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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic and controversial novel, described by Osborne as a ""Moral Entertainment"". The story of a man who preserves his youth and is feted by society, while his portrait deteriorates with age and corruption.

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Compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery. This volume also offers letters, articles, criticism, visionary poetry, and a selection of random "opinions" on fancy and the imagination, music and poetry, intuition and sundry other topics.

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"Originally published in 1881 in Portuguese as Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas by Typographia Nacional, Rio de Janeiro"--Copyright page.

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ONE OF FIVE NEW VINTAGE FUTURE CLASSIC READING GUIDE EDITIONS

During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whisky priest', is on the run. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him, and those he cares for.

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'A Scottish classic, a world classic' Ian Rankin, Observer


Robert is a difficult and disturbed young man.

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Hardy's two versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. The central figure is a man obsessed both with the search for his ideal woman and with sculpting the perfect figure of Aphrodite.

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A collection of short fiction that showcases the author's application of Romantic sensibilities to uncompromising studies of human frailty. It includes stories: "The Queen of Spades", "The Negro of Peter the Great", and, "The Captain's Daughter".

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When Johnny Pascoe attempts to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback his plane crashes leaving him dangerously injured. As he waits overnight at Pascoe's house in order to try again the next day Clarke revisits the past of this unusual man - and reveals the shocking and tragic secrets that have influenced his life.

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A novel first published in 1913. George Darrow, a young diplomat en route from London to France, is engaged to be married to a respectable widow, but when she asks for time to prepare her children for the marriage he is unsettled, and embarks on an affair that will affect all their lives. From the author of THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.

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The classic espionage thriller about two men on a yachting holiday discovering a secret German naval base and an enemy armada with plans to invade England.

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Mrs Gereth is convinced that Fleda Vetch would make the perfect daughter-in-law. Owen Gereth, however, has inconveniently become engaged to the uncultured Mona Brigstock. As a family quarrel unfolds, Fleda is drawn in, yet she remains reluctant to captivate Owen, who seems as attracted to her as she is to him. Is she motivated by scruple or fear

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Ruin is coming.

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Three musketeers. Two enemies. One major battle.

All for one and one for all!

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The young Gascon d'Artagnan and the legendary musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis are ready to sacrifice everything for love, glory and the common good. The wicked machinations of Cardinal Richelieu and his accomplice, the magnetic Milady de Winter, propel the devoted friends across seas and battlefields from masked balls to a remote convent.

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Sense and Sensibility moves to Westport, Connecticut, in this New York Times bestselling homage to the classic novel.

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Features Nick Dormer, the young Englishman who, during the course of the novel, will courageously resist the glittering Parliamentary career desired for him by his family, in order to paint. His progress is counterpointed by the 'Tragic Muse' of the title, Miriam Rooth, a great actress indifferent to social reputation, and dedicated to her art.

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A wonderful collection of moral tales, anecdotes, jokes, reports of murders, disasters and mysteries, all originally written for inclusion in a popular religious almanac.

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Anne Garland, who lives with her widowed mother in a mill owned by Miller Loveday, has three suitors. While Festus' aggressive pursuit deters the young woman from considering him as a husband, the indecisive Anne wavers between light-hearted Bob and gentle, steadfast John. This is a tale of love and desire.

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When Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill.

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Throws a subversive brick at the smug face of Victorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a year after Butler's death, this novel is a thinly disguised account of his own childhood and youth 'in the bosom of a Christian family'.

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Balzac is concerned with the choice between ruthless self-gratification and asceticism, dissipation and restraint, in a novel that is powerful in its symbolism and realistic depiction of decadence.