The year is 1984 and war and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and ...
Alice is one of the most beloved characters of English writing. A bright and inquisitive child, one boring summer afternoon she follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole. At the bottom she finds he...
The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery, in the desert, of a small boy from another planet - the Little Pri...
'I have lived in important places, timesWhen great events were decided . . .'By turns comical, grouchy and exalted, and including his tragic masterpiece 'The Great Hunger', some o...
'Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another'Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father is away fighting in the Civil War, and ...
Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach ... Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes ...
When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy she is repelled by his overbearing pride, and prejudice towards her family. But the Bennet girls are in need of financial security in the shape of husbands, so ...
After the death of his wife Emma, a grief-stricken Hardy wrote some of the best verse of his career. Moving and evocative, it ranks among the greatest elegiac poetry in the language.Int...
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 ...
'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 ...
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 p...
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 Monk is remarkably modern in style and tells a br...
The monastery at Mons Casinus (Montecassino in Italian) for centuries was one of the most important religious, academic and cultural centers in Europe, indeed, a sign of Christian Europe. Founded i...
Wszyscy w okolicy wiedzą, że Holt Hollister jest najlepszym hodowcą koni i niepoprawnym kobieciarzem. Są zdumieni, że traktuje chłodno nową sąsiadkę, piękną Isabelle. Jego zdaniem ta elegancka kobi...
Join Poppy and Sam for an adventure in this classic series of stories. Written especially for young children to read with the encouragement of an adult, these 20 tales are a perfect introduction to...
Join Poppy and Sam for an adventure in this classic series of stories. Written especially for young children to read with the encouragement of an adult, these 20 tales are a perfect introduction to...
Join Poppy and Sam on their adventure at the farmer's market! Young children will love finding out what happens in this charming short story, specially written for new readers.
Moses' mother tries to save her son from danger by hiding him amongst the bulrushes of the Nile. Luckily, he's discovered by the kindly Pharaoh's daughter. The much-loved Bible story is charmingly ...
Zbliżające się Boże Narodzenie to dla wielu czas spokoju, lecz nie dla Vivian. Ją czeka jeszcze więcej pracy w parku narodowym, w którym jest strażniczką. W dodatku musi przeszkolić nowego p...
Georgie przygotowuje wykwintną kolację dla księcia Abbasa Husseina, który właśnie kupił londyński hotel, stając się tym samym jej szefem. Gdy stawia przed nim na stole kolejne danie i ma zam...