Set in Hardy's fictional realm of Wessex, these four charming novels have been brought together in a stunning clothbound set, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. From the moving and
'Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.'
Humbert Hum
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
Humbert Humbe
A beautiful, moving story about a small Japanese café that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time, to find an answer to the question: what would you change if you could go back? For fa
Edgar Freemantle w ciężkim wypadku samochodowym traci rękę i równowagę psychiczną. Nękany niekontrolowanymi napadami szału, musi zacząć życie od początku. Za radą psychologa wyrusza na Duma Key, pięk
A beautiful new Vintage Classics edition to celebrate the 15th anniversary, and 10 million copies sold worldwide, of this wise, blackly funny, radically imaginative novel
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A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho.
Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of
Part detective novel, part love story, part psychoanalytic case study, Malina is a staggering portrait of a writer trying to tell her own story in a world dominated by men.
'I was subordinate to h
When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean. The ship's strange captain, Ahab, is in the g
The story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some clues about the book on the cover, but in this case we think that would spoil the reading of the book.
Toru Okada's cat has disappeared.
His wife is growing more distant every day.
Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving.
As this compelling stor
Meursault leads an unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only increase his guilt in the eyes of the law, and
A beautiful clothbound hardback gift edition of one of the world's most beloved stories.
The timeless, enchanting story of the little prince who lives on a tiny planet with three volcanoes and a h
A beautifully moving tale of loss and reaching out to the ones we love, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life.
Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his fa
The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. E
Siddhartha is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory our troubled century has produced. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, this
For centuries, working hard and saving up diligently would have set you up for financial security and a comfortable retirement. Not anymore.
Over the last 50 years, we've entered a new financial w
'Mieko Kawakami is a genius' - Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times
'Compact and supple, it’s a strikingly intelligent feat.' - The New York Times Book Review
From international literary sensat
A good life involves more than just pleasure. Suffering is essential too.
It seems obvious that pleasure leads to happiness - and pain does the opposite. And yet we are irresistibly drawn to a hos
WHAT DOES POWER SOUND LIKE? LOUD? BRASH? MASCULINE?
Here's the truth: if you're a woman, a person of colour, an immigrant or queer, there's often dissonance between how you speak and how we think
Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature
Melancholy I-II is a fictional invocation of the nineteenth-century Norwegian artist Lars Hertervig, who painted luminous landscapes, suffered mental i
Eight contestants. One killer. Can you find the traitor?
'Wow! What a page-turner. I'm a Celebrity meets Lord of the Flies.' Emma Curtis
‘The pace never slackens.’ Faith Martin
'Dark, distur
Czytamy w oryginale wielkie powieści to seria wydawnicza zawierająca adaptacje największych dzieł literatury anglojęzycznej. Dwujęzyczna adaptacja powieści `Moby Dick` to atrakcyjna pomoc dla uczącyc
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