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One of the greatest translations of all time- Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three stunning clothbound volumes designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.

The Odyssey reveals a universal order where gods intercede in the destinies of men, heroes are both deceitful and brave, and a sea voyage becomes a test of human ingenuity and endurance.  Following the fall of Troy, Odysseus sets sail for home.

The epic story of Odysseus’ journey home.

The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings

These stories and poems come from the mind of one of the earliest masters of macabre literature.

Since his first literary appearance in 1886, the murderous Mr Hyde has embodied the evil that even good men — including his alter ego, Henry Jekyll — are capable of when the constraints of civilised life are loosed.  This chilling anthology also c

'I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed.' - William Shakespeare

Revel in the sumptuous language of Edgar Allan Poe's best works.

In glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied at the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace. So writes Dr.

Hans Christian Andersen is one of the world's most popular storytellers, and his fairy tales are among the best-loved works of literature.

After 1933, as the brutal terror regime took hold, most of the two-thirds of Germans who had never voted for the Nazis - some 20 million people - tried to keep their heads down and protect their families.

An updated edition of Geoffrey Blainey's bestselling account of human history,A Very Short History of the World, featuring new material on China and global terrorism.

Inspired by his upbringing in a small township on the Mississippi and written to remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in, the author's hymn to childhoo

By turns hilarious and heartwarming, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered Mark Twain's masterpiece.  Desperate to escape his abusive father and the constraints of civilisation, young Huck Finn fakes his death and, with his slave friend