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M. R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also sup...

  With an Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson, University of Kent at Canterbury.Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at hom...

'The apparition had reached the landing half-way up and was therefore on the spot nearest the window, where, at the sight of me, it stopped short'O...

This selection of Lawrence's work underlines the intensity and innovation that made him one of the most distinctive and important of twentieth-cent...

This remarkable collection of stories, first published in 1872, includes Green Tea, The Familiar, Mr. Justice Harbottle, The Room in le Dragon Vola...

"The Brothers Grimm" rediscovered a host of fairy tales. Together with their well-known tales of "Rapunzel", "The Goose Girl", "Sleeping Beauty", "...

Prepare to be shocked. This novel, written in 1796, is a Gothic festival of sex, magic and ghastly, ghostly violence rarely seen in literature. The...

Sense and Sensibility is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two qualities. Elinor's character ...

The Mirror of the Sea originated as a series of sketches, written for popular magazines and based not only on the author's personal memories but al...

Cervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his drea...

About this Wordsworth Classic : The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a classic representation of the impoverished and politically powerless und...

Librarian note: Alternate cover editions for ISBN 1853260789 / 9781853260780 (1-85326-078-9 / 978-1-85326-078-0) are: Young Woman with a Small Veil...

After her parents' bitter divorce, young Maisie Farange finds herself turned into a 'little feathered shuttlecock' to be swatted back and forth by ...

Beware, the Dead are coming back! This is a unique and fascinating collection of early mummy stories that helped to establish the chilling concept ...

Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of sha...

Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Lo...

"The Brothers Grimm" rediscovered a host of fairy tales. Together with their well-known tales of "Rapunzel", "The Goose Girl", "Sleeping Beauty", "...

In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose ...

Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Lo...

This edition also includes the short stories The Veteran and The Open Book.The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest war novels of all time. ...

In King Solomon's Mines, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good persuade Allan Quatermain to help them find Sir Henry's brother George, who has gone mis...

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereThis collection reflects Maupassant's remarkable diversity, with stories that vary in theme and tone...

'His body was pressed against the wall at the head of the bed, and the face was a mask of agonised horror and fruitless entreaty. But the eyes were...