When the Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain-they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. Now, young Roman... Læs mere
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's account of the Spanish Civil War. It was the last and most mature of Orwell's documentary books.
One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina is the story of a beautiful woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties. This major translation... Læs mere
Concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism. From the narrative of the story of the Buddha, through... Læs mere
The Time Machine is a scientific romance that helped invent the genre of science fiction and the time travel story. This edition features a contextual introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and two essays Wells wrote just prior to the publication of his first book.
The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commerical upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920. This, the only critical... Læs mere
Originally published: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Written in the aftermath of hostile criticism of Ghosts, Ibsen's three plays all deal with the moral courage needed to tell the truth. They are peopled... Læs mere
News from Nowhere is the best-known prose work of Willam Morris. Set in London and the Thames Valley in the twenty-second century, these 'Chapters from a Utopian Romance' draw upon the work of John Ruskin and Karl Marx to describe a decentralized and humane socialist future.
From almost the moment of its publication in 1667, Paradise Lost was considered a classic. This new edition is derived from the editors modernized Oxford Authors text, with a new... Læs mere