Under the watchful eye of their patron M de Treville, D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis defend the honour of the regiment against the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, and the honour of the Queen against the machinations of the Cardinal himself.

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Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas 9781840221633 - 704pp N & I Sequel to The Three Musketeers, this novel follows events in France during La Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near the end of the English Civil War, leading up to the victory of Oliver Cromwell and the execution of King Charles I. The Mill on the Floss George Eliot 9781853260742 - 496pp N & I As the headstrong Maggie Tulliver grows into womanhood, the deep love which she has for her brother Tom turns into conflict, because she cannot reconcile his bourgeois standards with her own lively intelligence. This story shows the ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian age. Tom Jones - Henry Fielding 9781853260216 - 768pp N & I Tom Jones is the ward of a liberal Somerset squire. He is a generous but slightly wild and feckless country boy with a weakness for young women. Misfortune, followed by many spirited adventures as he travels to London to seek his fortune, teach him a sort of wisdom to go with his essential good-heartedness.

Adam Bede - George Eliot 9781853261923 - 528pp N & I George Eliots first full length novel, which marked her emergence as a major author. Set in the English Midlands of farmers and village craftsmen at the turn of the eighteenth century, this book relates a story of seduction issuing in 'the inward suffering which is the worst form of Nemesis'.

Daniel Deronda - George Eliot 9781853261763 - 752pp N & I Follows the lives of the beautiful but spoiled Gwendolene Harleth and selfless yet alienated Daniel Deronda, as they search for personal and vocational fulfilment and sympathetic relationship. Set in the degenerate English aristocratic society of the 1860s, this book charts their search for meaningful lives against a background of Imperialism. Middlemarch - George Eliot 9781853262371 - 736pp N & I An analysis of the life of an English provincial town during the time of social unrest prior to the Reform Bill of 1832 told through the lives of Dorothea Brooke and Dr Tertius Lydgate. This title includes a host of other paradigm characters who illuminate the condition of English life in the mid-nineteenth century.

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz & Other Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald 9781853262128 - 240pp N & I Includes stories such as: "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz", which deals with the very American problem of unlimited wealth and the arrogance it breeds. Also included are "The Cut-Glass Bowl", "May Day", "The Rich Boy", "Crazy Sunday", "An Alcoholic Case", "The Lees of Happiness", "The Lost Decade" and "Babylon Revisited". The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 9781853260414 - 144pp N & I This book, through the narration of Nick Carraway, takes the reader into the world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him.

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Tender is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald 9781853260971 - 320pp

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Cranford & Other Stories Elizabeth C. Gaskell 9781840224511 - 544pp N & I The sheer variety and accomplishment of Elizabeth Gaskell's shorter fiction is amazing. This volume contains six of her finest stories that trace the development of her art. It includes: "Mr Harrison's Confessions", "The Doom of the Griffiths", "Cousin Phillis", "Lois the Witch", Curious, if True and Six Weeks at Heppenheim. North and South Elizabeth Gaskell 9781853260933 - 448pp N & I Follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil but moribund ways of southern England to the north. This book uses a love story to show how personal and public lives were woven together in a industrial Society, tracing the origins of problems and possibilities which are still challenging 150 years later. Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Gaskell 9781840224160 - 624pp N & I Focusing on two families, the Gibsons and the Hamleys, this novel describes the habits, loyalties, prejudices, petty snobberies, rumours and adjustments of a whole countryside hierarchy.

Set in the high society of Europe during the twenties. A wealthy schizophrenic falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers troubled marriage and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel and incest. Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert 9781853260780 - 304pp N & I Presents an approach to the craft of fiction, portrayal of contemporary reality, and representation of a cast of characters. The novel focuses on Emma Bovary, a doctors wife who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. The Good Soldier Ford Madox Ford 9781840226539 - 192pp N & I Ford Madox Fords The Good Soldier is considered his masterpiece. This extraordinary novel of passion and betrayal is a masterpiece of narrative skill and emotional depth.

The Forsyte Saga John Galsworthy 9781840224382 - 736pp The story initially centres on Soames Forsyte - a successful solicitor living in London with his wife Irene. A pillar of the late Victorian upper middle class, his appears to be a golden existence; but beneath this very proper exterior lies a core of unhappiness and brutal relationships.

The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 9781853260179 - 192pp Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures on and by the river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall.

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Dead Souls - Gogol 9781840226379 - N & I Nikolai Gogols Dead Souls is one of the most prominent works of 19th Century Russian literature. Gogol creates a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all, the devilish con man Chichikov. Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy 9781853262616 - 416pp N & I Jude Fawley is a rural stone mason with intellectual aspirations. Frustrated by poverty and the indifference of the academic institutions at the University of Christminster, his only chance of fulfilment seems to lie in his relationship with his unconventional cousin, Sue Bridehead.

The Diary of a Nobody George & Weedon Grossmith 9781853262012 - 176pp N & I The diary is that of someone who acknowledges that he is not a "somebody" - Charles Pooter, a clerk in the city of London, chronicles, with often hilarious detail, the everyday life of the lower middle classes during the great Victorian Age.

Lifes Little Ironies Thomas Hardy 9781853261787 - 208pp N & I A collection of short stories that tenderly re-create a vanishing rural world and convey Hardys concerns on the failure of modern marriage and the insidious effects of social ambition on the family and community life.

Desperate Remedies Thomas Hardy 9781840226348 - N & I This was Hardys first novel, published anonymously in 1871. In its depiction of country life and insight into psychology and sexuality, it already bears the unmistakable imprint of Hardy's genius.

The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 9781853260988 - 288pp N & I Set in the heart of Wessex, this book charts the rise and downfall of a single 'man of character'. Its moving and contrived narrative is Shakespearian in its force, and features some of the author's finest episodes and passages of description.

Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 9781853260674 - 362pp N & I The first of Hardys novels set in Wessex, which gained him widespread popularity. This is a story of a young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love.

A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy 9781853262777 - 320pp N & I Celebrated for its central scene which shocked and stimulated Victorian readers. Forever after it caused Hardy to be embroiled in arguments concerning the sexual morality of his novels in which he strove to show the stifling effects of social conventions on the human spirit.

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The Return of the Native Thomas Hardy 9781853262388 - 400pp N & I The central figure of this novel is the returning "native", Clym Yeobright, and his love for the beautiful but capricious Eustacia Vye. It is the setting of Egdon Heath that dominates the story and the characters within it. Bibliophile Ref: 10906 The Well-Beloved Thomas Hardy 9781840224054 - 368pp N & I Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman - his imaginary "Well-Beloved" - in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh. Using this symbolism, this romantic fantasy is grounded in reality with a characteristically authentic rendering of location, the Isle of Slingers, or Portland as we know it.

Tess of the dUrbervilles Thomas Hardy 9781853260056 - 384pp N & I A novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durberfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urberville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. The Trumpet Major Thomas Hardy 9781853262463 - 288pp N & I This novel is set in Wessex during the Napoleonic Wars. It interweaves a romantic love story of the rivalry of two brothers for the hand of the heroine Anne Garland. It also contains elements of sadness and even tragedy.

Wessex Tales - Thomas Hardy 9781853262692 - 224pp N & I Hardys first collection of short stories records the aspects of Wessex life that were rapidly disappearing. The characters and scenes are imbued with a haunting realism, show diversity of content, from fantasy to realism and from tragedy to comedy.

The Woodlanders Thomas Hardy 9781853262937 - 336pp N & I Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne. Her alternative choice proves disastrous, in a moving tale incorporating humour, pathos and tragic irony.

Under the Greenwood Tree Thomas Hardy 9781853262272 - 192pp N & I "Under the Greenwood Tree" is Hardy's most bright, confident and optimistic novel. This delightful portrayal of a picturesque rural society, tinged with gentle humour and quiet irony, established Hardy as a writer.

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 9781853260292 - 224pp N & I A young mother of an illegitimate child, compelled to wear a scarlet letter A as a symbol of her adultery, confronts her Puritan judges. This book describes the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed.

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100 Selected Stories - O Henry 9781853262418 - 752pp O. Henry was one of the greatest short story writers, and this collection contains 100 of his finest. The stories range from life south of the Rio Grande to the activities and concerns of 'the four million' ordinary citizens who inhabited turn-of-the-century New York. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame - Victor Hugo 9781853260681 - 480pp N & I Quasimodo is the hunchback of the title and beneath his monstrous disfigurement, his love for the beautiful Esmerelda reveals a heart full of intense emotion. Set in 1482, this is a story of love and betrayal, brutal deeds and revenge.

The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg 9781853261886 - 224pp N & I In the early years of the 18th century, Scotland is torn by religious and political strife. The sinner, justified by his Calvinist conviction that his own salvation is pre-ordained, is suspected of involvement in a series of crimes. A century later his memoirs reveal the truth.

Les Misrables Volume I Victor Hugo 9781853260506 - 528pp N & I Containing both character portrayal and historical description, this book incorporates characters such as the criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette.

The Iliad - Homer 9781853262425 - 448pp N & I A translation of Homer's poem of war which is a magnificent testimony to the power of the Iliad. This volume retells the story of Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans.

Les Misrables Volume II Victor Hugo 9781853260858 - 512pp N & I The second volume of Hugos epic work, the characters of which have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae.

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Daisy Miller & Other Stories Henry James 9781853262135 - 256pp N & I A collection of three tales: "Daisy Miller", "An International Episode" and "Lady Barbarina". Daisy Miller portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl, who is very beautiful, by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication.

The adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. This poem also describes his endurance, his love for his wife and son. Chapmans translation from 1616 still stands in a class of its own.

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The Golden Bowl Henry James 9781840224320 - 480pp N & I This work is Henry James's last novel and is a symbolically complex story of two flawed marriages. The gilded crystal bowl with its largely concealed flaw, "The Golden Bowl", is the symbolic vehicle used to reveal past misdemeanours and make the characters face the flaws in their lives. What Maisie Knew Henry James 9781840224122 - 256pp N & I The child of parents who divorce, remarry and then embark on adulterous affairs, Maisie Farange survives by her intelligence and spirit. For all its sombre theme of childhood innocence exposed to a corrupted adult world, this novel conveys with wit the outrageous behaviour of the characters on the seedy fringes of the English upper class. The Wings of the Dove Henry James 9781840221817 - 448pp N & I This novel tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her impact on the people around her. Some of these people befriend Milly with honourable motives, while others are more selfinterested.

The Portrait of a Lady Henry James 9781853261770 - 528pp N & I Transplanted to Europe from her native America, Isabel Archer has candour, beauty, intelligence, an independent spirit and a marked enthusiasm for life. An unexpected inheritance apparently gives her freedom, but despite her natural advantages she makes one error of judgement and the result is genuinely tragic.

The Turn of the Screw & The Aspern Papers - Henry James 9781853260698 - 224pp N & I "The Turn of the Screw" is the classic ghost story for which James is most remembered. Set in a country house, it is a chilling tale of the supernatural. "The Aspern Papers" is a tale of Americans in Europe, cleverly evoking the drama of comedie humaine against the settings of a Venetian palace.

Three Men in a Boat & Three Men on a Bummel Jerome K. Jerome 9781853260513 - 336pp This comic novel describes the boating expedition on the Thames of three friends and their dog, Montmerency. The difficulties and vicissitudes of these innocents abroad are magnified to epic proportions, and give the book an air of fresh innocence.

Washington Square Henry James 9781840224276 - 176pp N & I Dr Sloper is disappointed in his dull daughter Catherine, a mediocre replacement for his beautiful and intelligent wife who died soon after childbirth. Yet, as Sloper threatens, beguiles and dictates to his daughter, he discovers in Catherine a pale reflection of his own obdurate character.

Dubliners - James Joyce 9781853260483 - 192pp N & I Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by.

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce 9781853260063 - 272pp N & I A highly autobiographical account of the adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, who comes to realise that before he can become a true artist, he must rid himself of the stultifying effects of the religion, politics and essential bigotry of his background in late 19th century Ireland. Kim - Rudyard Kipling 9781853260995 - 256pp This novel tells the story of Kimball O'Hara (Kim), who is the orphaned son of a soldier in the Irish regiment stationed in India during the British Raj. It describes Kim's life and adventures from street vagabond, to his adoption by his father's regiment and recruitment into espionage.

Ulysses - James Joyce 9781840226355 - 000pp James Joyce's astonishing masterpiece, Ulysses, tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's voluptuous wife, Molly, commits adultery. Initially deemed obscene in England and the USA, this richly-allusive novel, revolutionary in its modernistic experimentalism. The Rubiyt of Omar Khayym - Translated by E. Fitzgerald 9781853261879 - 112pp A Persian poem by the 12th century astronomer and poet Omar Khayym. Its colourful imagery appealed to the Victorian age's fascination with the Orient, while its sensual warmth acted as a counterpoint to the growth of scientific determinism, industrialisation and Darwinian doctrine of the survival of fittest.

The Man Who Would be King & Other Stories - Rudyard Kipling 9781853262098 - 224pp N & I Includes "The Man Who Would be King" and other short stories such as: "Only a Subaltern", "The Phantom Rickshaw", "Wee Willie Winkie", and "Baa Baa Black Sheep".

Lady Chatterleys Lover D. H. Lawrence 9781840224887 - 304pp N & I Trapped in a marriage which has become sterile and joyless since her husband's return from the trenches of the First World War, partially paralysed and confined to a wheelchair, Connie seizes the chance of sexual fulfilment she had thought lost to her forever.

The Best Short Stories Rudyard Kipling 9781853261794 - 224pp A selection of the author's famous short stories. "Life's Handicap" reflects his experiences of India, and contains two horror stories which permeate the collection with an air of haunted destinies. Delusions and obsessions, past lives and the slums of London in 1890 are the diverse topics featured in "Many Inventions".

The Plumed Serpent D. H. Lawrence 9781853262586 - 416pp Kate Leslie, an Irish widow visiting Mexico, finds herself equally repelled and fascinated by what she sees as the primitive cruelty of the country. As she becomes involved with Don Ramon and General Cipriano, her perceptions change.

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The Rainbow - D. H. Lawrence 9781853262500 - 448pp N & I The story of three generations of the Brangwen family of Nottinghamshire from the 1840s to the early years of the twentieth century. The framework is within the passional lives of author's characters as he explores the pressures that determine their lives, using a religious symbolism in which the 'rainbow' of the title is his unifying motif. Sons and Lovers D. H. Lawrence 9781853260476 - 400pp N & I A semi-autobiographical novel that explores the emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and the suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers. It is a pre-Freudian exploration of love and possessiveness. The Call of the Wild & White Fang - Jack London 9781853260261 - 256pp N & I Presents the story of Buck, the cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie. Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, he triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

The Collected Short Stories Katherine Mansfield 9781840222654 - 688pp N & I A collection that allows the reader to become familiar with the complete range of Mansfield's work from the early, satirical stories set in Bavaria, through the luminous recollections of her childhood in New Zealand, and through the mature, deeply felt stories of her last years.

The Virgin and the Gipsy D. H. Lawrence 9781853261954 - 240pp N & I These stories of myth and resurrection, of uncanny events and violent impulse, were with one exception written and published in the latter half of the 1920s. At this time Lawrence declared himself to be 'really awful sick of writing'; yet here we find some of his most beautiful, hauntingly melancholy fictions. Women in Love D. H. Lawrence 9781853260070 - 464pp N & I The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions.

The Best Short Stories Guy de Maupassant 9781853261893 - 256pp Reflects the author's diversity, with stories that vary in theme and tone, and range from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. This book includes the tale "Boule de Suife" which exposes the brutality and hypocrisy of war. It contains stories that are linked by irony and the frailty of human nature.

Billy Budd & Other Stories Herman Melville 9781853267499 - 320pp Set in 1797, this is a tale of satanic treachery, tragedy and great pathos that explores human relationships and the inherently ambiguous nature of man-made justice. Also contains tales such as Bartleby, Benito Cereno, The Lightning Rod Man, The Tartarus of Maids and I and My Chimney.

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Moby Dick - Herman Melville 9781853260087 - 544pp N & I The story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic. Digressive, allusive, vulgar, transcendent, the story the narrator tells is above all an education: in the practice of whaling, in the art of writing. Rob Roy - Sir Walter Scott 9781853262531 - 400pp This novel is set in the north of England and Scotland in the years before, during and after the first Jacobite rising in 1715. Rob Roy is a swashbuckling chieftain of the clan MacGregor who is forced to become an outlaw for his alleged espousal of the Jacobite cause.

The Collected Short Stories of Saki - Hector Hugh Munro 9781853260711 - 512pp Saki (H H Munro) stands alongside Anton Chekhov and O Henry as a master of the short story. His extraordinary stories are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried. This collection includes "Sredni Vastor" and "The Unrest Cure". The Bhagavadgita Translated by Nabar & Tumkur 9781853261978 - 112pp Consists of the dialogue between Prince Arjuna and his mentor and friend, Lord Krishna, on the eve of the battle of Kuruksetra. This discourse contains an exposition of the Hindu philosophy of Karma Yoga as Prince Arjuna struggles with his understandable 'existential' anguish at having to join battle against his gurus and kinsmen.

Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare 9781853260759 - 160pp N & I One of Shakespeares greatest tragedies: a spectacular, widely-ranging drama of love and war, passion and politics. Antony is divided between the responsibilities of imperial power and the intensities of his sexual relationship with Cleopatra.

As You Like It William Shakespeare 9781853260599 - 128pp N & I One of Shakespeare's finest romantic comedies, variously lyrical, melancholy, satiric, comic and absurd. Its highly implausible plot generates a profusion of love-lorn men, a resourceful heroine in disguise, sexual ambiguity, melancholy philosophising and finally a multiplicity of marriages.

Hamlet - William Shakespeare 9781853260094 - 192pp N & I Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott 9781853262029 - 464pp N & I Set in the reign of Richard I, Coeur de Lion, this title is packed with incidents - sieges, ambushes and combats - and characters: Cedric of Rotherwood, the die-hard Saxon; his ward Rowena; the fierce Templar knight, Sir Brian de Bois Gilbert; the Jew, Isaac of York, and his daughter Rebecca; Wamba and Gurth, jester and swineherd respectively. A gripping and exuberant drama of revenge, rich in contrasts and conflicts. Its violence alternates with introspection, its melancholy with humour, and its subtlety with spectacle. The Prince, Hamlet himself, is depicted as a complex, divided, introspective character. His reflections on death, morality and the very status of human beings make him ' the first modern man'.

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Henry V - William Shakespeare 9781840224214 - 160pp N & I Henry V is the most influential of Shakespeare's history plays. In recent decades the play has attracted increasing critical attention and is now highly controversial. Kenneth Branagh's film-production reflected the changing valuation. Does this play have a sceptical sub-text which subverts its patriotism? Is Henry's achievement beset by irony? Julius Caesar William Shakespeare 9781853260223 - 144pp N & I Dealing with events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., the drama vividly illustrates the ways in which power and corruption are linked. The cry 'Peace, freedom and liberty!' is used to exculpate brutal realities, while personal ambitions taint public actions. Measure for Measure William Shakespeare 9781853262517 - 144pp N & I Although this play ends like a comedy, it has often been regarded as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. It shows the difficulty of effecting an appropriate balance between judicial severity and mercy, between sexual repression and decadence, and between political vigilance and social manipulation.

The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare 9781840224313 - 128pp N & I One of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, that remains deeply controversial. Here, the text may well seem anti-Semitic; yet repeatedly, in performance, it has revealed a contrasting nature. Shylock, though vanquished in thelaw-court, often triumphs in the theatre.

King Lear William Shakespeare 9781853260957 - 176pp N & I King Lear has been widely acclaimed as Shakespeare's most powerful tragedy. Elemental and passionate, it encompasses the horrific and the heart-rending. Love and hate, loyalty and treachery, cruelty and self-sacrifice: all these contend in a tempestuous drama which has become an enduring classic of the world's literature.

Midsummer Nights Dream William Shakespeare 9781853260308 - 128pp N & I Lyricism, comedy (both broad and subtle) and magical transformations have long made "A Midsummer Night's Dream" one of the most popular of Shakespeare's works. The supernatural and the mundane, the illusory and the substantial, are all shimmeringly blended. Love is treated as tragic, poignant, absurd and farcical.

Macbeth William Shakespeare 9781853260353 - 128pp N & I Encompasses witchcraft, bloody murder, and ghostly apparitions. This work tells the tragedy of a good, brave and honourable man turned into the personification of evil by the workings of unreasonable ambition.

Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare 9781853262548 - 144pp N & I The central relationship, between Benedick and Beatrice, is wittily combative until love prevails. Broader comedy is provided by Dogberry, Verges and the watchmen. The drama ranges between the destructively sinister and the lyrically romantic, giving the whole a complex and sometimes problematic character.

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Othello - William Shakespeare 9781853260186 - 176pp N & I Desdemona's love for Othello, the Moor, transcends racial prejudice; but the envious Iago conspires to devastate their lives. This novel renders racism, sexism, contested identities, and the savagery lurking within civilisation. Twelfth Night William Shakespeare 9781853260100 - 128pp

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The plot revolves around mistaken identities and unrequited love, further enlivened by a comic sub-plot. Sir Toby Belch outwits the pretentious Malvolio, who despite suffering their most outrageous and insulting practical jokes, emerges as an almost noble figure.

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare 9781840224337 - 160pp N & I Love, sex and death are the components in this story of the love of two young people which reaches across the barriers of family and convention. It encompasses great love, high drama, low comedy and a tragic ending.

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A romantic comedy which offers a challenging mixture of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, pastoral song and dance, and, eventually, dramatic revelations and reunions.

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 9781853260230 - 208pp N & I The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare 9781853260797 - 144pp N & I One of the most famous and controversial of Shakespeare's comedies. The central relationship, in which Petruchio boisterously 'tames' a rebellious Kate, has often appeared problematic. In the theatre, it has been treated in a diversity of ways, so that Kate's apparent capitulation varies between the ironic and the sincere. Begun when the author was only eighteen and conceived from a nightmare, "Frankenstein", is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its way into the popular imagination while establishing itself as one of the pioneering works of modern science fiction.

The Tempest William Shakespeare 9781853262036 - 128pp N & I Prospero, long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda, seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies. Eventually, having proved merciful, he divests himself of that magic, his 'art', and prepares to return to the mainland.

The Last Man - Mary Shelley 9781840224030 - 432pp N & I Presents an apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, this novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with a futuristic theme, it incorporates portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism, and its faith in art and nature.

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Tristram Shandy Laurence Sterne 9781853262913 - 474pp The first novel by Sterne, "Tristram Shandy" illuminates the incongruous behaviour of the individuals who live at Shandy Hall and their neighbours. A novel that has no beginning, middle or end, it is made up of a mass of inconsequential reminiscences, musings, and often hilarious digressions. Uncle Toms Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 9781840224023 - 480pp N & I Stowe's rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for the sin of slavery, and resoundingly concludes that only 'repentance, justice and mercy' will prevent the onset of 'the wrath of Almighty God!'.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde R. L. Stevenson 9781853260612 - 256pp N & I In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature. This volume also includes Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stories, "The Merry Men" and other tales and fables. The Travels of Robert Louis Stephenson - R.L. Stephenson 9781840226331 - N & I Best known for his works of fiction, Stephenson was a seasoned traveller, and the books included in this volume, Travels with a Donkey in the Cvennes, The Amateur Emigrant, Across the Plains, The Silverado Squatters and The Silverado Diary document his journeys through France and America.

Gullivers Travels Jonathan Swift 9781853260278 - 288pp N & I Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour.

Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 9781853260193 - 720pp N & I Although subtitled 'A Novel without a Hero', "Vanity Fair" follows the fortunes of two contrasting but inter-linked lives. Through the retiring Amelia Sedley and the brilliant Becky Sharp, Thackeray examines the position of women in an intensely exploitative male world.

Dracula - Bram Stoker 9781853260865352pp N & I There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of blood.

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 9781853262715848pp N & I Anna Karenina is one of the loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. This book addresses the very nature of society at various levels - of destiny, death, human relationships and the irreconcilable contradictions of existence.

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The Death of Ivan Ilyich & Other Stories - Leo Tolstoy 9781840224535 - 288pp N & I Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is best known for "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina", commonly regarded as amongst the greatest novels ever written. He also, however, wrote many masterly short stories, and this volume contains four of the longest and best in distinguished translations that have stood the test of time. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 9781853260629 - 1024pp N & I A vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoy's philosophy. The Way We Live Now Anthony Trollope 9781853262555 - 800pp N & I Trollope paints a picture as panoramic as his title promises, of the life of 1870s London, the loves of those drawn to and through the city, and the career of Augustus Melmotte. Melmotte is one of the Victorian novel's greatest and strangest creations, and is an achievement undimmed by the passage of time. The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 9781840226362 - N & I Although best known for his tales of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Twain was an irreverent and entertaining travel writer, as this timeless account of his tour of Europe and The Holy Land clearly demonstrates.

Tom Sawyer Abroad & Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain 9781840221831 - 192pp N & I In Tom Sawyer Abroad Tom, Huck, and Jim set sail to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where they survive encounters with lions, robbers, and fleas to see some of the worlds greatest wonders. In Tom Sawyer, Detective Tom attempts to solve a mysterious murder. Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain 9781853260117 - 416pp N & I Tom Sawyer is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer.

Fathers and Sons Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev 9781853262869 - 240pp N & I Set in 1859 at the moment when the Russian autocratic state began to move hesitantly towards social and political reform, this novel explores the conflict between the liberal-minded fathers of Russian reformist sympathies and their freethinking intellectual sons whose revolutionary ideology threatened the stability of the state.

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana 9781853266065 - 208pp "The Kama Sutra" (the 'science of love') is one of the world's greatest books. Written between the 1st and 4th centuries AD, it is a magnificent treatise on sexual conduct and erotic technique. This edition contains the classic translation by Sir Richard Burton, first published in 1883.

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Around the World in Eighty Days & Five Weeks in a Balloon - Jules Verne 9781853260902 - 384pp N & I Describes the journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, who succeeds - but only just - in circling the globe within eighty days. Five Weeks in a Balloon documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient, imperturbable and ever capable Dr Fergusson. Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Jules Verne 9781853262876 - 192pp Jules Verne's third science fiction novel describes the discovery and exploration of a secret tunnel which leads through a volcano to the centre of the Earth. The leader of the expedition, together with his ward and joined by his nephew and an Icelandic guide commence the journey. The Aeneid - Virgil 9781853262630 - 416pp N & I Recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion. This volume is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future greatness.

Ben Hur - Lew Wallace 9781853262838 - 400pp A thoroughly exhilarating tale of betrayal, revenge and salvation. Wallace writes with a freshness and immediacy that brings every action-packed scene to life and illuminates the geography, ethnology and customs of the ancient world.

Mysterious Island Jules Verne 9781840226249 - N & I Considered by many to be Vernes masterpiece, the book tells the story of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a strange island, and struggle to survive as they uncover its mysterious secrets.

The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton 9781853262104 - 256pp N & I Regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, "The Age of Innocence" is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love. Set against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne 9781853260315 - 256pp Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant, Conseil, and the Canadian harpooner, Ned Land, begin a hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster. However, the "monster" turns out to be a giant submarine, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, by whom they are soon held captive.

Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton 9781840224085 - 128pp N & I On a farm in Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining wife Zeena. When Zeena's cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan's farm. An embittered man and an enchanting woman meeting in such circumstances unleash predictable consequences as passions are aroused.

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The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 9781840224191 - 320pp N & I The heroine of this novel is Lily Bart, whose goal is to secure a rich husband who can sustain her lifestyle. She operates in a world where social position is important, but money can buy it. Lily is redeemed by her clear view of the corrupt society which is her gilded cage. Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf 9781853261916 - 176pp N & I Society hostess Clarissa Dalloway is giving a party. Her thoughts and sensations on that one day, and the interior monologues of others whose lives are interwoven with hers gradually reveal the characters of the central protagonists. Clarissa's life is touched by tragedy as the events in her day run parallel to those of Septimus Warren Smith.

De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Writings - Oscar Wilde 9781840224016 - 320pp N & I "De Profundis" is Wilde's eloquent and bitter reproach from prison to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" is a deeply moving and characteristically generous poem on the horrors of prison life, which was published anonymously in 1898.

Orlando - Virginia Woolf 9781853262395 - 192pp N & I 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature'. Spanning three centuries, the novel opens as Orlando, a young nobleman in Elizabeth's England, awaits a visit from the Queen. At the midpoint of the novel, Orlando, awakes to find that he is a woman, and the novel indulges in farce and irony to consider the roles of women in the 18th and 19th centuries. To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf 9781853260919 - 176pp N & I Provides the author's own early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children's perceptions and desires, it is most clear when exploring adult relationships, marriage and the changing class-structure in the period spanning the Great War.

The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 9781853260155 - 224pp N & I Experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. This novel is a puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence.

The Plays of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 9781840224184 - 480pp N & I Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, "Lady Windermere's Fan". His other plays include "The Importance of Being Earnest". This work features Wilde's plays ranging from his early tragedy era to the controversial "Salome".

The Waves - Virginia Woolf 9781840224108 - 192pp N & I Conveys the rhythms of life in synchrony with the cycle of nature and the passage of time. This book presents a searching exploration of individual and collective identity, and the observations and emotions of life, from the simplicity and surging optimism of youth to the vacancy and despair of middle-age.

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Aesops Fables - Aesop 9781853261282 - 208pp These simple tales embody truths so powerful, the titles of the individual fables - The Fox and the Grapes, The Dog in the Manger, The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing and many others - have entered the languages and idioms of most European tongues. The Coral Island Robert Michael Ballantyne 9781853261701 - 272pp This story tells of three young sailors, sole survivors of a wreck, and their discovery of the enchanting beauties of the South Pacific. They learn how to live on their tropical paradise but then they are swept into adventures with bloodthirsty pirates, before sailing back to England.

Little Men & Jos Boys Louisa May Alcott 9781840221763 - 512pp Little Men follows the life of Jo Bhaer and the students who live and learn at the Plumfield Estate School. The mischievous children, whom she loves and cares for as her own, learn valuable lessons as they become proper gentlemen and ladies. In Jos Boys, Jo's children, now grown, are caught up in real world troubles.

Peter Pan & Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens James Matthew Barrie 9781853261206 - 272pp Magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, teaches them to fly, and then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is the magical tale that first introduces Peter Pan, the little boy who never grows any older.

Little Women & Good Wives Louisa May Alcott 9781853261169 - 464pp Presents Little Women which describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community, and Good Wives which is the story of March sisters, some three years later, when, as young adults, they must face up to the inevitable trials and traumas of everyday life in their search for individual happiness.

The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 9781853261121 - 144pp When a huge cyclone transports Dorothy and her little dog Toto from Kansas to the Land of Oz, she fears that she will never return home again. She and three friends she meets along the way make their way to the Emerald City where they hope to find the Wizard of Oz and have their wishes granted.

Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen 9781853261008 - 400pp This collection of over forty of Anderson's most popular stories includes The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, and The Little Match Girl.

A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett 9781853261367 - 192pp Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became "show pupil" - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disappears, and Sara has to learn to cope with her changed circumstances.

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The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 9781853261046 - 224pp Mary Lennox was horrid, selfish and spoilt, and was sent to stay with her uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the entrance to a secret garden a change overcomes her. With a local boy and her cousin the three children work magic in themselves and those around them. What Katy Did at School & What Katy Did Next Susan Coolidge 9781840224375 - 352pp "What Katy Did at School" and "What Katy Did Next" continue the story of the rebellious American girl, Katy Carr and her family. "What Katy Did at School" is a tale of life at Katy's New England boarding school and "What Katy Did Next" describes Katy's European tour.

Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 9781853261183 - 272pp This edition contains "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and its sequel "Through the Looking Glass". In both, Alice meets a range of characters that are now familiar figures in writing, conversation and idiom.

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 9781853261213 - 96pp Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children. But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him, scare him into mending his ways, and he finds, as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and their family, that geniality brings its own reward.

Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi 9781853261602 - 192pp Carved by Old Gepetto, Pinnochio has an enormous nose which grows longer whenever he tells a lie. He runs away and joins a circus but eventually the conscience of a talking cricket and Pinnochio's guardian fairy restore him to good behaviour, obedience and care for others.

Moonfleet John Meade Falkner 9781840221695 - 240pp When fifteen-year-old orphan John Trenchard is banished by his Aunt Jane, he goes to live at the local inn with the mysterious Elzevir Block, whose son has been killed by Customs Officers. Unofficially adopted by Block, John comes to learn the reasons for the noises in the graveyard at night, of Blackbeard Mohunes lost treasure and Elzevir Blocks secret. Robin Hood - Henry Gilbert 9781853261275 - 288pp Robin Hood is the best-loved outlaw of all time. This edition tells of the adventures of the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest - Robin himself, Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Alan-a-Dale, as well as Maid Marian, good King Richard, and Robin's deadly enemies Guy of Gisborne and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham.

What Katy Did Susan Coolidge 9781853261312 - 176pp Katy Carr is untidy, tall and gangling, planning for the day when she will be "beautiful and beloved, and amiable as an angel". An accidental fall from a swing seems to threaten her hopes for the future, but Katy struggles to overcome her difficulties with pluck, vitality and good humour.

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The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 9781853261220 - 192pp When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of springcleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of trains, barges, gipsy caravans and motor cars and even into battle. Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving 9781840221671 - 176pp Rip Van Winkle sleeps for twenty years and awakens to a greatly changed world and a long beard. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky, and extremely superstitious schoolmaster, who is pursued by the Headless Horseman and mysteriously disappears

Grimms Fairy Tales Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm 9781853261015 - 272pp The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants and dwarfs, of fabulous animals and dark deeds. This selection of their tales was made and translated by Lucy Crane.

Irish Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 9781840224344 - 240pp The Celtic roots of Irish folklore are enriched with Nordic legend and colour. Here gathered in this collection are tales of giants and warriors, of old hags and fair maidens, and of the boyhood of the great hero Fionn Mac Uail (Finn MacCool).

King Solomons Mines H. Rider Haggard 9781853261053 - 224pp Alan Quartermain tells of the search by Sir Henry Curtis and companions for his brother, who has been lost in the interior of Africa for two years in his quest for King Solomon's Mines, the legendary source of the biblical King's enormous riches.

The Water Babies Charles Kingsley 9781853261480 - 224pp Whilst cleaning a chimney, Tom emerges in the bedroom of Ellie, who mistakes him for a thief. He runs away, and hot and bothered he slips into a cooling stream, falls asleep and becomes a Water Baby. After an arduous quest to the Other-end-of-Nowhere he achieves his heart's desire.

Tom Browns Schooldays & Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 9781853261084 - 752pp The story of Tom Brown's time at Rugby School through his troubled adolescence to his departure for a wider world as a confident young man. In its sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford, we follow our hero to St Ambrose's College, and gain a vivid impression of university life in the mid nineteenth century.

The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling 9781853261190 - 400pp Contains stories of Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. This title tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle.

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Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling 9781853261022 - 144pp These witty stories were originally told by Kipling to his own children. In them he gives fanciful accounts of how and why things came to be as they are. Stories include how the leopard got his spots, and the beginning of armadillos. Tales from the Arabian Nights Edited by Andrew Lang 9781853261145 - 352pp The beautiful Scheherazade's royal husband threatens to kill her, so each night she diverts him by weaving wonderful tales of fantastic adventure, leaving each story unfinished so that he spares her life to hear the ending the next night.

Puck of Pooks Hill Rudyard Kipling 9781853261381 - 224pp When Dan and Una stage a performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in a fairy ring, they are astonished by the appearance of Puck in person. He explains that he is the last of the People of the Hills, and leads the children in a series of extraordinary historical adventures.

Tales from King Arthur Edited by Andrew Lang 9781853261152 - 144pp In this selection of plays by the editor, the reader is taken into the romantic world of the gallant knights of the round table and their courageous and chivalrous deeds, fair maidens, castles steeped in history, the quest for the holy grail, and tragic love for Guinevere.

Rewards & Fairies Rudyard Kipling 9781853261596 - 272pp The sequel to Puck of Pooks Hill. Through the agency of Puck, Dan and Una, meet an array of historical characters from flint and iron ages to "Good Queen Bess" and Sir Francis Drake. Other tales include stories of England following the Norman Conquest, and the Europe of Napolean and Talleyrand.

Tales of Troy and Greece Edited by Andrew Lang 9781853261725 - 256pp The author recounts the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the wooden horse all figure in this introduction to one of the great legends. Other great legends of the same period are also retold.

Tales from Shakespeare - Charles and Mary Lamb 9781853261404 - 288pp This work was written as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, yet many find them of literary worth, as Shakespeare's best-loved plays, comic and tragic, are retold in a clear and concise style.

Complete Nonsense Edward Lear 9781853261442 - 272pp This edition of Lear's work contains all the verse and stories of "The Book of Nonsense", "More Nonsense", "Nonsense Songs", "Nonsense Stories and Nonsense Alphabets" and "Nonsense Cookery".

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The Children of the New Forest - Frederick Marryat 9781853261107 - 304pp Cavalier and Roundhead battle it out in the turbulent setting of the English Civil war. This book tells the tale of four orphans as they face adversity, survival in the forest, reconciliation and eventual forgiveness. The Phoenix and the Carpet Edith Nesbit 9781853261558 - 224pp From the children's nursery carpet there falls a mysterious egg which is hatched to reveal a Phoenix who explains that the carpet possesses magic qualities. And so begins a series of fantastic adventures as the carpet transports the group to many different places.

Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Montgomery 9781853261398 - 288pp When the Cuthberts send to the orphanage for a boy to help them at their farm Green Gables, they are astonished when a talkative little girl steps off the train. Anne, an incurable romantic causes chaos at Green Gables and at the village, but her good nature endears her to the residents. Anne of Avonlea continues Annes story.

The Railway Children Edith Nesbit 9781853261077 - 208pp When Father goes away one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are shattered. They and their mother have to move from their comfortable London home to go and live in a simple country cottage, They soon come to love the railway near their cottage and all associated with it.

The Enchanted Castle Edith Nesbit 9781853261299 - 240pp When Jerry, Jimmy and Cathy discover a tunnel that leads to a castle, they pretend that it is enchanted. But when they discover the Sleeping Princess at the centre of the maze, astonishing things begin to happen.

Fairy Tales - Charles Perrault 9781840224825 - 144pp Contains tales translated by AE Johnson. Eight of the twelve tales are written by Charles Perrault (1628-1703). It is true to say that as long as there are children to listen spellbound to the adventures of 'Cinderella', 'Red Riding Hood', and that arch rogue 'Puss in Boots', Charles Perraults memory will endure.

Five Children and It Edith Nesbit 9781853261244 - 192pp It was the Psammead, the grumpy sand-fairy that could, if in the mood, grant a wish a day. When the five children befriend him they find that each wish granted often has a sting in its tail.

Pollyanna - Eleanor H. Porter 9781853261459 - 192pp When Polyanna Whittier goes to live with her sour-tempered aunt after her father's death, things seem bad enough, but then a dreadful accident ensues. Pollyanna's sunny nature and good humour prove to have an astonishing effect on all around her.

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The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery 9781853261589 - 112pp On one level this work is the story of an airman's discovery of a small boy from another planet in the desert and his stories of intergalactic travel, and on the other hand it is a thoughtprovoking allegory of the human condition. A Childs Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson 9781853261411 - 144pp The 64 poems in this collection evoke childhood. The verses are full of irony, wit and the fantasy of childhood imagination, and introduce for the first time the Land of Nod.

Black Beauty - Anna Sewell 9781853261091 - 208pp Black beauty had a fine, soft black coat, one white foot and a silver star on his forehead. This tale tells of the horse's adventures and the disappointments and joys that surround him.

Kidnapped & Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 9781853261176 - TBCpp Set in Scotland in 1751, "Kidnapped" tells of how young David Balfour, orphaned, and betrayed by his uncle Ebenezer who should have been his guardian, falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause. Catriona continues Davids story.

Heidi - Johanna Spyri 9781853261251 - 240pp "Heidi" is the tale of a small girl's power for good. When she is sent to live in a city comic chaos ensues, and eventually it is arranged that Heidi should return to the mountains. With her friend Peter, the goat-herd, the two children achieve wondrous changes in the community in which they live.

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 9781853261039 - 224pp This story is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a package in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Mutiny and mayhem ensue.

Knock Three Times! Marion St John Webb 9781853261329 - 160pp Molly is desperately disappointed when instead of the longed-for silver bangle, her aunt Phoebe sends her a small, pumpkin-shaped pincushion for her birthday. That night the pumpkin turns out to be a magical one. It leads Molly and her brother Jack into a strange land and an extraordinary quest.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Kate Douglas Wiggin 9781853261343 - 208pp Rebecca Randall leaves her family at Sunnybrook Farm and goes to live with her two aunts in Riverboro. There she goes to school for the first time, embarks on a madcap scheme to sell soap, nearly runs away, befriends a coach driver and helps repair the family's fortunes.

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The Happy Prince & Other Stories - Oscar Wilde 9781853261237 - 80pp These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. The Night Before Christmas Various 9781840226515 - 000pp Henry Livingstones poem The Night Before Christmas defined the image that we have today of Father Christmas, together with Donner and Blitzen, and the other reindeer. It is included here with a selection of much-loved stories associated with the Festive Season. AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2010

The Swiss Family Robinson Johann Rudolph Wyss 9781853261114 - 192pp This story tells of the happy discovery of the wonders of natural history by a family shipwrecked on a desert island, who remain united through all the adversities they encounter.

English Fairy Tales 9781853261336 - 256pp This book contains not only over 40 fairy tales, such as Jack and the Beanstalk and The Babes in the Woods, but stories from different traditions also make an appearance, including The Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood.

Mother Goose Old Nursery Rhymes 9781853261466 - 128pp Traditional rhymes and stories have been collected under the wing of Mother Goose for centuries. This collection contains the old favourites from Jack and Jill to comic alphabets and the fearful fate of Anthony Rowley

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Sweeney Todd: Second Edition 9781840226324 - TBCpp N & I The Temple of Death - The Ghost Stories of A. C. & R. H. Benson 9781840225471 - 240pp N & I This dark banquet of tales take us to strange, unworldly and often archaic environments, far removed from the manic pace and pressures of the twenty-first century, but as exercises in the art of luring the reader into a state of unease, they are as potent as they were when the ink was barely dry on the page.

The exploits of Sweeney Todd have been recounted many times in plays, films and musicals, but the origins of the character were largely forgotten for many years. The one great mystery that has surrounded the book is who the author was; this fully revised second edition contains detailed research of contemporary records that unveils the identity of the creator of this legendary figure.
Aylmer Vance: Ghost-Seer Alice & Claude Askew 9781840225396 - 128pp A loosely-connected series of stories in which surprise is the major element, a world where not all ghosts are bad, where it is not always clear whether they are ghosts, and where being dead may for some be better than being alive.

The Charlie Chan Omnibus Earl Derr Biggers 9781840220926 - 656pp N & I He's Honolulu's greatest detective prepare to savour the wisdom of Charlie Chan. From Hawaii to San Francisco, no crime is too baffling, no clue too insignificant for Charlie. Long out of print, Charlie Chan's first three cases have been collected in one volume for your entertainment and bafflement.

The Bell in the Fog & Other Stories - Gertrude Atherton 9781840225402 - 176pp Includes stories such as "The Dead and the Countess", "Death and the Woman", "The Striding Place", "The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number", "The Tragedy of a Snob", "A Monarch of a Small Survey" and "The Bell in the Fog". The Striding Place was rejected by one editor as 'far too gruesome', but was in Atherton's view 'the best short story I ever wrote'. The Shadow on the Blind Louisa Baldwin & Lettice Galbraith 9781840226126 - 256pp The late Victorians had an insatiable appetite for the macabre and sensational: stories of murder and suspense, ghosts, the supernatural and the inexplicable were the stuff of life to them. The two writers in this volume well represent the last decade of the nineteenth century.

Terror by Night Ambrose Bierce 9781840225341 - 304pp N & I Of all the writers of ghost and horror stories, Ambrose Bierce is perhaps the most colourful. He was a dark, cynical and pessimistic soul who had a grim vision of fate and the unfairness of life, which he channelled into his fiction. A deep hatred for his family is reflected in some of his stories which depict families preying on and murdering one another.

Gothic Short Stories Edited by David Blair 9781840224252 - 272pp N & I This collection contains works by such writers as Poe, Hawthorne, Gaskell, Dickens and M.R. James, alongside that of anonymous authors from Britain to America. It brings together stories from the earliest decades of Gothic writing with later 19th and early 20th century tales.

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Dr Nikola - Guy Boothby 9781840221657 - 432pp N & I Elegant, ruthless, hypnotic: enter Dr Nikola and his black cat Apollyon. He was the worlds first master villain, a Victorian forerunner of Dr Fu Manchu and the mad cat-stroking evil genius Blofeld in the James Bond books and films. Now Dr Nikola is back, wielding his sinister powers across the globe. The King in Yellow Robert W. Chambers 9781840226447 - N & I Robert W. Chambers was very influential on the writing of H.P. Lovecraft and similar writers. This collection of short stories demonstrates his talent for the macabre, revolving around the play The King in Yellow, which sends its audience mad, and a malevolent supernatural entity of the same name.

The Bishop of Hell & Other Stories - Marjorie Bowen 9781840225372 - 192pp N & I Bowens stories interweave their terror and mystery with the commonplace of everyday life. Their mastery of detail, sureness of expression and acute reading of human nature give them a sinister force, which is realistic and unnerving, yet at the same time tinged with pity and compassion

The Riddle of the Sands Erskine Childers 9781840221787 - 272pp N & I The Riddle of the Sands is considered the first modern spy thriller. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterisation, richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war.

Couching at the Door D. K. Broster 9781840226072 - 192pp Dorothy Kathleen Broster is best known for her historical novels. But there is a darker side to her writing, glimpsed in her early poems and finding full expression in the stories she wrote after she had become a highly successful novelist.

Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories Edited by Rex Collings 9781840220667 - 304pp The unquiet souls of the dead, both as fictional creations and as 'real' apparitions, roam the pages of this haunting new selection of ghost stories by Rex Collings. Some of these stories are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from this vintage era of tales of the supernatural. The Haunted Hotel & Other Stories - Wilkie Collins 9781840225334 - 336pp N & I A collection of strange stories from Wilkie Collins, author of "The Woman in White" and "The Moonstone". It also includes the novella, "The Haunted Hotel", a combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of waterways and death. The action takes place in an ancient palazzo converted into a modern hotel that houses a grisly secret.

Not Exactly Ghosts & Fires Burn Blue Sir Andrew Caldecott 9781840225495 - 220pp Caldecott created believable but unsettling scenarios which effectively produce a sense of unease in the reader. The mundane becomes horrific; the everyday is unnerving; and the commonplace is frightening. At last these rare forgotten gems are available once more to stir the imagination and chill the blood.

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The Woman in White Wilkie Collins 9781840220841 - 528pp N & I When the hero, Walter Hartright, on a moonlit night in North London, encounters a solitary, terrified and beautiful woman dressed in white, he feels impelled to solve the mystery of her distress. The intricate plot is peopled with a finely characterised cast, from the peevish invalid Mr Fairlie to the corpulent villain Count Fosco and the enigmatic woman herself. The Witch of Prague & Other Stories - F. Marion Crawford 9781840220902 - 464pp N & I For a potent blend of horror, fantasy and fear, Crawford's tales have rarely been surpassed. Most of these stories have long been out of print, so this collection is a special treat for all lovers of supernatural mysteries. Crime Scenes Edited by David Stuart Davies 9781840220933 - 368pp A collection of short stories that includes tales of murder, mystery and mayhem in a variety of styles and tones from the time-honoured whodunnit to the psychological chiller to the history mystery to the crime procedural to the noir thriller to the gangster epic and the darkly humorous narrative.

Return from the Dead: A Collection of Mummy Stories Edited by David Stuart Davies 9781840224528 - 288pp N & I Beware, the Dead are coming back! This is a unique and fascinating collection of early mummy stories that helped to establish the chilling concept of the Dead returning to life as a potent sub-genre of horror fiction.

The Drug and Other Stories - Aleister Crowley

9781840226386 - N & I Aleister Crowley gained notoriety in his lifetime as The Wickedest Man in the World. A prolific writer on a wide range of subjects, particularly occultism, this edition collects the best of his fictional works.

Sherlock Holmes: The Games Afoot - Edited by David Stuart Davies 9781840220711 - 416pp Once more, the game's afoot as Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street returns in twenty new adventures specially commissioned for Wordsworth's Mystery & Supernatural series. The celebrated detective, along with his friend and biographer, Dr Watson, investigate a variety of baffling mysteries that will delight fans of the famous sleuth. Sherlock Holmes and the Henzau Affair David Stuart Davies 9781840225488 - 128pp Colonel Sapt of the Ruritanian Court journeys to England on a secret mission to save the country from anarchy. His mission is to engage the services of Rudolf Rassendyll once more to impersonate the King while the monarch recovers from a serious illness. But Rassendyll has mysteriously disappeared.

Children of the Night: Classic Vampire Stories Edited by David Stuart Davies 9781840225464 - 272pp N & I Vampires, those dark children of the night, who rise from their coffins to suck the blood of the living, continue to hold a strange fascination and dread. This book presents vampire stories, some familiar, some less so.

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Sherlock Holmes - The Shadow of the Rat & The Tangled Skein - David Stuart Davies 9781840226522 - 320pp David Stuart Davies is one of the finest writers of new Sherlock Holmes stories. Here are two of his best. In The Tangled Skein Holmes pits his wits against Count Dracula, and in The Shadow of the Rat we finally find out the terrifying truth about the Giant Rat of Sumatra Tales of Mystery & the Macabre - Elizabeth Gaskell 9781840220957 - 320pp N & I The real charm of this dark anthology is its variety. This remarkable author uses different voices, tones and topics to engage her readers and as you turn from one story to the next you cannot be quite sure what to expect.

Tales of Unease Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9781840220780 - 224pp N & I This gripping set of tales by the master storyteller Arthur Conan Doyle is bound to thrill and unnerve you. In these twilight excursions, Doyle's vivid imagination for the strange, the grotesque and the frightening is given full rein.

A Night on the Moor & Other Tales of Dread R. Murray Gilchrist 9781840225419 - 192pp Robert Murray Gilchrist (18681917) is perhaps best known for his interest in topography, and for his stories set in Derbyshire's Peak District. But he was also a master of mystery and horror, as this richly varied collection shows.

All Saints Eve Amelia B. Edwards 9781840220940 - 224pp N & I These gripping tales range from ingenious 'whodunnits' to encounters with homicidal lunatics, clairvoyant visions preventing disaster or imminent murder and ghost stories. These tales, many of which have been long out of print, are an ideal read for those who like their mystery stories tinged with a touch of the supernatural.

The Beast with Five Fingers William Fryer Harvey 9781840221794 - 432pp N & I Evil is running amok in an Italian village, mostly in the estate of a deceased pianist where murders begin to take place. What is this supposed evil? The pianist's hand...

The Crimson Blind & Other Stories - Henrietta D. Everett 9781840225389 - 208pp Mrs H.D. Everett was the last in a long line of gifted Victorian novelists who knew how to grip the reader through the invasion of everyday life by the abnormal and dramatic, leaving the facts to produce their special thrills without piling on the agony.

Oriental Ghost Stories Lafcadio Hearn 9781840226102 - 256pp N & I Lafcadio Hearn's fascinating and unsettling ghost stories are a reinterpretation of oriental legends and folktales. They are a potent blend of weird beauty and horror. This collection contains the best of the work of this neglected master of the supernatural tale. Prepare to be charmed and chilled in equal measure.

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The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder - W. H. Hodgson 9781840225297 - 192pp N & I Thomas Carnacki is a ghost finder, an Edwardian psychic detective, investigating a range of terrifying hauntings. This collection of his adventures features Carnacki encountering spine-chilling phenomena as 'The Whistling Room', the dangers of the phantom steed in 'The Horse of the Invisible' and the demons from the outside world in 'The Hog'. The Haunter of the Ring & Other Tales - Robert E. Howard 9781840220858 - 416pp N & I Twenty-one tales of suspense, high adventure and Lovecraftian horror. This book features foul sacrifices made to a reptilian God in Hungary, a werewolf that prowls the corridors of a castle in strifetorn Africa, and criminal masterminds on both sides of the Atlantic who vie for world domination. The Right Hand of Doom & Other Tales of Solomon Kane Robert E. Howard 9781840226119 - 208pp N & I Solomon Kane has a thirst for justice which surpasses common reason. Immune to the attractions of the opposite sex, he seems drawn by some psychological distress beacon to places where he knows only that he will be called upon to defend the helpless or exact retribution on their behalf. Collected Ghost Stories M. R. James 9781840225518 - 368pp N & I M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. Along with a tail-piece by M.R. James, this title contains thirty tales that can be considered as classics of their genre, including "Casting the Runes", "The Tractate Middoth", "The Ash Tree" and "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook".

Strange Tales Rudyard Kipling 9781840225327 - 304pp N & I Rudyard Kipling, author of "The Jungle Book", was also a master of the short story in which he was able to combine the strange and unnerving in order to draw the reader into the world of his own dark imaginings. This collection presents the best of these strange tales in which ghosts, monsters and inexplicable happenings abound. The House by the Churchyard Sheridan Le Fanu 9781840225747 - 560pp N & I Set in the village of Chapelizod, near Dublin, in the 1760s, the story opens with the accidental disinterment of an old skull in the churchyard, and an eerie late-night funeral. This discovery relates to murders, both recent and historical whose repercussions disrupt the complacent pace of village affairs.

Ghost Stories - Henry James 9781840220704 - 368pp N & I Henry James was arguably the greatest practitioner of what has been called the psychological ghost story. His stories explore the region which lies between the supernatural or straightforwardly marvellous and the darker areas of the human psyche. This edition includes all ten of his ghost stories, and as such is the fullest collection currently available.

In A Glass Darkly Sheridan Le Fanu 9781840225525 - 288pp N & I A collection of tales of the supernatural, in which the patients of Dr Heselius are plagued by malignant apparitions and vampires, or are drugged into a state of living death. In a Glass Darkly is a profoundly disorientating book that has become a classic of mystery and occult literature.

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Madam Crowls Ghost & Other Stories - Sheridan Le Fanu 9781840220674 - 192pp In 1888 Henry James wrote 'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'. The great M.R. James, who collected and introduces the stories in this book, considered that Le Fanu 'stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories.' The Monk - Matthew Lewis 9781840221855 - 336pp N & I Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, The Monk is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest. The great struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions leads its main character, the monk Ambrosio, to temptation and the breaking of his vows, then to sexual obsession and rape, and finally to murder in order to conceal his guilt. The Whisperer in Darkness Collected Stories Volume 1 H.P. Lovecraft 9781840226089 - 384pp N & I The Whisperer in Darkness brings together the original Cthulhu Mythos stories of the legendary horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Included in this volume are several early tales, along with the classics The Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror and At the Mountains of Madness. The Horror in the Museum Collected Stories Volume 2 H.P. Lovecraft 9781840226423 - 464pp N & I No true Lovecraft aficionado dare be without this volume. A revised and expanded collection of H.P. Lovecrafts collaborations to replace our previous edition The Loved Dead, compiled, and with a revised introduction, by M.J. Elliot.

Uncle Silas - Sheridan Le Fanu 9781840221718 - 432pp N & I When Maud is orphaned, she is sent to live with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous-even murderous-past. She encounters Madame de la Rougierre, her Governess of years gone by, whose sinister role in Maud's destiny becomes all too clear.

The Mystery of the Yellow Room - Gaston Leroux 9781840226478 - N & I Even if Hercule Poirot had been born a Frenchman, not a Belgian, he would have to take second place in detection to Joseph Rouletabille, the brilliant young sleuth created by Gaston Leroux. Agatha Christie rated it as One of the best detective stories.

The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux 9781840220735 - 208pp N & I Contains descriptions, extraordinary events, tragedy, horror, pathos, humour and a gallery of charming minor characters. This novel offers a portrait of a hideous musician, crazed by his own extreme ugliness.

Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murderer Terry Lynch 9781840220773 - 384pp Horrific, horrendous and unspeakable, the Whitechapel murderer, Jack the Ripper, stalked the streets of East London in 1888, slaughtering prostitutes and bewildering the police who were hunting him. This book looks at the evidence left by the murderer, and assesses the many theories of the true identity of Jack the Ripper.

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The Beetle: A Mystery Richard Marsh 9781840226096 - 288pp N & I I saw him take a different shape before my eyes. His loose draperies fell about him... and there issued out of them a monstrous creature of the beetle tribe. From out of the dark and mystic Egypt comes The Beetle, a creature of horror, 'born of neither God nor man', which can change its form at will. The Power of Darkness: Tales of Terror - Edith Nesbit 9781840225310 - 256pp N & I Edith Nesbit, best known as the author of "The Railway Children" and other children's classics, was also the mistress of the ghost story and tales of terror. In this collection, we encounter love that transcends the grave, reanimated corpses, vampiric vines, vengeful ghosts and other dark stories to make you feel fearful. Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe 9781840220728 - 320pp N & I This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Premature Burial" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included.

Wagner the Werewolf George W. M. Reynolds 9781840225303 - 496pp N & I Fernand Wagner agrees to serve John Faust, in return for which, he is given youth and beauty, but at the price of becoming a werewolf. He loves Nisida, whose family history conceals a secret. Together, they flee from Florence, but dogged by the Inquisition and the Ottoman Empire's might, they are forced to face the horror that lurks in the closet. Night Shivers - The Ghost Stories of J. H. Riddell 9781840220896 - 464pp N & I Includes stories that take readers on fearful journeys into the gloomy haunts of old neglected houses, into a world of prophetic dreams, out onto the wild terrain of Ireland to encounter a frightful banshee and even down into Hell itself.

In Ghostly Company Amyas Northcote 9781840226430 - N & I Amyas Northcote was a contemporary of M.R. James at Eton. He wrote just one collection of ghost stories, which was one of the finest contributions to the Golden Age of supernatural fiction. With the passing years, it has been increasingly difficult to find a copy, so this will be a welcome addition to the series.

The Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions - Oliver Onions 9781840226409 - N & I Onions novella The Beckoning Fair One is a classic of psychological horror fiction, but this comprehensive collection of his supernatural writings shows the scope of his talent.

Varney the Vampyre James Malcolm Rymer 9781840226393 - 1184pp N & I James Malcolm Rymers epic 220 chapter saga first appeared between 1845-7 in a series of Penny Dreadfuls. Telling the tale of the vampire Sir Francis Varney, it established many of the archetypal images of vampire fiction, and was a major influence on Bram Stokers Dracula

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Bulldog Drummond - Sapper 9781840226201 - 784pp N & I Bulldog Drummond was the original daredevil adventurer who, with his various friends, made it their mission to fight all enemies of Britain in the uncertain years following the First World War. This volume contains the first four novels of the series, in which Hugh Drummond finds himself pitting his wits again Carl Peterson, a criminal genius. The Black Veil & Other Tales of Supernatural Sleuths Mark Valentine 9781840220889 - 272pp N & I Includes encounters from the casebooks of the Victorian haunted house investigators John Bell and Flaxman Low, from Carnacki, the Edwardian battler against the abyss, and horror master Arthur Machen's Mr Dyson, a man-abouttown and meddler in strange things.

Uncanny Stories - May Sinclair 9781840224924 - 224pp N & I May Sinclair was an innovator of modern fiction. Combining the traditional ghost story with the discoveries of Freud and Einstein, this volume also includes "The Intercessor", Sinclair's story of childhood and abandoned love, a tale whose intensity compares with that of the Brontes.

The Werewolf Pack - Mark Valentine 9781840220872 - 224pp N & I The wolf has always been a creature of legend and romance. Its no wonder, then, that tales of transformation between man and wolf are so powerful and persistent. This original collection offers some of the greatest, rarest and most unusual werewolf stories ever.

Dracula & Draculas Guest Bram Stoker 9781840226270 - 576pp N & I This book brings together the chilling masterpiece Dracula a truly iconic and unsettling tale of vampirism - with Draculas Guest and many other strange and frightening episodes which provide a feast of terror for those readers who like to be unnerved as well as entertained.

Australian Ghost Stories Edited by James Doig 9781840226416 - 224 N & I A collection of eerie tales from Down Under, demonstrating that Australia has residents far scarier than Ned Kelly and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.

The Lair of the White Worm & The Lady of the Shroud Bram Stoker 9781840226454 - N & I Here are two great, neglected horror novels by Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, together in one volume for the first time. It is a double treat for lovers of bloodcurdling fantasy fiction.

The Casebook of Sexton Blake Edited by David Stuart Davies 9781840221701 - 560pp N & I Sexton Blake, the fictional detective, is one of the most written about characters in the English language. Appearing from 1893 to 1978, the Sexton Blake adventures run to over 5000 stories by some 200 authors. This book is a collection of some of the best.

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The Castle of Otranto/ Nightmare Abbey/Vathek - Various 9781840221848 - 272pp N & I The Castle of Otranto tells the story of Manfred, lord of the castle, and his family. Nightmare Abbey follows the fortunes of Christopher Glowry, a morose widower who lives with his only son Scythrop in his semi-dilapidated family mansion Nightmare Abbey. Vathek tells the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damnation. Scottish Ghost Stories Selected by Rosemary Gray 9781840221688 - 624pp Scotland has a notoriously rich and diverse cultural tradition when it comes to the supernatural. Many of her greatest writers from Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg to Robert Louis Stevenson and John Buchan have explored the country's unique folkloric heritage to spine-chilling effect, as demonstrated in this collection. The Devil Rides Out Dennis Wheatley 9781840225433 - 320pp N & I A group of old friends discover that one of them has been lured into a coven of Satanists. They determine to rescue him. The head of the coven proves to be no charlatan but an Adept of the Dark Arts, able to infiltrate dreams and conjure up fearsome entities. De Richleau fights back with his own knowledge of occultism and ancient lore.

To the Devil a Daughter Dennis Wheatley 9781840225440 - 336pp N & I Why did the solitary girl leave her rented house on the French Riviera only for short walks at night? Why was she so frightened? Why did animals shrink away from her? The girl herself didn't know, and was certainly not aware of the terrible appointment which had been made for her long ago and was now drawing close.

The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder Edgar Wallace 9781840226461 - N & I J.G. Reeder is a detective with a difference. With his bowler hat, frock coat and umbrella, he has the look of a bank clerk, but this conceals his secret weapon The Mind of Mr J.G.Reeder

Ghost Stories - Edith Wharton 9781840221640 - 304pp Amongst the many supernatural treats within these pages you will encounter a married farmer bewitched by a dead girl; a ghostly bell which saves a womans reputation; the weird spectral eyes which terrorise the midnight hours of an elderly aesthete; the haunted man who receives letters from his dead wife and the frightening power of a doppelganger which foreshadows a terrible tragedy.

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The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle 9781853264610 - 320pp N & I This work contains Artistotle's views on what makes a good human life. It has served as an influence on the history of ideas and offers insights into the human condition. The Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell 9781840220681 - 1024pp N & I A group portrait of a brilliant circle, at the centre of which Boswell captures the powerful, troubled and witty figure of Samuel Johnson. The book is also an intimate picture of domestic life, which mingles the greatest talkers of a talkative age with the hero's humbler friends.

Meditations - Marcus Aurelius 9781853264863 - 224pp N & I The "Meditations" of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius are a readable exposition of the system of metaphysics known as stoicism. Stoics maintained that by putting aside great passions, unjust thoughts and indulgence, man could acquire virtue and live at one with nature.

The Pilgrims Progress John Bunyan 9781853264689 - 272pp N & I This allegory of Christian life describes the pilgrimage of the hero, Christian, from the Shadow of Destruction via the Slough of Despond, the Hill of Difficulty, the Valley of the Shadow of Death and Vanity Fair, over the River of the Water of Life and into the Celestial City.

George Eliot Mathilde Blind 9781840225693 - 176pp The first full-length biography of George Eliot, published just three years after her death, by a freethinking German-Jewish emigre and proto-feminist: the first to tackle the Lewes relationship, the marriage to John Cross, and the break with religious orthodoxy. It firmly established Eliot as the deeply autobiographical novelist we now know her to be. Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio 9781840221336 - 848pp N & I Recasts the storytelling heritage of the ancient and medieval worlds into perennial forms that inspired writers including Chaucer and Shakespeare. This book hovers between the fading glories of an aristocratic past - the Crusades, the Angevins, the courts of France, the legendary East - and the squalor of contemporary life.

Don Quixote - Cervantes 9781853267956 - 992pp N & I Smollett's lively rendition of Cervantes's epic burlesque attempts to catch the feeling and tone of the Spanish original - a comic novelist's homage to a comic novelist.

Plays - Anton Chekhov 9781840226171 - 400pp N & I Anton Chekhov's popularity in the west is without parallel for a foreign writer. He has been absorbed into our culture, and accepted as one of our own. His plays lend themselves easily to the stage, calling for actors with intelligence and common sense rather than a dramatic voice or histrionic skills.

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On War - Carl von Clausewitz 9781853264825 - 400pp N & I In both a philosophical and a practical work, Clausewitz defines the essential nature of war, debates the qualities of a great commander, assesses the relative strengths of defensive and offensive war, and - in highly controversial passages - considers the relationship between war and politics. The Origin of Species Charles Darwin 9781853267802 - 416pp N & I Darwin's theory of natural selection is also a humane and inspirational vision of ecological inter-relatedness revealing the almost unthinkably complex and mutual inter-dependencies between animal and plant life, climate and physical environment and - by implication - the human world.

The Voyages of Captain Cook James Cook 9781840221008 - 496pp N & I In the record of this voyage Scott brings alive for the reader the brilliance of the aurora in the long winter nights, the hunger and danger of sledging trips, the isolation, and the joy of seeing what no human eye had previously seen.

The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 9781853264764 - 496pp N & I This journal takes the reader from the coasts and interiors of South America to the South Sea Islands. It displays Darwin's speculative mind at work, posing searching questions about the complex relations between the Earth's structure, animal forms, anthropology and the origins of life itself. Democracy In America Alexis de Tocqueville 9781853264801 - 416pp N & I Tocqueville examines the structures, institution and operation of democracy, and analyzes the lessons that Europe could learn from American successes and failures. It continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, especially in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. Key Philosophical Writings Descartes 9781853264702 - 432pp N & I This selection of Descartes' writings attempt to answer central questions surrounding self, God, free-will and knowledge, using the science of thought as opposed to received wisdom based on the tenets of faith.

The Divine Comedy - Dante 9781840221664 - 592pp N & I Written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, The Divine Comedy is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.

The Inferno - Dante 9781853267871224pp N & I In The Inferno, Dante's protagonist - and his reader - is presented with a graphic vision of the dreadful consequences of sin, and encounters an all-too-human array of noble, grotesque, beguiling, ridiculous and horrific characters.

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Sentimental Education Gustave Flaubert 9781840221213 - 480pp N & I Set against the backdrop of the 1848 Revolution, this is the story of young lawyer Frederic Moreau's infatuation with the demurely exotic Madame Arnoux. This ironic depiction of uneventful lives in a troubled period of European history is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Faust - A Tragedy In Two Parts & The Urfaust - Goethe

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Based on the fable of a man who traded his soul for superhuman powers and knowledge, this text became the life work of Germany's greatest poet, Goethe. It is a dramatic poem that charts the life of a deeply flawed individual and his fight against despair and the nihilism of the Mephistopheles. Histories - Herodotus 9781853264665 - 768pp N & I This work comprises the first western historical writing. It provides a history of the then known world, and provides answers to questions such as: why did Pheidippides run from Marathon to Athens and why did Leonides and the Spartans comb their hair before the battle of Thermopylae.

The Interpretation of Dreams Sigmund Freud 9781853264849 - 480pp N & I This text presents Freud's theory that man is unable to tolerate too much reality, and that dreams are the contraband representations of the beast within man which are smuggled into awareness during sleep. The analysis of dreams is the key to unlocking the vital secrets of the unconscious mind.

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon 9781853264993 - 1088pp N & I Published between 1776 and 1788, this text is acknowledged as a masterpiece of English historical writing. Covering the history of Europe from the 2nd-century AD, to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, this edition includes footnotes, explanatory comments, and a precis of the chapters not included. The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran 9781853264856 - 80pp N & I First published in the 1920s, this book attempts to provide the reader with a guide to living. Gibran lets his protagonist, called simply The Prophet, deliver homilies on a variety of topics central to daily life: love marriage and children, work and play, possessions, beauty, truth, joy and sorrow and death.

The Iliad and the Odyssey Homer 9781840221176 - 976pp N & I Homer bidding farewell to his wife, Odysseus bound to the mast, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been portrayed in every generation. Chapman's translations are argued to be two of the liveliest and readable.

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus Washington Irving 9781840220698 - 720pp N & I Inspired by the then recent unearthing of original documents and letters of Christopher Columbus, Washington Irving set about, in the 1820s, to create the first unlimited and complete account of the great explorer and his journeys. This is that account, sweeping in its scope, as intimate as a novel, as thrilling as a grand adventure story.

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Mohammed Washington Irving 9781840225730 - 272pp N & I As the last and greatest prophet of the one and only God, it was the task of Mohammed to abolish all idolatry. Mohammed led his armies out to do battle in the desert, spreading his religion at the point of the sword. This book describes the military conquests of his life. Abraham Lincoln: Life, Speeches and Letters Henry Ketcham 9781840226317 - 448pp N & I To celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, Wordsworth are releasing a new edition, which combines two classic works; Henry Ketchams The Life of Abraham Lincoln and The Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln 18321865, edited by Merwin Roe.

Jewish Antiquities Flavius Josephus 9781840221329 - 928pp N & I One of the important records of Judaism and the Jews, this historical enterprise is an account in twenty books of Jewish history, from the creation to the outbreak of the Jewish revolt against Rome in AD 66.

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu 9781853264719 - 112pp N & I Dating from around 300 BC, this is an early work of the Chinese school of philosophy called Taoism. It offers a complete view of the cosmos and how human beings should respond to it. It has mystical insight into the nature of things and forms a basis for a humane morality and political utopia.

The Castle - Franz Kafka 9781840221824 - 304pp N & I A protagonist, known only as K., strives to gain access to the mysterious authorities of a castle that governs the village where K. has arrived to work as a land surveyor. The Castle is a dark, and at times surreal, story about alienation and bureaucracy. Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence 9781853264696 - 704pp N & I Written between 1919 and 1926, this text tells of the campaign against the Turks in the Middle East, encompassing gross acts of cruelty and revenge, ending in a welter of stink and corpses in a Damascus hospital.

The Trial - Franz Kafka 9781840220971 - 792pp N & I A chilling and at the same time blackly amusing tale that maintains, to the very end, a constant, relentless atmosphere of disorientation and quirkiness. Superficially the subject-matter is bureaucracy, but the story's great strength is its description of the effect on the life and mind of Josef K.

The Prince Niccol Machiavelli 9781853267758 - 176pp N & I Written in 1513 for the Medici, immediately following their return to power in Florence, "The Prince" remains as relevant a text on the craft of ruling and the exercise of power in today's world, as it was in the 16th century.

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Le Morte Darthur Sir Thomas Malory 9781853264634 - 912pp N & I This work begins with the birth of Arthur and the establishment of his kingdom and the fellowship of knights. It describes courtly society which is outwardly secure and successful, but which is, in reality, torn by dissent and ultimately treachery Utopia - Sir Thomas More 9781853264740 - 160pp N & I This text presents a contribution to political thought, culminating in the description of the "utopians". These figures live according to the principles of natural law, but are receptive to Christian teachings, hold all possessions in common and view gold as worthless.

The Plays Christopher Marlowe 9781840221305 - 560pp N & I The plays collected in this text provide the reader with a clear picture of Marlowe as a radical theatrical poet of great linguistic and dramatic daring, whose characters constantly strive to break out of the social, religious, and rhetorical binds within which they are confined.

Human, All Too Human & Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche 9781840220834 - 720pp N & I "Human, All Too Human" (1878) marks the point where Nietzsche abandons German romanticism for the French Enlightenment. "Beyond Good and Evil" (1886) is a scathing and powerful critique of philosophy, religion and science.

The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels 9781840220964 - 432pp N & I Marxs analysis of the evils and dangers of raw capitalism is as correct now as when it was written, making The Communist Manifesto essential reading. The Condition of the Working Class in England is Engels's first, and probably best-known, book. It is an outstanding study of the working class in Victorian England.

Thus Spake Zarathustra Friedrich Nietzsche 9781853267765 - 352pp N & I This series of apothegms, put into the mouth of Zarathustra, contains the kernel of Nietzche's original thought. In it he states that "God is dead" and that Christianity is decadent and leads mankind into a slave morality concerned with the next life rather than this.

London Labour & The London Poor - Henry Mayhew 9781840226195 - 688pp N & I Offers an account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition.

The Twilight of the Idols / Antichrist / Ecce Homo Friedrich Nietzsche 9781840226133 - 288pp N & I Three works, all dating from Nietzsche's last lucid months, that aim show him at his most stimulating and controversial: the portentous utterances of the prophet are forsaken, as wit, exuberance and dazzling insights predominate.

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Rights of Man - Thomas Paine 9781853264672 - 240pp N & I This work is a statement of the belief in humanity's potential to change the world for the better. It argues that people are born with a set of natural rights and that any society that violates those rights is flawed and should be changed. Symposium & The Death of Socrates - Plato 9781853264795 - 240pp N & I "Symposium" gives an account of the sparkling society that was Athens at the height of her empire. The other dialogues collected here under the title "The Death of Socrates" tell the tale of how Socrates was put on trial for impiety, found guilty and sentenced to death. The Travels of Marco Polo Marco Polo 9781853264733 - 320pp N & I This work recounts Marco Polo's journey to the eastern court of Kublai Khan, the chieftain of the Mongol empire which traverses the Asian continent, but which was virtually unknown to Polo's contemporaries. It encompasses a 24-year period starting in 1271, detailing his travels.

Travels in the Interior of Africa - Mungo Park 9781840226010 - 448pp N & I In 1795, the 24 year old Scottish surgeon Mungo Park set out from the Gambia to trace the Niger's course. This journal records his experiences. Throughout his travels and misadventures the author records what he sees as accurately as he could, and without presuming European superiority.

The Concise Pepys Samuel Pepys 9781853264788 - 816pp N & I In this diary Pepys observed and recorded the details of a ten-year period of English history which included not only the Restoration, but also the Great Plague of 1665 and the Fire of London of the following year.

Eugene Onegin - Pushkin 9781840221367 - 352pp N & I Eugene Onegin, an aristocrat, much like Pushkin and his peers in his attitude and habits, is bored. He visits the countryside where the young and passionate Tatyana falls in love with him. In a touching letter she confesses her love but is cruelly rejected. Years later, it is Onegin's turn to be rejected by Tatyana.

Republic - Plato 9781853264832 - 400pp N & I "The Republic" deals with almost the whole range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced society and individual. It combines argument with myth to advocate a life organised by reason rather than dominated by leisures and appetites.

The Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9781853264658 - 672pp N & I This work is a frank treatment of Rousseau's sexual and intellectual development. It offers a model for the reflective life: the solitary, uncompromising individual; the enemy of servitude and habit; and the selfish egoist who dedicates himself to a particular ideal.

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The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9781853267819 - 160pp N & I In this translated classic, Rousseau argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. He says that we can only be free under the law by voluntarily embracing that law as our own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate all our desires to the collective good, the general will. Captain Scott The Voyage of the Discovery 9781840221770 - 672pp N & I Scott is best known for his doomed last expedition in 1912, but it was this earlier voyage that truly began the opening up of the Antarctic continent and laid the groundwork for the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. The record of that voyage is a classic account by a remarkable explorer who was also one of the most talented writers in the field of polar exploration. The Heart of the Antarctic & South - Ernest Shackleton 9781840226164 - 768pp N & I Ernest Shackleton led two Antarctic expeditions, and died shortly after the beginning of the third. Shackleton showed the flame of leadership as few in the history of exploration have done, and nowhere does this come through more clearly than in the two accounts in this volume. Three Theban Plays Sophocles 9781840221442 - 224pp N & I The story of Oedipus is the story of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother, a man who by a cruel irony brings these things to pass by his very efforts to avoid them. Plays featured are Antigone, Oedipus the Tyrant and Oedipus at Colonus.

Ethics - Benedict Spinoza 9781840221190 - 368pp N & I First published in a posthumous edition of 1677, this work by Spinoza is a systematic attempt to work out the nature of God, the relation between mind and body, human psychology, and the best way to live.

How I found Livingstone Henry Stanley 9781840226485 - N & I Dr Livingstone, I presume? The extraordinary adventure which lead the English born, American based journalist Henry Stanley to track down the English missionary, David Livingstone, lost in Darkest Africa, and help uncover the secrets of that mysterious land.

The Great Comedies and Tragedies William Shakespeare 9781840221459 - 896pp N & I This work includes: Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Othello; King Lear; and Macbeth., Twelfh Night, As You Like It, A Midsummer Nights Dream and Much Ado About Nothing. With introductions for both the comedies and tragedies.

Lives of the Twelve Caesars Suetonius 9781853264757 - 384pp N & I This text by Suetonius, a Latin biographer, is a major source for the period from Julius Caesar to Domitian. It sets out a great range of aspects illuminating the emperors' characters, their habits from table to bedchamber - their intrigues, loves and their deaths.

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Sun Tzu/Shang Yang 9781853267796 - 256pp N & I The two political works in this text are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from an epoch in Chinese history known as the "Period of the Warring States" (403 - 221 BC), they anticipate by nearly 2000 years Niccolo Machiavelli's treatises on the same subjects. Beowulf 9781840226140 - 240pp Beowulf comes to the aid of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, in his time of need. He first fights the hellish Grendel, then struggles with Grendel's no less fearsome mother in her hall beneath the cold waters of the mere. More than fifty years later, he must face his final challenge in the shape of a huge dragon.

New Testament William Tyndale 9781840221299 - 512pp N & I William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament is one of the most influential works in English literature. His unauthorised translations of the entire New Testament and a substantial part of the Old Testament were smuggled into England, where an eager public risked their lives to read them.

The Holy Quran - Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali 9781853267826 - 576pp N & I The Holy Koran is the Word of God whose truth was revealed to Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel. It is divided into 14 Suras or chapters, and was traditionally transmitted by word of mouth. This translation, by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, is considered to be the most faithful rendering available in English.

A Buddhist Bible with The Light of Asia - Various 9781840221800 - 336pp N & I Buddhism is a diverse collection of beliefs and practices estimated to have some 350 Million followers around the world. Unlike the major religions, it has no one central written work at its core like the Bible or the Koran. The Buddhist Bible gathers together some of the key documents that have helped establish and spread the message of Buddhism in its many forms. Germinal - Emile Zola 9781840226188 - 496pp Etienne Lantier arrives in the mining settlement of Montsou, and witnesses at first hand the appalling conditions in which miners live and work. Gradually becoming embroiled in a bitter dispute between the miners and their employers, he eventually leads the strike.

Njals Saga 9781853267857 - 416pp N & I Proclaimed as one of the finest Icelandic sagas, this text was written in about 1280 and refers to events a couple of centuries earlier. It is full of the details of everyday life, as well as the social structures of the society in which they take place.

Upanishads 9781840221022 - 288pp N & I The 112 Upanishads form the final section of the Veda - the oldest Hindu scriptures. Upanishadic principles include the beliefs that the world appears real without being so and that yoga and spiritual disciplines are necessary to unite individual and universal Selves.

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The Selected Poems of William Blake 9781853264528 - 416pp William Blake was an engraver, painter and visionary mystic as well as one of the most revolutionary poets. This volume contains many of his writings, including: "Songs of Innocence", "Songs of Experience", "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", and a selection from the Prophetic Books. The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer 9781840225365 - 736pp This work tells the story of 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London, and journey together to the shrine of St Thomas Becket in Canterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tell stories to one another, shot through with cunning wit and dry humour.

The Poems of Robert Browning 9781853264184 - 1056pp Robert Browning represents the intellectual and argumentative strand in English poetry, in contrast to the more ornate style of Spenser and Tennyson. His poetry demonstrates that a poet must be a sharp observer of the human condition. The most moving poems deal with his feelings for his wife.

Selected Poetry of the First World War Edited by Marcus Clapham 9781853264443 - 160pp This anthology serves as an introduction to the poetry of World War I, and the inclusion of a number rarely anthologised poets, many from the ranks, as well as anonymous poems and songs, brings a quality of freshness to the selection.

Collected Poems of Robert Burns 9781853264153 - 624pp Born in 1759 into miserable rustic poverty, by the age of 18 Burns had acquired a good knowledge of both classical and English literature. This collection includes some of his most famous works such as the ballad "Auld Lang Syne" and "Tam o'Shanter".

The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson 9781853264191 - 224pp During Emily's life only seven of her 1775 poems were published. This collection of her work shows her breadth of vision and a passionate intensity and awe for life, love, nature, time and eternity. Once branded an eccentric, Dickinson is now regarded as a major American poet.

Selected Poems of Lord Byron 9781853264061 - 816pp This volume comprises the complete poetic works of Byron. As well as including such works as "Childe Harold", "Don Juan", "The Two Foscari", "The Lament of Tasso" and "The Vision of Judgement", it also contains his shorter lyrical poems.

The Collected Poems of John Donne 9781853264009 - 400pp John Donne's poetry is marked by a scientific colloquial directness and a complex, even tortured, intelligence. It falls into two classes. There is the early ironic and erotic poetry that contains some of the finest English love poetry and also his later, religious poetry.

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The Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy 9781853264023 - 960pp This work comprises a collection of the poetic works of Thomas Hardy. Hardy's poetry spanned over 50 years from the last half of the 19th century to the period after World War I, and ranges from pessimistic works to those which were witty and fanciful. The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence 9781853264177 - 704pp Lawrence first put together the collection of his poems in 1928. They are arranged chronologically "to make up a biography of an emotional and inner life". It therefore allows the reader to trace the development of Lawrence as a poet and appreciate the remarkable originality and distinctiveness of his achievement.

The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman 9781853264115 - 192pp Housman's melodic and memorable poems have been popular for over a century. He writes typically of lost love, of the brevity of happiness, of young soldiers doomed to die. Housman speaks with two voices: the smooth texts conceal a dark sub-text.

The English Poems of John Milton 9781853264108 - 624pp This work contains the poetic works of John Milton. It includes "Paradise Lost", "Paradise Regained", "L'Allegro", "Il Penseroso", "Comus" and various sonnets and miscellaneous poems.

The Complete Poems of John Keats 9781853264047 - 544pp This collection comprises the works of John Keats, one of the greatest English poets and contemporary of Byron and Shelley. The collection includes "Endymion", "Lamia", "Isabella" and "Hyperion".

The Poems of Wilfred Owen 9781853264238 - 112pp This volume contains all of Owen's best known work, only four of which were published in his lifetime. His war poems were based on his acute observations of the soldiers with whom he served on the Western front, and reflect the horror and waste of World War One.

Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling 9781853264054 - 928pp This edition of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling contains all of his verse. His poetry uses many rhythms and popular forms of speech, ranging from dramatic monologues to extended ballads. Often mistakenly branded as a fascist, Kipling's attitudes changed over the years, revealing a darker side.

The Works of Banjo Paterson 9781853264306 - 288pp Covers old ballads of the English and the ingenuity of stress of the Scottish borders, as well as the heroic songs of Ireland. Includes poems such as The Man from Snowy River, Clancy of the Overflow and his best known work, Waltzing Matilda, the unofficial national anthem of Australia.

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Selected Poems of Christina Rossetti 9781853264290 - 304pp This work comprises a collection of the poetic works of 19th century poet Christina Rossetti. Rossetti's inner life dominates her poetry, exploring the themes of loss and unattainable hope across subjects ranging from love to the divine. The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson 9781853264146 - 688pp Although Tennyson has often been characterised as an austere, bearded patriarch and laureate of the Victorian age, his poems still have relevance. His mastery of rhyme, metre, imagery and mood communicate their dark, sensuous and sometimes morbid messages.

The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare 9781853264160 - 208pp The sonnets in this collection divide into two parts; the first 126 are addressed to a fair youth for whom the poet has an obsessive love and the second chronicles his love for the notorious "Dark Lady". In addition to the sonnets, this volume includes two lengthy poems on classical themes.

The Complete Poems of Walt Whitman 9781853264337 - 608pp This collection contains the poetic works of Walt Whitman. These poems reflect the vitality of a new nation and the vastness of its lands. They combine autobiographical, sociological and religious themes but did not conform to previous genres.

The Selected Poetry and Prose of Shelley 9781853264085 - 752pp This edition contains all Shelley's poetry, from his juvenilia to his great works such as "The Revolt of Islam" and "Ode to the West Wind", and his only completed verse drama "The Cenci", a melodramatic Venetian tale of incest, murder and revenge.

Collected Poems of Oscar Wilde 9781853264535 - 224pp This edition of Wilde's verse presents the full range of his achievement as a poet: the haunting elegy to his young sister; the religious drama of his romance with Rome; forbidden sexual desires; and "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".

The Complete Works of J. M. Synge 9781840221510 - 480pp The literary and dramatic work of JM Synge is most famous for the riots provoked by his 1907 play "The Playboy of the Western World" and, indeed, this was neither the first nor the last time that Synge's dramas incited passionate disagreements.

Lyrical Ballads & Other Poems - William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge 9781840225358 - 352pp "Lyrical Ballads" constituted a quiet poetic revolution, both in its attitude to its subject matter and its anti-conventional language. This volume contains all of "Lyrical Ballads" with Wordsworth's preface of 1800/1802, and a wide range of both poets' other work across their poetic careers.

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The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth 9781853264016 - 1120pp This full edition of Wordsworth's poetical works shows how the poet was much influenced by the events of the French revolution in his youth, breaking away from the artificial diction of the Augustan and neo-classical traditions of the 18th century.

The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats 9781853264542 - 432pp This volume includes all of Yeats' published poetry, from the hauntingly beautiful early lyrics by which he is still best remembered, to the later work which some argue put beyond question his status as one of the foremost poets of his age.

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Advanced Learners Dictionary - Martin Manser/Nigel Turton 9781853267635 - 864pp Combining the elements of a thesaurus, usage guide, lexicon and historical survey in one volume, this text includes expository panels which present a point of usage, the history of the word, the area of vocabulary or the nuances of definition. The Books of the Kings and Queens of Britain Dr G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville 9781853263958 - 256pp An overview of British monarchs from Cerdic First King of Wessex to George VI, this guide provides a regal chronology of Britain and contains many insights into the foibles of one of the world's constitutional institutions through the vagaries of war, pestilence, regicide, civil wars and marriage.

A to Z of English Literature David Rothwell 9781840226508 David Rothwell takes on the challenge of summarising the entire body of English Literature, from its earliest origins to the current day within the confines of a standard paperback. His whistle-stop through the best (and less favoured) of English writing is witty, opinionated and entertaining.

Book of Limericks Edited by Linda Marsh 9781853264900 - 448pp While no collection of limericks can claim to be 'complete', "The Wordsworth Book of Limericks" contains an astonishing collection of over 1,800 verses - all of them comical, and a great number so far from cleanliness as to verge on the obscene. This is not a book for the prurient, but it will give enormous pleasure to all who relish the unique art-form of the limerick. Complete Herbal Nicholas Culpeper 9781853263453 - 608pp This work offers remedies for all the ills known to 17th century society. Together with an alphabetical section on herbs, their provenance and properties, it includes "The English Physician and Family Dispensary", which provides an astrologo-physical discourse of the human virtues of the body.

Book of Humorous Quotations - Connie Robertson (Ed.) 9781853267598 - 400pp Connie Robertson has woven together a thought-provoking collection of the best humorous quotations which, whilst amusing, also provides the student, journalist and after-dinner-speaker with a wealth of valuable material.

The Book of Hymns Edited by Martin Manser 9781840224955 - 288pp Hymns have always played a significant role in our cultural heritage. Useful for both in planning services and also personal devotion, this anthology has hymns for the harvest - 'We plough the fields and scatter', the Christmas 'O come all ye faithful', for weddings 'Love divine, all loves excelling' and even funerals - 'The Lord is my Shepherd'.

The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus Edited by Ned Halley 9781840223019 - 304pp Who was Nostradamus, and what faith should we place in his predictions? This book gives objective answers, revealing that Michel de Nostredame, a 16thcentury French doctor, was more Renaissance man than arcane magician - and that his prognosticians can be compellingly astute.

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Concise Dictionary of English Etymology - Walter W. Skeat 9781853263118 - 656pp Walter Skeat was one of the greatest investigators of the roots of the English language. His astonishing detective work into the origins and development of the world's most widely used language provides an unsurpassed guide to its flexibility and richness. Dictionary of Culinary & Menu Terms - Rodney Dale 9781840223002 - 480pp This dictionary contains over 12,000 entries and should prove useful to budding chefs and gourmands, and a handy companion for hungry travellers or those wishing to avoid the potential pitfalls of self-catering and ordering meals in restaurants in foreign lands.

Concise English Dictionary 9781840224979 - 1104pp A comprehensive dictionary, which contains 121,000 references and over 156,000 definitions, along with appendices consisting of conversion tables, mathematical symbols, the Greek alphabet, and Roman numerals. It reflects the usage not just of the UK and the USA but also of all those parts of the world where English is the first language.

Dictionary of Dreams Gustavus Hindman Miller 9781853263255 - 304pp This work on the meaning of dreams, which first appeared in 1909, includes 10,000 entries covering bananas to cauliflowers, measles to mustard and virgins to zebras.

The Concise Grays Anatomy C. H. Leonard 9781853263941 - 304pp This work contains the essential elements of "Gray's Anatomy", available in a concise and useable form. It uses original illustrations from this work and distils the text into a "dissecting-room companion".

Dictionary of Drink Ned Halley 9781840223026 - 656pp Is there really a drink called "Sex on the Beach"? It's one of the thousand cocktail recipes in the mix of hard facts and pure whimsy that fills this new edition.

Crossword Companion Stephen Curtis & Martin Manser 9781840223057 - 288pp An ideal aid to help solve crosswords, this reference features clear guidance on how to recognise and work out anagrams and how to decipher cryptic clues. The reference also includes 1000s of synonym entries that are arranged in order of the number of letters in every word.

Dictionary of Homonyms David Rothwell 9781840225426 - 544pp Do you get confused between 'to', 'too' and 'two'? Do you need to know the five definitions of 'fluke'? If so, then this is the book for you. It is a boon for crossword addicts, a treasure trove for punsters and an endless source of fascination for anyone interested in the English language.

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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - Dr Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 9781840223101 - 1184pp This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces archaeology, history, religion, the arts, science, mythology and characters from fiction. Epigrams - Oscar Wilde 9781840222753 - 246pp Oscar Wilde's well-turned phrases and spontaneous insults still cause much amusement and admiration. This book contains quotes most of which are taken from Wilde's plays, novels and essays.

The Dictionary of Pub Names 9781840222661 - 448pp For hundreds of years, the public house in its many guises, from urban gin palace to wayside coaching inn, has been a charming and quintessential feature of British life. This book acts as an informative guide to the meanings and origins of pub names, both popular and obscure.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Charles Mackey 9781853263491 - 624pp Aims to demonstrate historical parallels for almost every neurosis of our times. This book covers subjects such as the South Sea Bubble, Witch Mania, Alchemy, the Crusades, Fortune-telling, Haunted Houses, and 'Tulipomania'.

Dictionary of Quotations Connie Robertson 9781853264894 - 688pp An essential work of reference for every writer, journalist and speechmaker, as well as being a treasure trove for the browser and the simply curious. There is a wide diversity of sayings to add spice to our conversation and enrich our daily lives.

French Dictionary 9781840224993 - 1056pp A general-purpose dictionary suitable for a variety of both English and French speakers. It provides over 85,000 entries. It includes everyday vocabulary and colloquialisms, and a selection of scientific and technological terms. It features the different spellings and usage of American English words.

Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms - Martin Manser 9781853267574 - 256pp This dictionary will enable readers to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions. It has an alphabetical listing with numbered senses for words with more than one meaning, both British and American spellings are given and colloquial uses are specially marked.

The Concise Hobson Jobson: An Anglo-Indian Dictionary Henry Yule & A. C. Burnell 9781853263637 - 496pp Bungalow, pyjamas, tiffin, rickshaw, veranda, curry, cheroot, chintz, calico, gingham, mango, junk and catamaran are all words which have crept into the English language from the days of Britain's colonial rule of the Indian sub-continent and the Malaysian Peninsular.

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German Dictionary 9781840220988 - 896pp Covering nearly 95,000 words, this general-purpose dictionary is suitable for everyday use by both English and German speakers at all levels of proficiency. It features: English to German and German to English; 95,000 words; useful for students or travellers; suitable for colleges or general libraries; and useful for home or at the office. Spanish Dictionary 9781840224962 - 976pp A dictionary suitable for English and Spanish speakers at all levels of proficiency, this volume contains over 100,000 entries, with examples of usage including many chosen to help users express themselves in a fluent style.

The Golden Age of Myth & Legend - Thomas Bulfinch 9781853263071 - 384pp This work brings together the stories of the gods and goddesses of Greece, Rome and Northern mythology. It demonstrates how these images have helped enrich the development of English literature. In addition there is a chapter on Eastern religion and myth.

Thesaurus 9781840224900 - 272pp Learners of English often find it difficult to know which word to use. Or you may have used a word several times in an essay or email, and so you want to use a different expression. Adopting a fresh approach by going beyond the listing of words, this dictionary highlights the differences between similar words to show the various shades of meaning.

Mrs Beetons Garden Management - Isabella Beeton 9781840220797 - 992pp Covers soil structures, manures and compost, planning and landscaping, walls and fences, ornamental features, tools, sowing, planting and transplanting. This book also includes chapters on trees, shrubs, flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit growing, and on frames and glasshouses.

The Ultimate Cocktail Book Ned Halley 9781853267628 - 304pp Contains over 1,500 cocktails, ranging from classic Martinis to unblushing modern concoctions, such as Sex on the Beach. This book includes recipes that are user friendly, assembled on a 'unit' basis that clearly shows the proportions needed to make the perfect cocktail.

Mrs Beetons Household Management - Isabella Beeton 9781840222685 - 1120pp A classic of domestic literature, Isabella Beeton's Book of Household Management is both an entertaining curiosity and an important social document, providing an invaluable insight into the day-to-day workings of a Victorian household.

The Golden Bough Sir James Frazer 9781853263101 - 768pp Sir James George Frazer (18541941) is rightly regarded as one of the founders of modern anthropology. This volume is the author's own abridgement of his great work, and was first published in 1922. It offers the thesis that man progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought.

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The Complete Fairy Stories Hans Christian Andersen 9781840228991 - 1184pp For 150 years, the tales of Hans Christian Andersen have been delighting both adults and children. This edition contains all of Andersen's 168 tales, and among the favourites are "The Red Shoes", "The Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", and "The Ugly Duckling". The Selected Works G. K. Chesterton 9781840220810 - 1488pp G. K. Chesterton became not only one of the prolific writers of all time but, the best writer of the twentieth century. Contains the Father Brown stories, Napoleon of Notting Hill and The Man Who Was Thursday, among others.

The Complete Novels Jane Austen 9781840220551 - 1440pp Jane Austen is without question, one of England's skilled novelists. With her wit, social precision, and unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic heroines, she mesmerises her readers as much today as when her novels were first published. This book presents her complete works.

The Selected Works Joseph Conrad 9781840220612 - 1376pp Contains the three novels: "Lord Jim", "Nostromo" and "The Secret Agent", together with a selection of the author's matchless short stories - "Youth", "Heart of Darkness", "The End of the Tether" and "The Shadow-Line".

The Bront Sisters 9781840220605 - 1488pp Contains Charlotte Bronts Jane Eyre and Villette, Emily Bronts Wuthering Heights and Anne Bronts Agnes Grey and Wildfell Hall.

Vintage Mystery & Detective Stories - Edited by D. S. Davies 9781840220650 - 1280pp A collection of stories from the golden age of crime fiction. This title presents stories by G K Chesterton, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados, Craig Kennedy and further tales by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Rudyard Kipling and A C Doyle.

The Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll 9781853268977 - 1232pp Lewis Carroll is famed for "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice Through the Looking Glass". However, inspired by the Victorian appetite for party games and conundrums, this eccentric also wrote many other works, such as "The Hunting of the Snark". This is an illustrated collection of all his work.

The Shorter Novels of Charles Dickens 9781840220599 - 1312pp A collection which brings together perhaps the finest of Charles Dickens' shorter novels, filled with event, character, and the brilliance of his story-telling. Contains Oliver Twist, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations.

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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories Arthur Conan Doyle 9781853268960 - 1408pp The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love and revere the penetrating mind and ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals. The Complete Fairy Tales The Brothers Grimm 9781853268984 - 848pp The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales. Together with their well-known tales of "Rapunzel", "The Goose Girl", "Sleeping Beauty", "Hansel and Gretel" there are darker tales which deserve to be better known. This is a collection of their tales.

Four Novels of George Eliot 9781840220629 - 1424pp Contains "Middlemarch", a tale of idealism, disillusion, profligacy, loyalty and frustrated love; "The Mill on the Floss", a masterpiece of ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian age; "Silas Marner", a story of the unjustly exiled linen weaver, Silas Marner of Raveloe; and Adam Bede, a story of seduction.

The Complete Childrens Stories - Rudyard Kipling 9781840220575 - 864pp Contains children's stories such as "The Jungle Book", which introduces Mowgli, "Puck of Pook's Hill", which relates how Dan and Una's magical meeting with Puck, the last of the People of the Hills, leads to their adventures with Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings, and the Just So stories, among others.

Classic Short Stories Selected by Rosemary Gray 9781840222708 - 1408pp Poignant, wry, chilling, challenging, amusing, thought-provoking and always intriguing, these accomplished tales from the pens of great writers are object-lessons in the art of creating a literary masterpiece on a small canvas.

The Selected Works of D H Lawrence 9781840224948 - 1360pp A selection of DH Lawrence's work, which underlines the innovation that made him one of the most distinctive of 20th-century writers. The selection includes: "Sons and Lovers", "Women in Love", "Lady Chatterley's Lover", "The Captain's Doll", "The Fox", "The Ladybird", "St Mawr", "The Princess", "The Virgin and the Gypsy" and "The Escaped Cock". The Collected Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 9781840220520 - 800pp Edgar Allan Poe received scant recognition for his efforts, until the publication of "The Raven" in 1845. The poem's popularity gave him a new visibility in literary circles. This title presents a collection of his tales and poems.

Gripping Yarns Edited by Rosemary Gray 9781840220803 - 1488pp Presents tales of high adventure and low intrigue from masters of the genre like John Buchan and Robert Louis Stevenson, classics of crime and detection from veteran thriller writers like Edgar Wallace and Arthur Conan Doyle, and spine -chillers from the pen of Ambrose Bierce.

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare 9781853268953 - 1280pp This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition, and it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written. It also includes Shakespeare's Sonnets, as well as his longer poems "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece". Classic Erotica - Various 9781840222715 - 1488pp A sensational assembly of salacious stories selected from the secret shelves of the libraries of libertines, long-gone gentlemen, rakes and roues. These pages are patinated with the pulsating passion of vigorous youths, willing wenches, innocent initiates, meddling madames and vicarious voyeurs.

Collected Works of Oscar Wilde 9781853263972 - 1104pp A collection of Oscar Wildes's many varied works. These include the tender fairy stories he wrote for his children; his novels, many of which shocked and outraged many readers of his day; plays which were enormously successful and continue to be so; and poems and essays.

Classic Romance - Various 9781840224863 - 1488pp Features the Wordsworth Collection of Classic Romances which includes "Pride and Prejudice", "Persuasion", "Jane Eyre", "Wuthering Heights", Lady Chatterleys Lover and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles".

Selected Works of Virginia Woolf 9781840220582 - 1024pp The delicate artistry and lyrical prose of Woolf's novels have established her as a writer of sensitivity and profound talent. This collection contains Jacobs Room, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, A Room of Ones Own , The Waves, Three Guineas and Between the Acts.

The Collectors Book of Westerns - Various 9781840226492 - 000pp The Collector's Book of Westerns Zane Greys Riders of the Purple Sage is one of the best-selling stories of the American Old West, but this extensive and varied collection of novels and short stories shows how diverse the range of writing is in this ever-popular genre.

Childrens Classic Tales Various 9781840220636 - 912pp Presents five children's books: "Tales from Shakespeare", "Tales from King Arthur", "Tales from the Arabian Nights", "Tales of Troy and Greece" and Tales from Hans Christian Andersen.

Irish Ghost Stories - Various 9781840224870 - 1104pp Presents a collection of Celtic tales of the macabre, drawn from varied literary tradition of a culture enchanted by things supernatural. This work features the writing of such masters of the genre as Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Patrick Kennedy, Thomas Crofton Croker, and George Moore.

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The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories - Various 9781840220568 - 1168pp From time immemorial, man the world over has drawn upon the worst fears of his conscious and subconscious mind to furnish legends of terror. This title is a collection of some of the greatest tales of the genre.

Remembrance of Things Past Vol. I - Marcel Proust 9781840221466 - 1360pp N & I Marcel Proust (1871-1922) spent the last fourteen years of his life writing "la recherche du temps perdu". Moncrieff's translation strives to capture the extraordinary blend of muscular analysis with poetic reverie that typifies Proust's style.

Remembrance of Things Past Vol. II - Marcel Proust 9781840221473 - 1296pp N & I Scott Moncrieff's delightful translation was for many years the only access to Proust in English. A labour of love that took him nearly as many years as Proust spent writing the original. Moncrieff's translation strives to capture the extraordinary blend of muscular analysis with poetic reverie that typifies Proust's style. It remains a justly famous classic of translation.

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The Complete Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen 9781840221732 - 1184pp For 150 years, the tales of Hans Christian Andersen have been delighting both adults and children. This edition contains all of Andersen's 168 tales, and among the favourites are "The Red Shoes", "The Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", and "The Ugly Duckling". The Complete Grimms Fairy Tales - Brothers Grimm 9781840221749 - 848pp The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales. Together with their well-known tales of "Rapunzel", "The Goose Girl", "Sleeping Beauty", "Hansel and Gretel" there are darker tales which deserve to be better known. This is a collection of their tales.

The Complete Novels of Jane Austen 9781840225563 - 1440pp Jane Austen is without question, one of England's most enduring and skilled novelists. With her wit, social precision, and unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic and believable heroines, she mesmerises her readers as much today as when her novels were first published.

The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes 9781840220766 - 1408pp The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sydney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes and his world derive and who first equipped Holmes with his famous deerstalker hat.

The Collected Novels of the Bront Sisters 9781840220759 - 1488pp All the novels Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bront. Includes "Jane Eyre", "Villette", "Wuthering Heights", "Agnes Grey", and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall".

The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe 9781840221725 - 800pp Edgar Allan Poe received scant recognition for his efforts, until the publication of "The Raven" in 1845. The poem's popularity gave him a new visibility in literary circles. This title presents a collection of his tales and poems.

The Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll 9781840220742 - 1232pp Inspired by the insatiable Victorian appetite for party games, tricks and conundrums, this eccentric and polymathical Englishman also wrote many other works of a humorous, witty, whimsical and nonsensical nature as well as dozens of other verses, stories, acrostics and puzzles, all of which are included in this volume.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare 9781840225570 - 1280pp William Shakespeare (1564-1616) excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the tragedies of "Hamlet", "King Lear", "Othello", and "Macbeth" as well as history plays and the comedies such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "As You Like It". This volume presents his plays in chronological order in which they were written.

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The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde 9781840225501 - 1104pp Oscar Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, craftsmanship, wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children of which the best-known is "The Happy Prince". Wilde took London by storm with his masterpiece, "The Importance of Being Earnest".

The Little Prince and Other Stories - Various 9781840221954 - 000pp A wonderful collection of stories, including The Little Prince, Black Beauty, Little Women, Alice in Wonderland, The Secret Garden, Robin Hood, The Wind in the Willows, The Railway Children, The Jungle Book and Peter Pan.

The Selected Works of Virginia Woolf 9781840225587 - 1024pp The delicate artistry and lyrical prose of Virginia Woolf's novels have established her as a writer of sensitivity and profound talent. Woolf displays genuine humanity and concern for the experiences that enrich and stultify existence.

Christmas Books, Ghost Stories & Other Stories - Dickens, C. 9781840228546 - 1408pp This book includes tales of festivity to stories of things that go bump in the night from A Christmas Carol to The Haunted House. This collection even includes thirty-seven of Dickens's short stories and early sketches making it in total a book comprised of fifty-three stories.