Franz Werfel 
Die Schuld von damals 

Charles Dickens died half way through writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood , and ever since speculation has been rife as to how the tale might have unfolded. For this intriguing two-part adaptation for …

The Rover Boys in Business, also countable in The Rover Boys Series for Young Americans, was a well-known children’s book series authored by Edward Stratemeyer using the pen name Arthur M. Winfield. …

 »A tour de force of writing and intelligence » A.S. Byatt Discover one of the greatest first world war novels. Christopher Tietjens has long loved the beautiful young suffragette Valentine, but the …

To mark the publication of Stop What You »re Doing and Read This!, a collection of essays celebrating reading, Vintage Classics are releasing 12 limited edition themed ebook  »bundles », to tempt rea …

 »The novel has everything: absorbing melodrama, with a supporting cast of heroes, villains and eccentrics » The Times When Nicholas »s father dies he, his mother and sister are left penniless. To ea …

Like all of Hardy’s work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Victorian would ever admit. A modern and honest novel of …

The Rover Boys, also known as The Rover Boys Series for readers of all ages, was a well-known children’s book series authored by Edward Stratemeyer using the pen name Arthur M. Winfield. This …

 »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, w …

Ever since its first appearance in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde has proven itself to be a tale of undiminished power for readers all over the world. But the …

Avant-garde composer Albert Sanger lives in a ramshackle chalet in the Swiss Alps, surrounded by his  »Circus » of assorted children, admirers and a slatternly mistress. The family and their home lif …