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This exceptional collection brings together three of literature’s most influential and beloved novels. Each story offers a rich tapestry of adventure, moral reflection, and unforgettable characters, spanning centuries and cultures yet united by their timeless exploration of the human condition.

'Charming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself' Alexander McCall Smith It is wartime in Barsetshire, and so much has changed. Belier's Priory is now a hospital for wounded soldiers, and Sir Harry and Lady Waring have...

Join MI6’s deadliest spy on thrilling missions around the globe. This collection of four original James Bond stories by Ian Fleming, featuring the legendary 007, includes From Russia, With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, and For Your Eyes Only...

Join MI6’s deadliest spy on thrilling missions around the globe. This collection of four original James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, featuring the legendary 007, includes Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, and Diamonds Are Forever...

Join MI6’s deadliest spy on thrilling missions around the globe. This collection of three original James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, featuring the legendary 007, includes Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service...

Join MI6’s deadliest spy on thrilling missions around the globe. This collection of three original James Bond stories by Ian Fleming, featuring the legendary 007, includes You Only Live Twice, The Man With the Golden Gun, and Octopussy and the Living Daylights...

Het is 1984 en het leven is onherkenbaar veranderd. In Landingsstrook 1, het vroegere Groot-Brittannië, ziet Grote Broer alles. Niemand is veilig voor zijn blik. Behalve misschien Winston Smith? Op het Ministerie van Waarheid waar hij geschiedenis herschrijft, droomt hij stilletjes van vrijheid. In deze wereld waar liefde en seks verboden zijn en het haast onmogelijk is vriend van vijand te onderscheiden, ontmoet hij Julia en O'Brien en zweert hij in opstand te komen.

From the lauded, bestselling author of The Cazalet Chronicles, After Julius is Elizabeth Jane Howard's funny yet touching story of a family brought together yet falling apart. 'A novel that commands both respect and applause' – Sunday Times It is twenty years since Julius died, but his last...

Brought to life with dual narration by Jonathan Keeble and Emma Gregory From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, The Sea Change is a witty yet heart-rending story of a marriage in crisis. Emmanuel is a famous playwright. Lillian is his sickly and embittered wife. They have never...

Winner of the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year Award. From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Getting It Right is a touching comedy about a young man trying desperately to come of age. Gavin – a sensitive, shy, hairdresser in the West End – is, at...

The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick's short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre. This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick's work includes the influential 'Adjustment Team' and 'The Father Thing', as well as a litany of mind-expanding other...

As the old world begins to fade from view and a new dawn emerges, All Change is the fifth volume in Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling The Cazalet Chronicles. Read by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Luther and Oedipus at The Old Vic). ‘Fear made people greedy and therefore selfish; that small...

Die Schriften der französischen Prosa-Ikone Anatole France wurden zu Beginn des letzten Jahrhunderts vom Vatikan auf den Index verbotener Bücher gesetzt. Ob bei den offiziellen europäischen Gottes-Profis inzwischen ein Umdenken stattgefunden hat, ist zu bezweifeln. Jedenfalls zeugen die Erzählungen des Anatole France von einem großartigen Verständnis der praktischen Welt und einem sehr gutem Verständnis der menschlichen Natur – wahrscheinlich deswegen für den Vatikan unverständlich.

Schlaf, Zeit & eine wundersame Rückkehr – Washington Irvings berühmte Erzählung über Vergänglichkeit und den Wandel der Welt, atmosphärisch gesprochen von Jürgen Fritsche. Der gutmütige, verträumte Rip van Winkle flieht vor den Sorgen des Alltags in die Berge – und begegnet dort geheimnisvollen Gestalten. Nach einem tiefen Schlaf kehrt er in sein Dorf zurück und muss feststellen, dass viele Jahre vergangen sind und sich die Welt grundlegend verändert hat.

A disillusioned young man drifts through Europe in search of meaning, only to confront the loss of innocence and the sobering realities of adulthood after a series of aimless adventures and relationships. "A magician, a virtuoso. She can conjure up tragedy, horror, tension, suspense, the...

A gothic tale of old souls bonded in a fated romance, and the one man who could save them, from the bestselling author of Rebecca. "Daphne du Maurier has no rival." —Sunday Telegraph (UK) A spellbinding love story, Castle Dor was the unfinished last novel of the British novelist Sir Arthur...

A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's novel about a twisted man will take readers on a journey through history from the perspective of a cruel individual. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught up in the...

The original horror story, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a classic that sparked a thousand nightmares and redefined what it means to be human. This new special edition hardcover includes sprayed edges, gorgeous endpapers, and brand-new illustrations of key moments from the book. Obsessed with...

Im Moloch Paris treiben sich die seltsamsten Gestalten herum. Der prosaische Großmeister Victor Hugo nutzt diese Weltbühne, um Charaktere unterschiedlichster Couleur aufeinanderprallen zu lassen und entfesselt ein spektakuläres Realitätsbild der wahnwitzigen Gesellschaft. Sorgenlose und mutige Glücksjäger, ausgestoßene Einzelgänger, vom Teufel besessene Priester, die leidenschaftlich morden und in alchemistischer Besessenheit nach Goldformeln suchen, wunderschöne Frauen, Studenten u. a.

In Stratford am Avon unternimmt Irving eine Wallfahrt zum Geburtsort Shakespeares, an welchem nebst erhaltenen Reliquien und Legenden über dessen wilde Jugendzeit eine Art konservierte Atmosphäre der Ewigkeit herrscht und diese nach wie vor Pilger aus allen Herren Ländern magisch anzieht, denn so viele Unsterbliche hat die Menschheit ja nicht hervorgebracht. Anregend und bedächtig.