Introduced by Joanna Trollope.
Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... A complex and truly timeless emotion, love - whether passion or heartbreak, infatuation or flirtation - has provoked some of the greatest names in literature to write verse of outstanding beauty.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by bestselling author, and Romantic Novelist Association prize-winner, ... |
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Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", one of the best-known and best-loved poems in the English language, a grizzled old sailor stops a man on his way to a wedding and tells a terrifying story. He speaks of how he doomed the crew of his ship by shooting dead an albatross, awakened the wrath of ocean spirits, met Death himself, and must now walk the earth for ever and share his tragic tale of sin, guilt and - ultimately - redemption.
This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s longest major poem features ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Oliver Francis.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... A compelling story of a brutal double murder and its aftermath.
An impoverished ex-student, Rodion Raskolnikov, kills a pawnbroker and her sister, apparently for financial gain. But as he encounters friends and family, strangers and adversaries, Raskolnikov is compelled to face the true forces that have led him to murder. His struggle with himself and those around him becomes a battle of the individual against society, radicalism against tradition, and ultimately the will of man against the mysteries of divine ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by David Stuart Davies.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Mole and Rat have a pleasant life by the river, where they talk, boat and wile away the days. The wise and private Mr. Badger lives sedately in the Wild Woods, content in his solitude. Then there's Mr. Toad - wealthy, impulsive and utterly obsessed with motor cars, he's always getting into scrapes and can't survive without the help of his friends.
One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame remains a timeless tale of ... |
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Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan" is a thrilling adventure for all ages - the story of the boy who refuses to grow up is a tale that never gets old. It follows the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael, who befriend the magical Peter and are whisked away to Neverland, where the villainous Captain Hook and the brave Lost Boys await.
With illustrations by F. D. Bedford, gorgeously coloured by one of Britain's leading colourists, Barbara Frith, this majestic "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition brings to life one of the ... |
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Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Brilliant anti-heroine Becky Sharp will do anything to climb to society's loftiest heights and couldn't be more different from her rich, sweet-natured schoolmate, Amelia Sedley. Their parallel lives are marked by love, lust, marriage, fortune and loss, in all their different guises, as they navigate the corrupt circus of upper-class Regency England.
Hailed as a literary masterpiece upon first publication, William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" has never waned in popularity and remains a highly entertaining satire of early ... |
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Complete and unabridged.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... First published in 1914, "Dubliners" depicts middle-class Catholic life in Dublin at the start of the twentieth century. Themes within the stories include the disappointments of childhood, the frustrations of adolescence, and the importance of sexual awakening.
James Joyce was twenty-five years old when he wrote this collection of short stories, among which "The Dead" is probably the most famous. Considered at the time as a literary experiment, "Dubliners" contains moments of joy, fear, grief, love and loss, which combine ... |
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Edited by Marcus Clapham.
A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Fairy tales are the simplest and purest expressions of the collective unconscious and so a study of the world's best fairy stories offers a wealth of insights into the human mind, from a multitude of nations and cultures. Folk tales and fairy stories were originally intended for both adults and children - "Grimms' Household tales", for instance - and this international anthology brings together "The frog who became an emperor" from China, "The three Billy goats gruff" from Norway and "Pinocchio" from Italy, ... |
The adventures of Lemuel Gulliver are the stuff of legend. First he is shipwrecked in a strange land, and finds himself a prisoner of the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Then he washes up in Brobdingnag, where the people are giants of extraordinary proportions. Further exploits see him stranded with the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, and meeting a race of talking horses who rule over bestial humans.
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