The latest titles to be added to the series of classic books at a budget price, both feature introductions and notes.

On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty will now come to an end and determines to marry his son's bride himself despite the fact he ..

1906 bestseller shockingly reveals intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards as it tells the brutally grim story of a Slavic family that emigrates to America full of optimism but soon descends into numbin ..

Heinrich von Kleists berühmteste Erzählung ‚Michael Kohlhaas‘, die auf einem realen historischen Ereignis aus dem Jahr 1534 basiert, erschien erstmals 1810. In Kleists Erzählung „nach einer alten Chronik“ übt der Rosshändler Michael Kohlhass, vom Sta ..

Dies ist die Geschichte der unglücklichen Liebe eines jungen Künstlers zu einer Frau, die schon einem anderen versprochen ist. Der Werther war wohl der erste europäische Bestseller der deutschen Literatur.

Showcasing Dostoyevsky's evolving outlook on man's fate, this collection presents his compelling works „White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man“ and selections from „The House of the Dead.“  

Siddhartha, die weltberühmte Legende von der Selbstbefreiung eines jungen Menschen aus familiärer und gesellschaftlicher Fremdbestimmung zu einem selbständigen Leben, zeigt, daß Erkenntnis nicht aus Lehren zu vermitteln ist, sondern nur durch eigene ..

The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim.This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity ..

New edition of the SF classic, first published in 1951.

The three works in this collection, all dating from Nietzsche's last lucid months, show him at his moststimulating and controversial: the portentous utterances of the prophet (together with the ill-defined figure of the Ubermensch) are forsaken, as w ..

Albinus – rich, married middle-aged and respectable – is an art critic and aspiring filmmaker who lusts after the coquettish young cinema usherette Margot. Gradually he seduces her and convinces himself he is irresistible to her, but Margot has other ..

Published in 1962, this is an emotionally intense novel of love, hatred, race and liberal America in the 1960s. Set in Greenwhich Village, Harlem and France, ANOTHER COUNTRY tells the story of the suicide of jazz-musician Rufus Scott and the friends ..