Classic fiction: general and literary

The first in the ever popular Lucia series, originally published in 1920.

The Melancholy Hussar/ A Tragedy of Two Ambitions/ The First Countess of Wessex/ Barbara of the House of Grebe/ For Conscience' Sake/ The Son's Veto/ On the Western Circuit/ An Imaginative Woman/ A Changed Man/ Enter a Dragoon The 11 short storiesin this collection range from those with the Wessex setting familiar from Hardy's novels, to aristocratic historical fantasies set in the 17th and 18th centuries, and tragic or ironic contemporary dramas.

Sabine Peters` Roman erzählt vom behüteten Aufwachsen mit religiösen und literarischen Prägungen, thematisiert aber auch die Ängste, die vor niemandem haltmachen.

She is not only a romantic but an anarchist, and she knows the ways of men and women very well indeed Anita Brookner Hugo Potts is a successful London playwright enjoying his moment of notoriety.

Margaret Oliphant's novel 'A House in Bloomsbury' was originally published in 1894.

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1923: eine Gesellschaft in moralischer Auflösung voller Spekulanten und Schieber, Verarmter, Kriegsversehrter, Verlierer und Profiteure.

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudiceis arguably the forerunner of all romantic comedies and certainly one of her most popular and irreverent works.

Originally published in 1887, 'Amaryllis at the Fair' is a work by the English writer Richard Jefferies.

In this unique collection of short stories composed between 1910-62, Evelyn Waugh's early juvenilia are brought together with later pieces, some of which became the inspirations for his novels.

Originally published in 1920, this book tells the story of a lovable collie named Bruce and his adventures.

Four novels—including a Pulitzer Prize winner and a National Book Award winner—by the #1 New York Times–bestselling master.

Published in 1874, "e;Ninety-Three"e; was French writer Victor Hugo's last novel published immediately subsequent to the bloody Paris Commune.

Following World War II, a British widow joins a Benedictine monastery in this poignant New York Times bestseller from the author of Black Narcissus.

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.

While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit.

The Valley of the Moon (1913) is a novel by American writer Jack London.

"e;Here, I thought, was one of the most melodramatic and gorgeous bits of Americana that had ever come my way.

This early work by Ellen Glasgow is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

The Hollow Needle (1910) is a novel by Maurice Leblanc.

Ever since the day he was deployed to fight in WWI, Daren Lane dreamed of the day that he returned home.

The Oxford Book of the American South resonates with the words of black people and white, women and men, the powerless as well as the powerful.

An adept story-teller, Charles Dickens was perhaps most at home in the detective or mystery genres, epitomised in what is commonly hailed as one of the best detective stories of all time: "e;Bleak House"e;.

Volume two of Le Morte D'Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory's powerful and elegaic version of the Arthurian legend, recounts the adventures of Sir Tristram de Liones and the treachery of Sir Mordred, and follows Sir Launcelot's quest for The Holy Grail, his fatally divided loyalties, and his great, forbidden love for the beautiful Queen Guenever.

The Western Shore (1925) is a novel by Clarkson Crane.

Touch Me Not (1887) is a novel by Jose Rizal.

Set in an industrial city in Northern England during the Victorian era, Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy and retired man, devotes his life to the rationalist philosophy, and raises his children, Louisa and Tom, to never engage in any imaginative activity.

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This early work by Richard Harding Davis was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Long considered a classic in Bolivia, Juan de la Rosa tells the story of a young boy's coming of age during the violent and tumultuous years of Bolivia's struggle for independence.

"e;The interpreter's dream-text,"e; as one critic called Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym has prompted critical approaches almost as varied as the experiences it chronicles.

Stranded alone on a remote island, Robinson Crusoe must summon the courage, inventiveness and faith necessary to survive and avoid despair in the midst of savage nature.

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.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616 NS) was a Spanish writer.

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.

First published in 1878, this book contains volume IV of "e;Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag"e;, a six-volume collection of classic children's stories by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888).

Freckles (1904) is a novel by Gene Stratton-Porter.

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

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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.