The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, aged 29, beautiful, impoverished and in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite, and to support her expensive habits – her clothes, her charities and her gambling. Unwilling t ..

A twisty psychological thriller from an exciting new talent – a story of lies, obsession and revenge that will have you wondering who to believe until the last page. Perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Laura Marshall.

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. This edition contains Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass. It is illustrated throughout by Sir John Tenniel, whose drawings for the books add so much to the enjoyment of them ..

Lawrence's finest, most mature novel initially met with disgust and incomprehension. In the love affairs of two sisters, Ursula with Rupert, and Gudrun with Gerald, critics could only see a sorry tale of sexual depravity and philosophical obscurity. ..

To the Lighthouse is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels.It is based on her own early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children's perceptions and desires, it is at its most trenchant when exploring adult relations ..

The House of the Dead is a stark account of Dostoyevsky's own experience of penal servitude in Siberia.In graphic detail he describes the suffering of the convicts – their squalor and degradation, their terror and resignation, from the rampages of ..

Two new fiction classics in the }Wordsworth{ series. }Rasselas{ is a darkly humorous commentary on the human condition. }The Waves{ is an exploration of individual and collective identity, in a rhythmical style.

Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly c ..

The short story Mediator fans everywhere have been waiting years to read… a fun, fast-paced, never-before-read scene in which Suze Simon agrees to marry her no-longer-dead ghost boyfriend, Jesse de Silva The last place

Dans Folioplus classiques, le texte intégral, enrichi d'une lecture d'image, écho pictural de l'oeuvre, est suivi de sa mise en perspective organisée en six points : – Mouvement littéraire : Les Lumières et l'Europe – Genre et registre : Littérature ..

Me gusta el sexo. Mucho. Pero no por el éxtasis que conlleva, o almenos no solo por eso, sino porque cuando estoy perdido entre elplacer, el deseo y la necesidad es el único momento en que puedo dejar depensar en lo que hice. En el daño que provoqué. ..

‚Die schwarze Spinne‘ (erschienen 1842) ist die berühmteste Novelle Jeremias Gotthelfs und ein Meisterwerk der Erzählliteratur des Biedermeier. In der kunstvoll aufgebauten Novelle mit seiner komplexen Erzählstruktur wird eine Geschichte um Gottlosig ..