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Plays of Oscar Wilde
With an Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London. Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere’s Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A… Read More
Collected Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Sally Minogue, Canterbury Christ Church University College. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was such an acclaimed poet in her own lifetime that she was suggested as a candidate for the Poet Laureateship when Wordsworth died in 1850. Yet today we have only a limited knowledge of her considerable life’s work… Read More
Return of Sherlock Holmes
With an Introduction by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex. ‘ … once again Mr Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complex life of London so plentifully presents.’. Evil masterminds beware! Sherlock Holmes is back! Ten years after his supposed death in the swirling torrent… Read More
Complete Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
The box set contains six books, together creating a complete collection of the famous detective’s cases. The books are beautifully packaged in a ridged, matt-laminated slipcase with metallic detailing, complete with strikingly attractive, bespoke artwork. Includes: 9781853260339 – The Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 9781853267482 – The Best of Sherlock Holmes 9781853260704 – The… Read More
Treasure Island (Collector’s Edition)
Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to readers both young and old. The story is told in the first person by young Jim Hawkins, whose mother keeps the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old seadog, a resident at the inn, hires Jim to keep… Read More
Little Women (Collector’s Edition)
Little Women is one of the best-loved children’s stories of all time, based on the author’s own youthful experiences. It describes the family of the four March sisters living in a small New England community. Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an… Read More
Fathers and Sons
With an Introduction by Lionel Kelly, University of Reading. Translated by C.J. Hogarth. Fathers and Sons is one of the greatest nineteenth-century Russian novels, and has long been acclaimed as Turgenev’s finest work. It is a political novel set in a domestic context, with a universal theme, the generational divide between fathers and sons. Set… Read More
Origin of Species
With an Introduction and Notes by Jeff Wallace, Professor Emeritus, Department of Humanities, Cardiff Metropolitan University. ‘A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die…’. Darwin’s theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are… Read More
Women in Love
Introduction and Notes by Dr Jeff Wallace, Professor Emeritus, Department of Humanities, Cardiff Metropolitan University. Lawrence’s finest, most mature novel initially met with disgust and incomprehension. In the love affairs of two sisters, Ursula with Rupert, and Gudrun with Gerald, critics could only see a sorry tale of sexual depravity and philosophical obscurity. Women in… Read More