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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and …

Arthur Conan Doyle

It was in 1887 that the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study …

George Orwell

In 1943, there was an urgent need for Animal Farm. The Soviet Union had become Britain’s ally in the war …

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination …

Louisa May Alcott

Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It …

Antoine Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince is a modern fable, and for readers far and wide both the title and the work have …

Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between …

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Introduction by A. D. P. Briggs. As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he …

Arthur Conan Doyle

Selected, Edited and Introduced by David Stuart Davies. The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the …

Dante Alighieri

Translated by H.F. Cary With an Introduction by Claire Honess. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and …

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she …

Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between …