CLASSICS

This is about the quest of Captain Ahab, a man consumed by his obsession with a legendary, giant white whale, Moby Dick. As the ship sails into dangerous waters, The...

A bold, transformative new translation of Ovid's classicOvid's epic poem has, with its timeless stories, inspired and influenced generations of writers and artists, from Shakespeare and Chaucer to Picasso and...

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was among the greatest writers of the Enlightenment, and in Jacques the Fatalist he brilliantly challenged the artificialities of conventional French fiction of his age. Riding through...

When honest young Caleb Williams comes to work as a secretary for Squire Falkland, he soon begins to suspect that his new master is hiding a terrible secret. But as...

'The Monk was so highly popular that it seemed to create an epoch in our literature', wrote Sir Walter Scott. Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid,...

With its insightful portrayals of her protagonist's inner life, Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho was a hugely influential work of early Gothic horror. This Penguin Classics edition is edited...

'he looked up wistfully in my face, and gravely asked - "Mamma, why are you so wicked?"'The mysterious new tenant of Wildfell Hall has a dark secret. But as the...

Jane Austen's final novel, her most mature and wickedly satirical, is the story of Anne Elliott, a woman who gets a second chance at love. To achieve happiness she must...

Generally regarded both in Japan and in the West as his most successful novel, THE TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION brings together all Mishima's preoccupations with violence, desire, religious life...

No Matter What Life Throws at Them, the Grace Sisters Always Have Each OtherThe four Grace sisters-Liz, Sal, Tilly, and Addie-love their quiet life in the country village of Chevis...

'The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames'In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of...

This Norton Critical Edition is the most extensively annotated student edition available. "Backgrounds" features material carefully chosen to enhance readers' appreciation of the novel, including biographical commentary, early works and...

'He shall never know I loved him.'Heathcliff, adopted by the late Mr Earnshaw, is constantly bullied by his cruel new brother, Hindley. Feeling ostracised by his family, Heathcliff leaves Wuthering...

'I am no bird, and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.'Orphaned and then abandoned, Jane Eyre's unhappy childhood leads her to seek...

'I hate talking where there is no exchange of ideas or sentiments, and no good given or received.'Beautiful and secretive, Helen Graham has recently moved into Wildfell Hall. Her reclusive...