Published posthumously in 1869, Paris Spleen was a landmark publication in the development of the genre of prose poetry - a form which Baudelaire saw as particularly... Læs mere
Presented in a new translation by Stephen Pimenoff, The Looking Glass is accompanied in this volume by other stories by Chekhov, some of them never translated before into English.
By turns comic and melancholy, Orwell’s fourth novel – published in 1939 to critical and commercial acclaim by Victor Gollancz – is Wellsian in its exploration of the frustrations and... Læs mere
Dual-language edition of Francois Villon's masterpiece. Here presented in a verse translation by Anthony Mortimer
Straddling the boundary between nineteenth-century realism and modernism, Women in Love was regarded by Lawrence as his most accomplished work, and is considered by many to be the author's masterpiece. Now presented in a new annotated edition.
Carmen, the archetype of the amoral femme fatale, is Prosper Merimee's highest creation, and a model for many subsequent literary heroines. First published in 1846, this story of crime and desire... Læs mere
An enormous commercial and critical success on its first publication in 1920, Main Street - regarded by many as Sinclair Lewis's best novel - delivers a scathing satire on the American dream, and is invaluable as a document of pre-Prohibition Middle America."
This is a tale of exploding joy within a hothouse of fear, a tale of human beings erupting into life after breaking free of the embrace of death - an unusual and moving tale that... Læs mere
The poetry of Eluard is that of the real world and its natural sensations and feelings. The main themes that stand out are love, brotherhood and kindness. His imagery is characterized by its appeal to the senses and the importance of concrete objects and of everyday things.
The New Dress is here accompanied by most of the short stories she published in her lifetime and six other posthumously published narratives that share the milieu and... Læs mere
Dickens's fourth novel, initially serialized in his magazine Master Humprey's Clock between 1840 and 1841, The Old Curiosity Shop proved to be a huge hit on publication and is... Læs mere
A marked contrast to the mordantly satirical novels of manners set among New York high society for which she is best known, this story set in rural Massachusetts is considered by many to be... Læs mere