"Kim" tells the story of Kimball O`Hara (Kim) who is the orphaned son of a soldier in an Irish regiment stationed in India during the British Raj. Kim`s early life varies from being a vagabond on the streets of Lahore...
King in Yellow (Mystery & Supernatural)
Offers a series of vaguely connected stories that is linked by the presence of a monstrous and suppressed book which brings fright, madness and spectral tragedy to all those who read it. An air of futility and doom...
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex King Lear has been widely acclaimed as Shakespeare`s most powerful tragedy. Elemental and passionate, it...
King Solomons Mines & Allan Quatermain
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 missing in the unexplored African interior while searching for the...
Lady Audley`s Secret. Секрет леди Аудлей
The flaxen-haired beauty of the childlike Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But `s classic novel of sensation uncovers the truth about its heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder. It...
With its four-letter words and its explicit descriptions of sexual intercourse, "Lady Chatterley`s Lover" is the novel with which D.H.Lawrence is most often associated. First published privately in Florence in 1928,...
Lair of White Worm & Lady of Shroud (Mystery & Supernatural)
With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 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 blood-curdling...
The legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table is one of the most enduring and influential stories in world literature. Its themes - love, war, religion, treachery and family loyalty - are timeless, as...
One of the great Classics of Western Literature, "Les Miserables" is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised...
This is the second volume of a novel rich in both character portrayal and historical description. Characters include the absurdly criminalized Valjean and the implacable detective Javert. It includes scenes such as...
Lewis Carroll: Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland
With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Red Queen and the White Rabbit all...
An invaluable companion to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain`s inimitable portrait of `the great Father of Waters`. Part memoir, part...
Life and Voyages of Christophor Columbus
Modern views of Columbus are overshadowed by guilt about past conquests. Credit for discovering the New World, we are told, belongs to its original inhabitants rather than any European, and Columbus gave those...
Life`s Little Ironies. Selected Short Stories. Короткие рассказы
The proverbial phrase ‘life’s little ironies’ was coined by Hardy for his third volume of short stories. These tales and sketches possess all the power of his novels: the wealth of description, the realistic portrayal...
The proverbial phrase ‘life’s little ironies’ was coined by Hardy for his third volume of short stories. These tales and sketches possess all the power of his novels: the wealth of description, the realistic portrayal...
The two American classics here together in one volume, "Little Men" and "Jo`s Boys", are worthy sequels to "Little Women", one of the best-loved children`s stories of all time, and its continuation, "Good Wives". In...
Little Prince and other Classic Stories HB
The Little Prince is a modern parable for our time, of equal appeal to children and adults. This much loved story is joined by the following classic titles, to give a collection that has something for everyone,...
`Little Dorrit` is a classic Dickensian tale of imprisonment - both literal and symbolic - while Dickens` working title for the novel, `Nobody`s Fault`, emphasises its theme of personal responsibility in all areas of...
