′My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know, what you have read, and seen, and thought, I feel what a nothing I am!′Challenging the hypocrisy and social conve
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW is a gothic short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and
′Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.′One of Shakespeare′s most witty and enjoyable comedies, Much Ado About Nothing is a play that explores courtship, romance and marriage through a number of re
′The woman who first gives life, light, and form to our shadowy conceptions of beauty, fills a void in our spiritual nature that has remained unknown to us till she appeared.′One of the earliest works
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars… First published in 1855, and edited,
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.My Antonia is Willa Cather’s masterpiece about 19th-century Nebraskan pioneers.My Antonia depicts the pioneerin
′One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.′Revealing the truths and realities about
′Now he found out a new thing - namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.′An idyllic snapshot of a boy′s childhood alon
‘“Come along, Toto,” she said. “We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to Kansas again.”’Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find the
From the author of THE GREAT GATSBY, a tale of marriage and disappointment in the Roaring Twenties. First published in 1922, THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED was F. Scott Fitzgerald′ s second novel, and is wi
One of the classics of English children′s literature, and one of the earliest books written specifically for boys, this novel′s steady popularity has given it an influence well beyond the upper middle
′Bear you well in this new spring of time,Lest you be cropp′d before you come to prime.′King Richard II rules England in a wasteful and short-sighted way, spending money unwisely and selecting his cou
′Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west!′Jim is a well-bred young romantic who takes to the seas with hopes of adventure and the asp
′You can′t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.′Knocked unconscious, it is only when mechanic Hank Morgan comes to that he finds himself in 6th-century England rather than ninete
′"I am Kim. I am Kim. And what is Kim?" His soul repeated it again and again.′Set against the backdrop of Britain and Russia′s political struggle in central Asia, Kim, the son of a drunken Irish soldi
Hugely ambitious in its historical focus and vast geographical scope, Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare′s most astonishing tragedies. The drama centres on the relationships between his main p
Set amid the splendor of London drawing rooms and gilded Venetian palazzos, The Wings of the Dove is the story of Milly Theale, a naïve, doomed American heiress, and a pair of lovers, Kate Croy and Me
′People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbours.′An epic study of provincial life at a time when England was facing rapid industrializatio
′Don′t you sometimes feel that this is the kind of life we were meant to live on this earth? Everything we need, everything, right here, right at our fingertips.′Said to be inspired by Daniel Defoe′s
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. “My heart is good, but still I am a monster.” A poor merchant, lost deep in the woods during a storm, seeks re
