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Jerome K. Jerome

Hunter S. Thompson

Aldous Huxley

Edith Wharton

Jane Austen

George Orwell

Nella Larsen

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Louisa May Alcott

Sun Tzu

Elisabeth Gaskell

Umberto Eco

Mary Shelley

Oscar Wilde

Jack London

Homer / Samuel Butler / T. E. Lawrence

Ernest Hemingway

Gerald Durrell

George Orwell

Ernest Hemingway

George Orwell

In a world where every thought is monitored and every word scrutinised, freedom remains a whisper. A striking addition to our bespoke collection of illustrated classics. Big Brother is watching you. Under the all-seeing eye of Big Brother, Winston Smith spends his days in the Ministry of Truth, rewriting the past to serve a government that erases and reshapes reality. But ben...

Emily Bronte

Featuring beautiful cover art from artist Laci Fowler, this fine collector's edition of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights is a must-have for book lovers and literature fans. One of English literature's classic masterpieces--a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy. In this classic gothic story, Catherine Earnshaw is forced to choose between passionate, tortured foundling...

Franz Kafka

Chiltern creates the most beautiful editions of the World's finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before: the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these books feel extra special and look striking on any shelf.The Trial by Franz Kafka is a terrifying psychological trip into the life of one J...

Sheila O'malley

Explore the enchanting artistry and visionary storytelling behind Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro, where stunning visuals and insightful commentary reveal the creative process and craftsmanship that bring Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece to life like never before.Dive into the mesmerizing world of the highly anticipated film Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Vintage Classics WEIRD GIRLS- Dive into the depraved, delectable depths of women's weird fiction. 'The faint figure behind seemed to shake the pattern, just as if she wanted to get out.' In the throes of a 'temporary nervous depression' following childbirth, a woman is brought by her physician husband to recuperate in an isolated New England mansion. There she is barred from ...

Natsume Soseki

I, ladies and gentlemen, am a cat. I still don't have a name. Once a stray kitten, the narrator of this story is now a noble and insightful observer of the bizarre and funny foibles of the human beings in his midst. Enter the upper middle-class world of Meiji-era Japan where a world-weary feline has ample opportunity to dissect the strange ways and convoluted conversations o...

Homer

A stunning gift edition of the age-old tale of Odysseus and his journey. This epic poem by Homer, believed to have been written between the eighth and ninth centuries BC, continues to be essential reading for young and old alike. The Odyssey follows the Greek hero Odysseus on a ten-year journey back to his home in Ithaca after fighting in the Trojan War. The challenges he encou...

Agatha Christie

Murder, mystery and majesty combine in this new Special Edition hardback of the Queen of Crime's very best short stories set in London. Agatha Christie is recognized throughout the world as the writer of remarkable country house mysteries and ingenious murders set in faraway countries. Yet many of her books and stories were set in the city she new best and for many years call...

Oscar. Wilde

"All art," Oscar Wilde once announced, "is quite useless." Selected here are some of his finest prose works on the subject of art - useless, illuminating, artificial, uplifting, radical, gorgeous, boring, sublime - and his most brilliant aphorisms on the creative life. Whether lamenting the crass urge to hold art to realist or natural standards or arguing against morality as a ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me . . . In this glittering new selection of Fitzgerald's short stories, we meet Anson Hunter, 'The Rich Boy', whose opulent, haunting world paints a vivid portrait of the American elite. 'Absolution' offers a poignant glimpse into the soul of a young boy grappling with sin, whilst 'May Day' captures the whir...