George William Curtis 
Literary and Social Essays 

A sequel to the Chinese novel Chin P»ing Mei, this book details the lives, fates and after-fates of the wealthy businessman Hsi Men and his six wives. A brilliant story coupled with the dramatic …

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 …

St. Martin’s Summer is a fictional novel written by an Italian-British writer Rafael Sabatini. An heiress’s life is in jeopardy, and her only chance of survival is to put her faith in the wits of a …

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 …

After the early death of her philandering husband, Etsuko moves into her father-in-law»s house, where she numbly submits to the old man»s advances. But soon she finds herself in love with the young …

»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 …

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 …

»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 …

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 …

Discover a collection of fairy tales unlike the ones you»ve read before . . . Once upon a time, in the middle of winter, a King sat at a window and sewed. As he sewed and gazed out onto the landscap …