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The late Dr Lindley, when preparing the preface for his father’s ‘Guide to the Orchard,’ wrote the following: “There are two great considerations t...

Since its first publication in February 1897 Herford’s The Age of Wordsworth has remained and continues to remain a basic book on European Romantic...

Collection of (1) The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Mayor of Casterbridge displays the influence of Hardy's upbringing, rural background, and architec...

Widely acknowledged to be one of Freud's greatest cultural works, when Totem and Taboo was first published in 1913, it caused outrage. Thorough and...

The Secret Garden is one of the most delightful and enduring classics of children’s literature, which has remained a firm favorite with children th...

“I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics.”A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett follows the heart warming story...

Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel, first published in 1895. Taking place during the American Civil War, it is the story about...

The Ambassadors, published in 1903, is considered by theauthor himself to be his most 'perfect' work of art. In this novel, with much humour and de...

The story revolves around young and amorous but capricious Bathsheba Everdene and her enviable problem of coping with her three suitors simultaneou...

Hemingway's words strike you, each one, as if they were pebbles fetched fresh from a book.' In A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway's most celebrat...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a brilliant tale of seduction, love, betrayal and murder, is generally regarded as Thomas Hardy's finest novel. This is ...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a famous children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow, was originally published in 1900. I...

(1) Pride And Prejudice: In the delightful social comedy of Pride and Prejudice (1813) Jane Austen delicately handles the problem of love and money...

Once considered scandalizingly immoral, Flaubert's exquisite debut novel unsparingly depicts a woman's gradual corruption and the human mind in sea...

Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by Jules Verne. It is the story of a rich English gentleman living a life of modesty a...

Jude the Obscure is a haunting love story and a raging indictment of Victorian society. In addition to its literary qualities, the novel is a rich ...

Tagore’s English writings—originals and translations—have not received the attention that they deserve. The purpose of this edition is to make the ...

Before Jane Eyre, The Professor was the first novel written by Charlotte Bronte. It was published posthumously in 1857 and remains a classic among ...

Shakespeare produced most of his work between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were comedies and histories—genres he raised to the peak of sophistica...

Scholar, theologian and philosopher, Martin Buber is one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers. He believed that the deepest reality...