(Hardback)

Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, Yates ruthlessly examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Set in the period immediately before the Jacobite rising in 1715, this is the story of Francis Osbaldistone, his malignant cousin Rashleigh and the dangerous outlaw Rob Roy Macgregor. This edition ties in with the film of the book starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth and John Hurt.

(Leather / fine binding)

No library's complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects the greatest works of Robert Louis Stevenson, whose stories of excitement and adventure will never be forgotten.

(Hardback, New edition)

Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.

(Hardback)

Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being.

(Paperback)

Solitude Was Driving Him Nuts!

One man's love of the sea leaves him stranded on a desert island with nothing but a few goats, a bible and a parrot for company. Will he ever escape Will his new pal Friday learn to efficiently press a goatskin jerkin Or will solitude send him totally barmy

(Paperback)

Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe", regarded by many to be first novel in English. This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life and times, explanatory notes, glossary and a critical introduction discussing "Robinson Crusoe" as a pioneering work of modern psychological realism.

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The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is stranded on an uninhabited island far from any shipping routes. At first he is in despair, but with patience and ingenuity, he transforms his dismal island into a tropical paradise. But for 24 years he has no human company - until one Friday, he rescues a prisoner from a boatload of cannibals.

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Although not among George Eliot's most admired works, this story is set in Florence at the end of the 15th century. It re-creates the picturesque complexion of the city and the characters of the historical figures, Charles VIII, Machiavelli and Savanorola.

(Paperback)

From the reign of the Tsars to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, this short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included are pieces from many of the acknowledged masters of Russian literature alongside tales by long-suppressed figures. They offer a representation of an enduring form of Russian literature.

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Ruth Hilton, an orphan and dressmaker's assistant, is seduced and then heartlessly deserted by the wealthy Henry Bellingham. A dissenting minister advises her to pass as a widow and be employed as a governess with the tyrannical Mr Bradshaw. However, the deceit brings grievous consequences.

(Paperback)

An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

(Paperback)

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

(Paperback)

Depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving the sleepy countryside for the first time in his life to experience the constantly moving 'real world' of Tokyo, its women and university.

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Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. One of Waugh's most exuberant comedies, Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Dickens's sense of comedy and concern with the human psyche are evident in tales of the supernatural, impressionistic sketches, and dramatic monologues.

(Paperback)

Twelve stories are representative of the tragic, melodramatic, sentimental, pathetic, and comic aspects of Balzac's art and testify to his keen sense of irony when observing the human condition.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)