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Khatyn

by Ales Adamovich

Based on previously sealed war archives and rare witness records of the survivors, Khatyn is a heart wrenching story of the people who fought for their lives under the Nazi occupation during World War II. Through...


The Captain's Daughter: And Other Stories

by Alexander Pushkin

Famous for his enormously influential poetry and plays, Alexander Pushkin is also beloved for his short stories. This collection showcases his tremendous range, which enabled him to portray the Russian people...


The Histories and Poems of Shakespeare: (A Modern Library E-Book)

by William Shakespeare

This Modern Library edition presents all ten histories--each complete and unabridged--in the Shakespearean canon, along with notes and glossary. Here are:

King John

Richard II

Henry IV, Part I

Henry IV, Part II

Henry...


Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy

Upon its first appearance in 1895, Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure shocked Victorian critics and readers with a frank depiction of sexuality and an unbridled indictment of the institutions of marriage, education,...


The Idiot

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky & Henry Carlisle

A classic by a Russian master

Prince Myshkin, the idiot, is an almost comically innocent Christ figure in a land of sinners, one whose faith in beauty contrasts sharply with that of his society's.


Moby-Dick: A Penguin Enriched eBook Classic

by Herman Melville & Andrew Delbanco

Over a century and a half after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and...


His Last Bow  (with linked TOC)

by Arthur Conan Doyle & Darrell Schweitzer

The most significant thing about Doyle's London was that it was inhabited by Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, who seem more real to us than most historical figures. They've managed to convince any number of...


The Comedies of Shakespeare: (A Modern Library E-Book)

by William Shakespeare

This Modern Library edition presents all fourteen comedies--each complete and unabridged--in the Shakespearean canon, along with notes and glossary. Here are:

The Tempest

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Merry...


Dr Finlay's Casebook: Omnibus

by AJ Cronin

"Dr Finlay's Casebook" is a delightful collection of episodic stories of Dr Finlay and his life in the fictional Scottish village of Tannochbrae during the inter-war years and based on A.J. Cronin's own experiences...


The Dream King

by Gregor Robinson

Robinson exposes both the gravity and levity of relationships and the subtle ways we attempt to escape their persistent pull.


I Am Not Most Places

by Richard Cumyn

These short stories are about the curse of modernity: displacement. Cumyns prose is sparse and direct, the violence just beneath the surface casual and foreboding.


Mr Facey Romford's Hounds

by R S S Surtees

Facey is a trickster who takes advantage of society's greed and gullibility, and gets away with it. This brisk, entertaining novel is the sequel to Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour.


Mr Verdant Green: Adventures of an Oxford Freshman

by Cuthbert Bede

The adventures of Mr Verdant Green, an Oxford freshman, is a wonderfully amusing and engaging account of a naïve university student, thrown into life amongst the hallowed halls of this famous institution. Upon...


The Clockmaker: The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick

by Thomas Chandler Chandler Haliburton

Sam Slick first appeared in a series of sketches in the Novascotian during 1835 and 1836 and proved so popular that they were published in book form with additional stories in 1838; indeed, he was so popular...


Romance of the Forest

by Ann Radcliffe

Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest, first published in 1791, is the epitome of the Gothic novel: a beautiful, orphaned heiress, a dashing hero, a dissolute, aristocratic villain and a ruined abbey deep...


The Canterville Ghost

by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde's story of the The Canterville Ghost tells the tale of a malevolent ghost who discovers there is no peace to be found when a rumbustious American family take over his ancestral home. This classic...


Uncle Silas

by Joseph Sheridan Sheridan Le Le Fanu

Silas Rutvyn is something of a riddle. To some, including his niece, he is something of a ghost. As Le Fanu gradually unfolds the layers of this story, we are irresistibly drawn into his world. There are, however,...


Tender Shoots

by Paul Morand & Euan Cameron

These three stories, about a trio of independent young women, are set in London—a city Paul Morand loved and which continued to fascinate him long after he worked there as an attaché at the French embassy...


The Nutcracker

by E T A T A Hoffman & Anthea Bell

ETA Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King may be familiar to many, having served as the inspiration for Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet. However, the ballet was based on a French retelling of the story,...


The Juniper Tree and Other Tales

by The Brothers Brothers Grimm & Anthea Bell

This volume contains a carefully chosen selection from the Grimms’ Children’s and Household Tales, the most famous and influential of all the great nineteenth­century folklore collections.

The fairy tales...