'The Death of Ivan Ilyich - is usually regarded as an amazing narrative of the experience of dying, a search for the meaning of death. It is all that, and more: it's a great questioning of what is and what ought to be in a human life.' Nadine Gordimer
Initially composed by Poe as a public lecture towards the end his career and considered by him the culmination of all his life’s work, Eureka is an extended treatise about the creation, existence and the ultimate end of the world.
This lesser-known novella by one of the great masters of Russian literature and the author of Fathers and Children, now available to English readers in Hugh Aplin's lucid... Læs mere
This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of... Læs mere
A book of the utmost importance, in the words of Lenin, and a landmark in Russian literature, The Mother – here presented in a brilliant new version by Hugh Aplin, the first English... Læs mere
The first in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series, The Warden is both a humorous satire of the Church of England and a poignant insight into the manner in which public matters impact private lives.
Presented in a brand new translation, this most comprehensive collection of classic Russian tales will enchant readers for their raw beauty and constant ability to surprise and excite.
This volume, first published in 1856, collects three of Melville's most important pieces of prose fiction: 'Bartleby, the Scrivener', `Benito Cereno' and `The Encantadas, or Enchanted... Læs mere
This new edition of Tales of Unrest is fully annotated and it's complete with a comprehensive section on Conrad’s life and works.
Part of Alma Classics new series: 101 Pages, Three Years is, in the author's own words, " a novel of Moscow life" and an examination of its merchant classes. A powerful story... Læs mere
Introducing the first in a long line of underground's characters, Poor People, Dostoevsky's first full-length work of fiction, is a poignant, tragi-comic tale which foreshadows the greatness of his later novels.
Set against the chequered background of the city of the six Ps - Pope, priests, princes, prostitutes, parasites and the poor - Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli' poems deal with life's... Læs mere