A qui Georges Duroy doit-il son irrésistible ascension ? Aux femmes séduites par sa jeunesse et sa beauté. La petite fille de l'une de ses maîtresses le surnommera Bel-Ami. Et ce fils d'aubergistes normands, a Canteleu, deviendra baron Du Roy de Cant ..

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‚Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.‘ Autobi ..

Isabel Archer is a beautiful, intelligent and independent young woman. Brought from America to England by her wealthy Aunt who seeks to further her education and find her niece a husband, Isabel is determined to shape her own future – one that does n ..

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.'Bronte's infamous Gothic novel tells the story of orphan Jane, a child of unfor ..

‚There sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheels.‘ Though criticised for their anarchic immorality when first published, Hans Christian Andersen's tales made him an international star, taken to the hearts of children and adults for their beauty, so ..

‚It was as if the sea, breaking down the wall protecting all the homes of the town, had sent a wave over her head.‘ One of Conrad's most powerful, gripping stories. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black ..

'What is the life of a human being – a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.'Autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birth ..

Daniel Defoe’s classic tale of a solitary castaway’s survival and triumph, widely considered to be the first English novel."I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked, came on shore on this dismal unfortunate island, all the rest of the s ..

One of fifty new books at 1.00 pound each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry – all complete, standalone works, some never published in Penguin Modern Classics before.

Die junge Lady Susan sorgt allseits für Aufregung: Frisch verwitwet, kokettiert sie im Nu wieder mit ihren Verehrern. Jane Austens schmaler Romanerstling ist der meisterliche Auftakt eines beeindruckenden Lebenswerks. Raffiniert und lebenskundig schi ..

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood, it was a town of unnatural red an ..