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The Best of George Eliot

Wordsworth Classics’ new ‘Best of’ series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. British born Mary Ann Evans is better known by her pen name, George Eliot; she was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels were often set in… Read More

The Best of Alexandre Dumas

Wordsworth Classics’ new ‘Best of’ series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. Nineteenth century author Alexandre Dumas is one of the most widely read French authors of all time whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and adapted into nearly 200… Read More

The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Wordsworth Classics’ new ‘Best of’ series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish 19th-century writer and physician, most well-known for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, whose creation is generally considered to mark a turning-point… Read More

The Best of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Wordsworth Classics’ new ‘Best of’ series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian author whose works deal with human psychology in the often troubled political and social environment that was 19th-century Russia. Many literary critics agree that he is… Read More

The Best of Charles Dickens Volume 1

Wordsworth Classics’ new ‘Best of’ series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. Charles Dickens was an English writer who, arguably, has created some of the world’s most notable and memorable literary characters and, as a result, is often regarded as one of the… Read More

The Best of Charles Dickens Volume 3

Charles Dickens was an English writer who, arguably, has created some of the world’s most notable and memorable literary characters and, as a result, is often regarded as one of the greatest novelists of the Victorian era. During his lifetime, his novels saw unparalleled popularity which has not waned since the day he took pen… Read More

The Best of Charles Dickens Volume 2

Wordsworth Classics’ new ‘Best of’ series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. Charles Dickens was an English writer who, arguably, has created some of the world’s most notable and memorable literary characters and, as a result, is often regarded as one of the… Read More

The Best of David Stuart Davies

Wordsworth Classics’ new ‘Best of’ series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. David Stuart Davies, General Editor of Wordsworth’s Mystery and Supernatural series, is an editor, novelist, playwright and film historian. He is an expert on Sherlock Holmes, having written four Holmes novels,… Read More

Best of C. Darwin

Wordsworth Classics’ new ‘Best of’ series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. Charles Darwin was a British naturalist and geologist, best known for his vast contribution to evolutionary theory. He theorised that every living species descended, over time, from various common ancestors; he… Read More