Literary reference works

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

See through the eyes of the Brontes as you immerse yourself in their lives and landscapes, wandering the very same paths they each would have walked in search of the inspiration behind their novels and poetry.

Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Manhood for Amateurs and Moonglow, returns with a collection of heartfelt, humorous and insightful essays on the meaning of fatherhood.

'This is a funny and beautiful book.

Winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.

WINNER OF THE HRF KEATING AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION CRIME BOOK 2018An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed, in which award-winning crime writer Mike Ripley reveals that, though Britain may have lost an empire, her thrillers helped save the world.

"e;I know hardly any other writer who seems to be closer, or more continually close, to the Spirit of Christ Himself.

A story of love and grief.

LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014'A symphonic poem about postwar England and Englishness .

An amusing, informative, controversial and utterly irreverent history of the world's favourite word.

An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America's most revered authors of the 20th Century.

A brilliantly witty story of unconventional, unwavering, and regularly exasperating friendship.

The new book of essays from Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom.

The authorised biography of one of the greatest storytellers of all time.

Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599.

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594.

Another in the great Caedmon Shakespeare series from the 1960s.

The extraordinary life and times of Carl Barat, Libertine.

An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender's extraordinary life written by Matthew Spender, shifting between memoir and biography, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and his father's copious unpublished archives.

On Christmas Eve, young Pip, an orphan being raised by his sister and her husband, encounters a convict in the village churchyard.

Hardy's favourite of his own novels; a powerful work with brooding sexual undertones, ahead of its time in addressing themes of divorce, social inequality and land tenure.

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'One thing is certain, - that there is a mustering among the masses, the world over; and there is a dis irae coming on, sooner or later.

The story of weaver Silas Marner, wrongly cast out of his religious community, who finds a reason for living when, one winter night, a little girl wanders into his cottage out of the snow.

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Listen as Gordon Griffin narrates Books That Changed History, telling you all about the most famous books of all time while marvelling at the stories behind them.

Exploring more than 100 of the world's most important literary works and the literary geniuses that created them, this book is the perfect introduction to the subject of literature and writing.

From Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Gabriel Garc a M rquez and Toni Morrison, delve into more than 100 biographies of the world's greatest writers.