Crime and Punishment is the story of a murder committed on principle, of a killer who wishes to set himself outside and above society.

The Jungle Books can be regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children. But they also constitute a complex literary work of art in which the whole of Kipling's philosophy of life is expressed in miniature.

In the sub-plot dealing with the marriages of his English and American heroines, Trollope engages head-on the issue of women's rights, a ropic which was as alive for his contemporaries of the late 1860s as it is today.

Graffigny's bold and original novel tells the story of Zilia, an Inca Virgin, rescued from the Spanish and brought to France.

New Grub Street (1891), generally regarded as Gissing's finest novel, is the story of the daily lives and broken dreams of men and women forced to earn a living by the pen.

In addition, the book includes two appendices containing Dickens's article, "What Christmas Is As We Grow Older," and facsimile pages from Dickens's reading version of A Christmas Carol.

This is an ideal Christmas present, to give or receive.

An attractive single-volume hardback edition of Dickens's classic Christmas story which also includes Dickens's four other Christmas Books and a selection of original illustrations.

Exciting tale about the naughty puppet that turns into a loving and obedient little boy after a series of harrowing experiences. 30 new illustrations. Abridged. This is a new translation of Collodi's original made by Ann Lawson Lucas.

Exciting tale about the naughty puppet that turns into a loving and obedient little boy after a series of harrowing experiences. 30 new illustrations. Abridged. This is a new translation of Collodi's original made by Ann Lawson Lucas.