Classics / English literature

Henry VIII

by William Shakespeare & Stephen Orgel

With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first...

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare & A. Braunmuller

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The Sonnets

by William Shakespeare & Stephen Orgel

Together with A Lover's Complaint' and little-known alternative versions of four of the sonnets. Edited with an introduction by Stanley Wells. ...the most beautifully printed text available.'

The Complete Novels: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Jane Austen & Karen Joy Fowler

Now in Penguin Classics-a treasure trove of Jane Austen's novelsView our Austen-mania feature page here.

Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight...

Mansfield Park

by Jane Austen, Kathryn Sutherland & Tony Tanner

Listen to audio presented by Literary Affairs: Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.View our feature on Jane Austen.

Begun in 1811 at the height of Jane Austen's writing powers and published in 1814, Mansfield Park marks...

Persuasion

by Jane Austen

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Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth,...

Henry V

by William Shakespeare

"This day is call'd the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd. And rouse him at the name of Crispian". Revised and repackaged, this new...

Troilus and Cressida

by William Shakespeare

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Tarzan of the Apes

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

This 1914 novel gave birth to one of the most legendary characters in fiction, an ideal image of pure animalistic power at odds with the civilized world.

Twelfth Night: or, What You Will

by William Shakespeare

Separated twins, practical jokers, pining lovers, and a comic villain populate the city of Illyria, where the drama of TWELFTH NIGHT unfolds. When the fraternal twins Viola and Sebastian independently wash ashore...

Tarzan of the Apes and the Prisoner of Zenda

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tarzan of the Apes

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Set amid the vibrant colors and sounds of the African jungle, this classic work—rich in suspense and action—has beckoned generations of readers toward a glorious journey...

Henry IV, Part 2

by William Shakespeare

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona

by William Shakespeare

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All's Well That Ends Well

by William Shakespeare

With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first...

Love's Labor's Lost

by William Shakespeare

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The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare

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Pericles

by William Shakespeare

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Henry VI, Part 2

by William Shakespeare

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Timon of Athens

by William Shakespeare

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Titus Andronicus

by William Shakespeare

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