Presents the story of Scrooge, a miser who becomes a different man when he is presented with visions of past, present and future by Marley's ghost.

A collection of some of the best sleuths in the business. It includes creators such as Poe and Conan Doyle to Hammet, Christie, Chandler, Rendell and Rankin.

Lewis Carroll's two Alice stories are renowned for their fantastic plots and use of nonsense. The edition, containing both stories, features John Tenniel's original illustrations.

It wasn't Archie's fault, really. It's true he went to America and fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor ...and if he did marry her - well, what else was there to do? From his point of view, the whole thing was a thoroughly good egg; but Mr Brewster, his father-in-law, thought differently.

In Nineteen eighty-four , one of the 20th century's great myth-makers takes a cold look at the future. Orwell's study of individual struggling - or not struggling - against totalitarianism remains a salutary lesson in any society.

Presents the author's views on taste, diet and maintaining a healthy weight, on digestion, sleep, dreams and being a gourmand. This title contains some remarkable recipes, it an elegant argument for the pleasures of good food and a hearty appetite.

The Frozen Assets belong to Edmund Biffen Christopher and they are the legacy of his Godfather which he will receive if he manages to avoid been arrested, something of a habit of Biffen's, until after his thirtieth birthday one week hence. Lord Tilbury, proprietor of the Mammoth publish company, is keen that Biffen does fall foul of the law.

The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto ) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic.

As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired topics ranging from intimate domestic dramas, to fanciful flights of the imagination. This work features stories that is imbued with Christmas spirit of one kind or another. It also includes: Green Holly ; The Night Before Christmas ; Vanka ; The Burglar's Christmas ; and Dancing Dan's Christmas .

A colourful array of characters including Gussie Fink-Nottle, the soupy Madeleine Bassett, and the Rev. H.P. ('Stinker') Pinker, add an 18th century cow-creamer, a small notebook and mix with Aunt Dahlia. It all spells trouble for Bertie and Jeeves.

Contains stories that include The Fat of the Land , Scratch Man , The Right Approach , Jeeves Makes An Omelette , The Word In Season , Big Business , Leave It To Algy , Joy Bells For Walter , A Tithe For Charity , and Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust .

A series with silk-ribbon markers and headbands, gold stamping on front and spine, and the original colour illustrations on the jackets. This version of the legends of King Arthur was first published in 1953, and the illustrations are those with which Beardsley made his name in 1893, aged 20.

A collection of stories that concern relationships, sports and household pets.

Includes The Madman , The Forerunner , The Prophet , Sand and Foam , Jesus the Son of Man , Earth Gods , The Wanderer , The Garden of the Prophet , Prose Poems , Spirits Rebellious , Nymphs of the Valley and A Tear and a Smile .

A collection of major works of Tacitus, one of the greatest historian of Roman empire. It includes such works as the Annals and the Histories , Agricola and the Germania .

Roald Dahl is well known as a master of the macabre and the unexpected in the tradition of Saki. This volume includes the stories in chronological order as established by Dahl's biographer, Jeremy Treglown, in consultation with the Dahl estate.

Elizabeth Bennet is at first determined to dislike Mr. Darcy, who is handsome and eligible. This misjudgment only matched in folly by Darcy's arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way to truer feelings in a comedy concerned with happiness and how it might be achieved.

A story of passionate love, travail and final triumph. The relationship between the heroine and Mr Rochester is only one episode, albeit the most important, in a detailed fictional autobiography in which the author transmuted her own experience into high art.