‚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 ..

Features three ghostly tales from a master of the form, ‚The Signalman‘, ‚The Trial for Murder‘ and the title story, ‚To Be Read at Dusk‘.

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.

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.

‚This is as much a mystery as the Immaculate Conception, which of itself must make a doctor an unbeliever.‘ A stunning pair of short stories about faith and sacrificial love. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Li ..

‚She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them.‘ A selection of Austen's dark and hilarious early writings – featuring murder, drunkenness, perjury, theft, poisoning, women breaking out of prison, men forging wills and bab ..

It is a selection of Maupassant's brilliant, glittering stories set in the Parisian beau monde and Normandy countryside. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday.Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and dive ..

‚Did she know and if she knew would she speak?‘ The story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as „troubled artistic consciousness.“ Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black ..

‚Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium-house, and not one of those stifling, sweltering chandoo-khanas that you can find all over the City.‘ Kipling first became famous for his pungent, harsh and shocking stories of northwest India, where he gr ..

„Oh, good God,“ he kept saying with great relish. „Good God…“ ‚Gooseberries‘ is accompanied here by ‚The Kiss‘ and ‚The Two Volodyas‘ – three exquisite depictions of love and loss in nineteenth-century Russia by Chekhov, the great master of the sho ..

A bookish quarterly for avid readers and the uninitiated alike.

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.