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Sophocles the Athenian was born in 496 B.C. and lived ninety years. A memoir written by an anonymo...

In modern times the Oresteian trilogy has rightly been accorded a place among the greatest achieve...

Over two centuries, the American novel has made a vital contribution to the body of world literatur...

The purpose of this Dictionary is to act as a companion to the inquiring gallery visitor, and, we h...

'It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...' Those are the famous lines of Dick...

"Monsignor Quixote is modern picaresque, with frequent nods to Cervantes... Quixote and Sancho drin...

On the occasion of the centenary of Joseph Conrad's birth in December I857 Penguinguin Books are i...

A charming pastoral legend of old Liechtenstein is balanced by an account of the war-torn l...

The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Guide, was first published in 1653, and is still r...

When a friend dies, Julia Garnet goes to stay in Venice, where a lifetime of caution is challenged....

A Great Art, A Great American Tradition “What started as an American Invention ...

It is not the fault of our doctors that the medical service of the community, as at present provide...

This novel is Hermann Hesse’s indictment of conventional education. It is the story of a bril...

'It would not be fair to record the adventures of Father Brown without admitting that he was once in...

Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin of Protestant stock, in 1856, and died at Ayot St Lawrence, Herts, i...

From the ever-swinging pendulum, the narrative, like an advanced computer programmer, multiplies, ...

Our Mutual Friend is about money money money and what money can make of life. This theme plays an im...

500 American Masterpieces This superb collections covers a period of three hundred years. Three-qua...

 The Fancy is set in an aircraft factory during the dark days of the Second world War Inspired...

If The Social Contract (Everyman's Library No. 660) is politically the mostsignificant of Rou...

'A book which is nothing less than a description of the formation of an entire culture...Naipaul, wi...

There are many kinds of stories in this book I hope you will find some that you like... In going whe...

Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and ever...