Gogol's classic, uproarious folktale, presented in a beautiful hardcover edition perfect for giving as a gift.Written in 1831, this dark tale relates the adventures of Vakula, the black...
To catch a criminal, he must become oneJonathan Pine, night manager of a luxury Swiss hotel, has a secret. He knows that the guest he awaits, billionaire trader Richard Roper, is ...
'What kind of a man would have his fingers tattooed that way? ... What kind of a man? What kind of a preacher?'One of the great chase novels, The Night of the Hunter centres on the fero...
he story that inspired the legendary ballet, presented in a beautiful hardcover edition perfect for giving as a gift.Written in 1816 by the German Romantic E. T. A. Hoffmann for his chi...
The gift of a handsomely decorated, enigmatic nutcracker sets the stage for a Christmas like no other: there will be legends of ancient curses, battles with the dreaded Mouse King, and a visit to t...
A classic ghost story illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist, Seth.Retired officer Colonel Mortimer takes a lease on the mansion of Brentwood, the grounds of which share the ruins of an ol...
'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington PostHannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the condition...
Rebel Voices: Disruptive Stories from Trailblazing Women - a new Puffin Classics collection, celebrating International Women's Day 2023When twelve-year-old Sade's mother is killed, she ...
The Outsider is an enduring classic of existential writing by Albert Camus'Mother died today.Or maybe yesterday, I don't know'Meursault is different. He will not lie. ...
Meursault leads an unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only increase his guilt in the eyes of the law, a...
'As informative as it is poetic' Dolly Alderton'Compassionate, funny and beautifully written' Daisy BuchananEvery woman will experience the panic years in some way between her mid...
It is the summer of 1961 and the brutal Cold War between East and West is becoming ever more perilous.Two young prodigies from either side of the Iron Curtain, Yulia and Michael, meet a...
Violet is a highly successful celebrity stylist but away from the red carpets, her life is in shambles.After a very public breakup she is determined to focus on her career, and nothing ...
Love, Simon meets Friday Night Lights in this feelgood LGBTQ+ romance about a trans teen torn between standing up for his rights and staying stealth.'A sharply observant and vividly dra...
The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all timeThis is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising...
The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous practitioners, as well as newly translated writers ready for rediscovery. The first ...
The second volume takes the reader through the tumultuous twentieth century in the company of writers including Simone de Beauvoir and Maryse Condé, Patrick Modiano and Virginie Despentes, c...
From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have helped both change the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped. A great orator, however, has to have the right words and the right message t...
This eclectic, moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea's dramatic twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation an...
'Burning ice, biting flame; that is how life began'The extraordinary Scandinavian myth cycle is one of the most enduring, exciting, dramatic and compelling of the world's great stories. The Penguin...