The romance between Captain Wentworth and Anne, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, is doomed because of the young man's family connections and lack of wealth, until he makes his fortune at sea and returns to claim her as his wife.
The private and social worlds of three families are revealed through the experiences of the heroine, Fanny Price.
Catherine Morland's sentimental illusions about life and love crumble as she enters into adulthood and encounters the politics, pitfalls, and machinations of Bath society.
In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the suit of a snobbish gentleman, and the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.
Sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood set their sights on men to perfectly match their disparate personalities, with unexpected results.
In the fog of London, lawyers enrich themselves with endless litigation over a dwindling inheritance.
A collection of short stories reflects American society during the 1920s and portrays the aristocratic class of the era.
2 packs of beautiful notebooks designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith - to sell alongside the already hugely successful Penguin English Library
English; Paperback / Softback
Release: October 2012, delayed / Delivery time: Pre-Order (Article not released yet)
2 packs of beautiful notebooks designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith - to sell alongside the already hugely successful Penguin English Library
English; Paperback / Softback
Release: October 2012, delayed / Delivery time: Pre-Order (Article not released yet)
The unusual voyages of Englishman Lemuel Gulliver carry him to such strange locales as Lilliput, where the inhabitants are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; an island of sorcerers; and a nation ruled by horses.
George Eliot's masterful classic, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition George Eliot's most ambitious novel is a masterly evocation of diverse lives and changing fortunes in a provincial community. Peopling its landscape are Dorothea Brooke, a young idealist whose search for [...]
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite [...]
Presents the story of a young man's painful sexual and intellectual awakening that echoes Fitzgerald's own career.
Tells the story of four 'little women' Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - four of American literature's most beloved women.
A young woman looks back at her childhood in a harsh orphanage and describes her growing love for the man who employs her as governess.