With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury.
This selection of Carroll’s works includes Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel.
With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury.
This selection of Carroll’s works includes Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel.
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
Julius Caesar is among the best of Shakespeare’s historical and political plays. Dealing with events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., the drama vividly illustrates the ways in which power and corruption are linked.
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
Julius Caesar is among the best of Shakespeare’s historical and political plays. Dealing with events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., the drama vividly illustrates the ways in which power and corruption are linked.
With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren. University of Kent at Canterbury.
One of the most celebrated and popular historical romances ever written, The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman, D’Artagnan and his three friends from the regiment of the King’s Musketeers – Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren. University of Kent at Canterbury.
One of the most celebrated and popular historical romances ever written, The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman, D’Artagnan and his three friends from the regiment of the King’s Musketeers – Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren, University of Kent at Canterbury.
The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence.
With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren, University of Kent at Canterbury.
The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr John Bowen, Keele University.
Illustrations by Marcus Stone.
Considered by many to be Dickens’ finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book’s narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr John Bowen, Keele University.
Illustrations by Marcus Stone.
Considered by many to be Dickens’ finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book’s narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character.
Introduction and Notes by Professor Stephen Arkin, San Francisco University.
‘Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security’.
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen that explores the themes of respectability, manners, and societal expectations.
The story follows the two sisters Elinor and...
Introduction and Notes by Professor Stephen Arkin, San Francisco University.
‘Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security’.
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen that explores the themes of respectability, manners, and societal expectations.
The story follows the two sisters Elinor and...
With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren, University of Kent at Canterbury.
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas’ celebrated foursome of D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who first appeared in The Three Musketeers.
With an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren, University of Kent at Canterbury.
The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas’ celebrated foursome of D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who first appeared in The Three Musketeers.
With an introduction by David Stuart Davies.
Translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson.
The father of science fiction, Jules Verne, invites you to join the intrepid and eccentric Professor Liedenbrock and his companions on a thrilling and dramatic expedition as they travel down a secret tunnel in a volcano in Iceland on a journey which will lead them to the centre of the...
With an introduction by David Stuart Davies.
Translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson.
The father of science fiction, Jules Verne, invites you to join the intrepid and eccentric Professor Liedenbrock and his companions on a thrilling and dramatic expedition as they travel down a secret tunnel in a volcano in Iceland on a journey which will lead them to the centre of the...
With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University,Bakersfield.
Virginia Woolf’s singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form and reflects a genuine humanity and a concern with the experiences that both enrich and stultify existence.
With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University,Bakersfield.
Virginia Woolf’s singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form and reflects a genuine humanity and a concern with the experiences that both enrich and stultify existence.
With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University, Bakersfield.
Virginia Woolf’s Orlando ‘The longest and most charming love letter in literature’, playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf’s close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West.
With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University, Bakersfield.
Virginia Woolf’s Orlando ‘The longest and most charming love letter in literature’, playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf’s close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West.
Introduction and Notes by Dr Ella Westland, University of Exeter.
Illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes – grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of...
Introduction and Notes by Dr Ella Westland, University of Exeter.
Illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes – grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of...
Translated by P. A. Motteux. With an Introduction and Notes by Stephen Boyd, University College, Cork
Cervantes’ tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso and Richard...
Translated by P. A. Motteux. With an Introduction and Notes by Stephen Boyd, University College, Cork
Cervantes’ tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant, tilts at windmills and battles with sheep in the service of the lady of his dreams, Dulcinea del Toboso, has fascinated generations of readers, and inspired other creative artists such as Flaubert, Picasso and Richard...
Introduction and Notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University.
‘There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath;
Introduction and Notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University.
‘There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath;
Introduction and Notes by Elaine Jordan, Reader in Literature, University of Essex.
What does persuasion mean – a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen’s quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of...
Introduction and Notes by Elaine Jordan, Reader in Literature, University of Essex.
What does persuasion mean – a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen’s quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of...
Introduction and Notes by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex.
Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine’s father.
Introduction and Notes by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex.
Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine’s father.
With an Introduction and Notes by Phillip Mallett, Senior Lecturer in English, University of St Andrews.
Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne.
With an Introduction and Notes by Phillip Mallett, Senior Lecturer in English, University of St Andrews.
Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dinny Thorold, University of Westminster
Elizabeth Gaskell’s final novel, which is widely regarded as her greatest work, follows the lives of two families in rural England during the nineteenth century. At the heart of the novel are the complex and strained relationships between family members – fathers and daughters, fathers and sons, and stepmothers...
With an Introduction and Notes by Dinny Thorold, University of Westminster
Elizabeth Gaskell’s final novel, which is widely regarded as her greatest work, follows the lives of two families in rural England during the nineteenth century. At the heart of the novel are the complex and strained relationships between family members – fathers and daughters, fathers and sons, and stepmothers...
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
The Winter’s Tale, one of Shakespeare’s later romantic comedies, offers a striking and challenging mixture of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, pastoral song and dance, and, eventually, dramatic revelations and reunions.
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
The Winter’s Tale, one of Shakespeare’s later romantic comedies, offers a striking and challenging mixture of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, pastoral song and dance, and, eventually, dramatic revelations and reunions.
With an Introduction by A.A. Milne.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation.
With an Introduction by A.A. Milne.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation.
With an Introduction by Pat Righelato, University of Reading
Maisie Farange is the child of divorced parents who remarry and engage in adulterous affairs. Despite the sombre theme of childhood innocence exposed to a corrupt adult world, this novel is one of Henry James's comic masterpieces. The outrageous behavior of the characters on the seedy fringes of the English upper class is...
With an Introduction by Pat Righelato, University of Reading
Maisie Farange is the child of divorced parents who remarry and engage in adulterous affairs. Despite the sombre theme of childhood innocence exposed to a corrupt adult world, this novel is one of Henry James's comic masterpieces. The outrageous behavior of the characters on the seedy fringes of the English upper class is...
Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy’s short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers.
Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Wessex Tales was the first collection of Hardy’s short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers.
Introduction and Notes by Ian F.A. Bell, Professor of English Literature, University of Keele.
Washington Square marks the culmination of James’s apprentice period as a novelist.
Introduction and Notes by Ian F.A. Bell, Professor of English Literature, University of Keele.
Washington Square marks the culmination of James’s apprentice period as a novelist.
With an Introduction by Henry and Olga Claridge, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Translated by Louise & Aylmer Maude.
War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon’s war with Russia.
With an Introduction by Henry and Olga Claridge, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Translated by Louise & Aylmer Maude.
War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon’s war with Russia.
With an Introduction and Notes by Jeff Wallace,
Professor Emeritus, Department of Humanities, Cardiff Metropolitan University.
These stories of myth and resurrection, of uncanny events and violent impulse, were with one exception written and published in the latter half of the 1920s, coinciding with the composition of Lawrence's controversial masterpiece Lady Chatterley's...
With an Introduction and Notes by Jeff Wallace,
Professor Emeritus, Department of Humanities, Cardiff Metropolitan University.
These stories of myth and resurrection, of uncanny events and violent impulse, were with one exception written and published in the latter half of the 1920s, coinciding with the composition of Lawrence's controversial masterpiece Lady Chatterley's...
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Sally Minogue, Department of English, Canterbury Christ Church University College.
Based on Charlotte Brontë’s personal experience as a teacher in Brussels, Villette is a moving tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position, borne with heroic fortitude.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Sally Minogue, Department of English, Canterbury Christ Church University College.
Based on Charlotte Brontë’s personal experience as a teacher in Brussels, Villette is a moving tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position, borne with heroic fortitude.
With an Introduction and Notes by Owen Knowles, University of Hull.
In Thackeray's , the upper-class Regency society is a bustling and raucous commercial fairground dominated by unbridled greed and materialism. The narrator, who serves as a serio-comic observer, plays a brilliantly versatile role in bringing this world to life.
With an Introduction and Notes by Owen Knowles, University of Hull.
In Thackeray's , the upper-class Regency society is a bustling and raucous commercial fairground dominated by unbridled greed and materialism. The narrator, who serves as a serio-comic observer, plays a brilliantly versatile role in bringing this world to life.
"A man of genius makes no mistakes."
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.
James Joyce's astonishing masterpiece, Ulysses, tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's voluptuous wife, Molly, commits adultery.
"A man of genius makes no mistakes."
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.
James Joyce's astonishing masterpiece, Ulysses, tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's voluptuous wife, Molly, commits adultery.
"There are on sea and land such men thus fortunate...or thus disdained by destiny or by the sea."
Edited and with an Introduction by Dr Keith Carabine, Chairperson of the Joseph Conrad Society of Great Britain.
As these three specially commissioned stories amply demonstrate, Conrad is our greatest writer of the sea.
"There are on sea and land such men thus fortunate...or thus disdained by destiny or by the sea."
Edited and with an Introduction by Dr Keith Carabine, Chairperson of the Joseph Conrad Society of Great Britain.
As these three specially commissioned stories amply demonstrate, Conrad is our greatest writer of the sea.
Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
Variously melancholy, lyrical, joyous and farcical, Twelfth Night has long been a popular comedy with Shakespearian audiences. The main plot revolves around mistaken identities and unrequited love.
Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
Variously melancholy, lyrical, joyous and farcical, Twelfth Night has long been a popular comedy with Shakespearian audiences. The main plot revolves around mistaken identities and unrequited love.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at Canterbury.
The Turn of the Screw is perhaps Henry James's most famous work, a timeless ghost story that takes place in a country estate. It is a haunting tale of the supernatural told by a master of the genre, leaving readers on the edge of their seats.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at Canterbury.
The Turn of the Screw is perhaps Henry James's most famous work, a timeless ghost story that takes place in a country estate. It is a haunting tale of the supernatural told by a master of the genre, leaving readers on the edge of their seats.
With an Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson.
Following on from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884-5) Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) became one of Mark Twain's most popular books.
With an Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson.
Following on from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884-5) Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) became one of Mark Twain's most popular books.
Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Considered one of the earliest and most influential novels in English literature, Tom Jones is also recognized for its humor. The protagonist, Tom Jones, is a generous yet impulsive country boy with a weakness for young women, who is under the care of a liberal Somerset squire.
Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Considered one of the earliest and most influential novels in English literature, Tom Jones is also recognized for its humor. The protagonist, Tom Jones, is a generous yet impulsive country boy with a weakness for young women, who is under the care of a liberal Somerset squire.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Nicola Bradbury, University of Reading.
This simple and haunting story captures the transcience of life and its surrounding emotions.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Nicola Bradbury, University of Reading.
This simple and haunting story captures the transcience of life and its surrounding emotions.
Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
Three Men in a Boat is a comedic masterpiece that has endured for over a century since its first publication in 1889. This eclectic novel has not only been translated into multiple languages, but has also been adapted for the stage, screen, television, and imitated by other...
Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
Three Men in a Boat is a comedic masterpiece that has endured for over a century since its first publication in 1889. This eclectic novel has not only been translated into multiple languages, but has also been adapted for the stage, screen, television, and imitated by other...
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, B.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat, and becomes involved in a plot by spies to precipitate war and subvert British naval power. The resourceful victim of a manhunt, he is pursued by both the police and the ruthless conspirators.
With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, B.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat, and becomes involved in a plot by spies to precipitate war and subvert British naval power. The resourceful victim of a manhunt, he is pursued by both the police and the ruthless conspirators.
The Wings of the Dove is a tale of desire and possession, of love and death. It is in essence a simple story, but one that opens up the great subject of art: life itself.
To tackle this, James moves between fairytale storylines and the startlingly modern techniques of his testing late style. An unspeakable subtext lies beneath the silence.
The Wings of the Dove is a tale of desire and possession, of love and death. It is in essence a simple story, but one that opens up the great subject of art: life itself.
To tackle this, James moves between fairytale storylines and the startlingly modern techniques of his testing late style. An unspeakable subtext lies beneath the silence.
With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant. Canterbury Christ Church College.
Anthony Trollope's novel, is notable for its sharp social commentary and unwavering honesty, and it holds a special place in Trollope's literary career.
With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant. Canterbury Christ Church College.
Anthony Trollope's novel, is notable for its sharp social commentary and unwavering honesty, and it holds a special place in Trollope's literary career.
Introduction and Notes by Deborah Parsons, University of Birmingham.
‘I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot’, Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, The Waves. Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original works, it conveys the rhythms of life in synchrony with the cycle of nature and the passage of time.
Introduction and Notes by Deborah Parsons, University of Birmingham.
‘I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot’, Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, The Waves. Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original works, it conveys the rhythms of life in synchrony with the cycle of nature and the passage of time.
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
The Tempest is the most lyrical, profound and fascinating of Shakespeare’s late comedies. Prospero, long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda, seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies.
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
The Tempest is the most lyrical, profound and fascinating of Shakespeare’s late comedies. Prospero, long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda, seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies.
