CLASSICS

An autobiographical volume which recounts the story of Nabokov's first forty years up to his departure from Europe for America at the outset of World War Two. It tells of...

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 'This novel is a packet of surprises as we have no idea what's going to happen next' GUARDIAN 'One of...

A revelatory new translation of the playful, incomparable masterpiece of one of the greatest Black authors in the AmericasMachado de Assis is not only Brazil's most celebrated writer but also...

In one of the most universally loved and admired English novels, a country squire of no great means must marry off his five vivacious daughters. Jane Austen's art transformed this...

'I made him know his Name should be Friday, which was the Day I sav'd his Life...I likewise taught him to say Master'Robinson Crusoe's seafaring adventures are abruptly ended when...

Chiltern Publishing was formed in 2018 with a vision to create the most beautiful classics. Jane Austen's original books (particularly Pride and Prejudice) from the 1800s were our inspiration. So,...

'Can't repeat the past? ... Why of course you can!'Often called 'the great American novel', F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a story of adulterous love, dreams, and betrayal...

Amory Blaine, intent on rebelling against his staid, Midwestern upbringing, longs to acquire the patina of Eastern sophistication. In his quest for sexual and intellectual enlightenment, he progresses through a...

Gold! - his own gold - brought back to him as mysteriously as it had been taken away!Falsely accused of theft, Silas Marner is cut off from his community but...

Part of the Chiltern Classics rangeSons and Lovers is a 1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It traces emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and his...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range.This edition of Homer's epic, Iliad, is from the Alexander Pope Translation, tells the story of the final year of the Trojan War. First written...

Part of the Chiltern Classics rangeThe Literary World of the nineteenth century was lit up by six of England's Greatest Poets. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Blake were in the vanguard of...

Part of the Chiltern Classics rangeLines such as 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' and 'Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds' are among the...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range.In 1843 Charles Dickens took up his pen to begin his 'ghostly little book' and so created A Christmas Carol and the mean-spirited Ebenezer Scrooge,...

William Shakespeare, A Very Peculiar History uniquely explores the life and works of the widely-regarded greatest writer of the English language. Through dispelling common myths (Could his father really not...

Part of the Chiltern Classics rangeThe Phantom of the Opera tells the tale of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the Paris Opera House. Mesmerized by the talents and beauty...

Part of the Chiltern Classics seriesOne of Mark Twain's best-known and most important novels tells the story of Huckleberry Finn's escape from his alcoholic and abusive father and Huck's adventurous...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range.The title, The Moonstone, refers to a brilliantly beautiful but flawed gem seized by a British officer in India. The officer brings it back to...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range.Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie is a free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter spends his never-ending childhood having...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range.Good Wives takes off about three years after where Little Women left off. Meg is about to get married, Jo is attempting to launch a...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range.A curse has hung over the Baskerville family for generations and the latest victim is Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the legendary gigantic hound be responsible...

Part of the Chiltern Classics rangeSilas Marner tells the story about a weaver and how his life changes. The story begins with Silas, who has been displaced from his former...

Part of the Chiltern Classics rangeAs Clarissa Dalloway prepares to host a party, the appearance of a former suitor stirs thoughts aboutchoices she made long ago. Elsewhere in London, the...

"Sultana's Dream and Padmarag" are boldly provocative works, particularly in the context of the era that spawned them. Written in English in 1905, "Sultana's Dream" is a delightful satirical work...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range.In Great Expectations, one of his best-loved novels, Dickens tells the enthralling story of the orphaned Pip and introduces us to a gallery of unforgettable...