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'It was useless to think I'd ever be able to throw open the door behind which I was yet again hiding ... Not now. Not ever.' School is a place o...

Bold, moving, entertaining and controversial, this is the great novel of 1960s Lagos life - with one of the most unforgettable heroines in literatu...

Shocking, banned and the subject of obscenity trials, Henry Miller's first novel Tropic of Cancer is one of the most scandalous and influential bo...

A Doll's House/Ghosts/Pillars of the Community/An Enemy of the People'Our home has never been anything other than a play-house. I've been your doll...

When Lord Petre had the effrontery of cutting off a lock of Lady Arabella Fermor's hair, a veritable war erupted between the two noble families. A ...

A timeless classic comes alive with Francesca Rossi's gorgeous illustrations, now in a smaller format.What is the secret that lies behind the great...

Willa Cather’s novels brought the life of American settlers on the Great Plains to the forefront of the nation’s consciousness during a time when t...

With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger—Camus''s masterpiece—gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a sen...

Published in 1912, The Lost World combines fantasy and science fiction genres, setting out unknown lands filled with primeval creatures and unknown...

This handsome paperback anthology brings together the classic short fiction of M.R. James, one of the most acclaimed ghost story writers of all tim...

First published in 1872, Carmilla is a classic gothic novella and one of the earliest examples of vampire fiction. Fast-paced and gripping, the sto...

Revolving around the themes of war, treason and betrayal, King Lear is the most famous of all Shakespeare’s tragedies. The play recounts the story ...

Agatha Christie's first ever murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover - includes for the first time the original courtroom climax as an a...

A beautiful gift edition for adults of this touching and wise classic book. Featuring the original translation by Katherine Woods and full-colour i...

Discover the story of Great Expectations with this striking collector’s edition from Union Square & Co.'s Signature Editions series! The classi...

'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray'The palm trees around the railway station were motionless, fixed in a Saharan sun . . . It really fe...

The funny and moving story of the apocalypse - as seen from one small village in England'I loved this book, by turns funny and tragic ... It moves ...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Written in 1876, this is a novel about a young boy gro...

First published in 1954, William Golding's debut novel, now a classic, is a stark story of survival, probing the depths of human nature, and what h...