Literature

Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt! Throughout the hardships of her childhood - spent with a severe aunt and abusive cousin, and l...

A radical look at Jane Austen as youve never seen her as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. The Genius of Jane Austen cel...

Get comfortable, sink under the covers and dip into the hilarious Under the Duvet: Deluxe Edition for a behind-the-scenes glimpse into bestselling ...

Shakespeare everyone can understandnow in this new EXPANDED edition of MACBETH!   Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play ...

'Truly a marvellous collection ... There is balm for the soul, fire for the belly, a cooling compress for the fevered brow, solace for the wounded,...

Mind Platter is a compilation of reflections on life through the eyes of an educator, student and human who experienced most of life in silence. It...

A stunning Penguin clothbound edition of Homer's great epic, in E. V. Rieu's classic translation.The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary a...

Audrey Niffenegger, bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife, invites you to creep through haunted houses and commune with the undead in this...

From bestselling author, speaker, and educator Najwa Zebian comes a collectible treasury of her most beloved poetry and prose. Selected by the auth...

'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE 'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP 'Brilliantly co...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Here is one of Thomas Hardys most popular novels, soon to be rel...

We're all in Sales nowParents sell their kids on going to bed. Spouses sell their partners on mowing the lawn. We sell our bosses on giving us more...

A devastating essay on loss and the people we love from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. ...

Whats this youre writing? asked Pooh, climbing onto the writing table.The Tao of Pooh, I replied.The how of Pooh? asked Pooh, smudging one of the w...

Shakespeares combination of violence, introspection, dark humour and rich language in Hamlet is intoxicating. It remains the world's most widely st...

Rafah, a town at the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip, is a squalid place. Raw concrete buildings front rubbish-strewn alleys. The narrow streets...

An enhanced exam section: expert guidance on approaching exam questions, writing high-quality responses and using critical interpretations, plus...

Dark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies. Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library; a series ...

When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that combines intellectual author...

'A tour de force' Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain From the doctor's office to the opioid crisis, The Hard Sell is the story of a ph...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A mind-blowing and emotionally honest tale of survival against all odds.' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'A breathtaking me...

First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkiens most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature o...

THE MANAGEMENT OF SAVAGERY tells the story of the parallel rise of international jihadism and Western ultra-nationalism. Since Washington's secret ...

Following the smash success of her best-selling book, Pillow Thoughts, Courtney Peppernell now returns with the follow-up sequel Pillow Thoughts II...

Why am I trying to become what I dont want to be when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am. Willy Loman is an...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Greedily she engorged without restraint,And knew not e...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING MEMOIR OF SPY-WRITING LEGEND JOHN LE CARRÉ*NOW A MAJOR APPLE TV MOTION PICTURE*'As recognizable a writer as...

Stunning three-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien''s life and works ever published, including syn...

In J. R. R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion, Middle-earth endured cataclysmic wars and critical battles, causing great ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion are some of the greatest tales of good versus evil ever told. From the crea...

Joan Didions hugely influential collection of essays which defines, for many, the America which rose from the ashes of the Sixties. ...

From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today written as a letter ...

'The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful.'These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries...

Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the leading figures in early American literature, and Walden is without doubt his most influential book. P...

An entire race was born when J.R.R. Tolkien scrawled on a leaf, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.' From the invention of that single w...