Classic fiction: general and literary

When wealthy Rowland Mallet first sees a sculpture by Roderick Hudson, he is astounded and pronounces it to be a work of genius, and is equally entranced by the sculptor's beauty, spirit and charisma.

An Oprah Book Club selection, Cry, the Beloved Country, the most famous and important novel in South Africas history, was an immediate worldwide bestseller in 1948.

Dracula, by Bram Stoker, one of literature's most beloved and frightening stories, is now available in a fine exclusive collector's edition featuring a laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping, making it ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike.

A companion to the epic poem Paradise Lost, John Milton's Paradise Regained describes the temptation of Christ.

In den fünf Jahren vor seinem Tod 1940 geht dem einst so erfolgsverwöhnten Schriftsteller nichts mehr leicht von der Hand.

Eine utopische »Sonnenstadt«, in der – nach dem »großen Feuerschlag« – die Grundfragen der menschlichen Existenz verhandelt werden: »Heliopolis«.

Wer an der University of Cambridge aufwachsen darf, kann sich wahrlich glücklich schätzen, sollte man meinen.

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Setting out to make his fortune in a far-off country, a young traveller discovers the remote and beautiful land of Erewhon and is given a home among its extraordinarily handsome citizens.

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of the masters of the Golden Age - thrills, spills and chills perfect for Halloween.

Two historical adventure novels from the author of Treasure Island, as well as a rare travel memoir of his experiences in the Pacific Islands.

Netochka Nezvanova - a 'Nameless Nobody' - tells the story of a childhood dominated by her stepfather, Efimov, a failed musician who believes he is a neglected genius.

Juri Felsen, der einst als »russischer Proust« galt, war einer der führenden Schriftsteller seiner Generation.

The Brothers Karamazov, a passionate philosophical novel completed only a few months before his death, is Fyodor Dostoyevskys most expansive, life-embracing work.

Clara Batchelor is twenty-two.

New texts of Joseph Conrad's modern classic 'The Secret Sharer' and of two other tales appear in this edition of 'Twixt Land and Sea with numerous words, sentences, and entire paragraphs restored from Conrad's manuscripts and typescripts.

With “shattering prose,” the New York Times–bestselling author of From Here to Eternity captures the intense combat in the battle of Guadalcanal (San Francisco Chronicle).

In a famous passage in A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf asked 'why women did not write poetry in the Elizabethan age'.

Pushkin's masterpieces in prose, in sparkling new translations by the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky.

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of the masters of the Golden Age - thrills, spills and chills perfect for Halloween.

Klekih-petra ist eine von Karl May erfundene Figur, die in den Romanen um Winnetou einen zwar nur kurzen, aber wichtigen Auftritt hat.

In Victorian era England, longtime friends Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley experience love and loss alongside the many colorful members of their unique social circle.

Värmland, zweite Hälfte des 19.

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor (1869) is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore.

Jane Austen's third novel follows ten-year-old Fanny Price, whose penniless family sends her to live with her wealthy relatives.

Ein kleines Zelt, eine in eine Wolldecke eingewickelte Geige, Wäsche zum Wechseln und eine Dose Kekse: Das ist die ganze Ausrüstung Laurie Lees, als er an einem strahlenden Junimorgen sein Heimatdorf in Gloucestershire verlässt und sich auf den Weg nach London macht.

Sidney Trefusis is a proselytizing socialist.

David Livingstone: The Wayward Vagabond in Africa is an expression of doubt about the raOson dietre concerning the 19th Century explorers and missionaries in Africa.

This annotated edition of the landmark inquiry into the women's role in society by one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers, Viriginia Woolf's classic A Room of One's Own features an introduction by English and Women's Studies professor Susan Gubar, perfect for critical analysis in classrooms and beyond.

Step into a story of life and love in Kyoto's 10th century royal court.

Winnetou und Old Shatterhand befreien den jungen Jeff Robinson aus der Gewalt der Kiowas, der sich allein aufgemacht hat, den Mörder seines Bruders aufzuspüren.

If you want to be the best, you have to have the right skillset.

Tagessätze über große und kleine Politik, Gott und Grammatik, Literatur und Leben.

Laurence Sterne zum 250.

A terrifying trio of Psychological Thrillers from the bestselling authors, Mark Edwards and Louise Voss.

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The trilogy of John Stack's brilliant MASTERS OF THE SEA about the clash of the Roman and Carthaginian empires and the battle for sovereignty that rips up the high seas, here in a complete ebook for the first time.