This features a ghoulish gallery of undead, illustrated by master of the zombie arts David Hartman.The split page format divides the figures at the neck and waist, so that zombie heads, torsos...

Twelve short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr. Watson in a series of their earliest cases. They include A Scandal in Bohemia where, uniquely, Holmes is outwitted – by a beautiful...

‘Patience, Firmness, and Perseverance were my only weapons.’Agnes Grey (1847) was Anne Bronte’s first novel and a poignant account of her own experience as a struggling governess, obliged to earn her living...

These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage.  Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad...

Timeless tales of the sea, of life in the Yukon, of life in the far reaches of unexplored lands and even of life in prehistoric times, all to be found in this...

Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte are three of the most remarkable novelists and poets of the ninetieth century.  Jack Hewer illustrates this complete treasury with landscape drawings and the remainder of the...

Satirical novel published in 1759 that is the best-known work by Voltaire. It is a savage denunciation of metaphysical optimism--as espoused by the German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz--that reveals a world of...

Modelled on the Egyptian and Tibetan Books of the Dead, this book traces the journey of the soul, and the insights that it must absorb and comprehend in the course of a...

Charles Dickens had a hard childhood, with a bankrupt father, little schooling and a miserable time in a blacking factory sticking labels on tins of boot polish.  This is reflected in his...

Dickens was always fond of A Christmas Carol and the theme of generosity portrayed in Scrooge's transformation was close to his heart.  He read from the book to an audience shortly before...

A delightful anthology for children of all ages, here together are classic fairy tales from great storytellers such as Hans Christian Anderson and The Brothers Grim; and additional classics such as Aladdin and...

  Dante’s Divine Comedy, and in particular Inferno, is regarded as a masterpiece of world literature, representing the culmination of medieval Christian beliefs.  This beautifully presented...

‘I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield.’ – Charles DickensThe story of David Copperfield (1850) began as a memoir of Dickens’ boyhood experiences...

Long narrative poem originally titled Commedia (about 1555 printed as La divina commedia) written about 1310-14 by Dante. The work is divided into three major sections--Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso--which trace the journey...

Set beside all 180 images in this beautiful new edition are the ideal accompaniments, carefully selected contemporary texts which reveal the many and varied facets of London life in the 19th century,...

The structure of ['Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'] follows a path as indirect and elusive as its multiple narrative voices. With its obliquely recorded incidents, its eyewitness accounts and sealed confessions, it...

A true masterwork of storytelling, Dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting...

This collection of Poe's work includes Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, and a selection of his best loved poems.  It is beautifully illustrated throughout by Henry...

This collection of  73 short stories and 48 poems includes many masterpieces....

An illustrated collection of ancient Egyptian mythology and ritual encompassing the gods, creation, life, death and the afterlife.In addition to the astonishing cultural legacy of artifacts and burial sites that the ancient...

Jane Austen wrote some of the most remarkable romantic novels in English, and Emma is said to be written at the height of her powers. Like all her novels (Pride and Prejudice...

Born in 1884, Frank R. Paul was slated to study for the priesthood; instead, he studied art and architectural and mechanical drafting.  The impact of these studies is evident in his brilliant and...

Swiss medical student Victor Frankenstein discovers the secret of life (which he never reveals, lest someone repeat the mistake). He then puts together a body, essentially a man, from various corpses. He...

This book contains the complete novels:  The War of the Worlds, The First Men on the Moon and When the Sleeper Wakes.  Also included are a variety of short stories, including the noted The Country...

The classic story is told here complete with vivacious illustrations complementing the action....

‘The horror! The horror!’Seaman Charlie Marlowe takes a decaying steamboat on a perilous voyage to the heart of Africa. His mission is to relieve an ivory agent named Kurtz, taken sick at...

Epic adventures, mythical steeds, and Elvish damsels in distress, the world of heoric fantasy artwork is beautiful and detailed.  Showing you the techniques to put ideas to paper in simple stages, this...

This groundbreaking English version by Robert Fagles is the most important recent translation of Homer's great epic poem. The verse translation has been hailed by scholars as the new standard, providing an...

This wonderful compilation includes, in facsimile of the original turn of the century magazines, 4 novels plus 15 short stories, all illustrated....

The loneliness and cruelty of Jane's childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. But after she falls in...

Professor Otto Lidenbrock’s great adventure begins by chance when a scrap of paper drops out of an ancient book he has just bought. The coded inscription reveals the existence of a passageway...

This superb volume of classic science fiction and adventure represents the best of Jules Verne, the master of imaginative literature who has been called "The Father of Science Fiction".The stories in this volume...

‘I always labour at the same thing, to make the sex relation valid and precious instead of shameful. And this novel is the furthest I’ve gone. To me it is beautiful and...

The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns--in part--a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of between 500 to 1,500 Anglo-American...

Be warned. If you found Love in Vein too disturbingly dark, too exquisitely explicit, too deliciously erotic in the secrets it revealed -- you're going to adore Love in Vein II. Poppy...

The novel, with the subtitle Moeurs de province ("Provincial Customs"), first appeared in installments in the Revue from October 1 to December 15, 1856. It ushered in a new age of realism...

The main character, Fanny Price, is a young girl from a poor family, raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, at Mansfield Park. She grows up with...

Defoe wrote this after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become recognised as a novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719. His political work was...

The legendary Moonstone diamond is presented to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. Looted by Rachel’s uncle from an Indian temple, it is said to carry a curse. Staked out in the...

Malory's majestic account of the Arthurian legends was one of England's first printed books, and has remained an inspiration for readers and writers down the centuries since it was first published by...

Tales of suspense with an original novella by Peter Straub and short stories by Ed McBain, Marcia Muller, Dorothy Cannell, Peter Lovesey and others....