Inspired by Dostoevsky s own gambling addiction and written under pressure in order to pay off his c... more

One of Dickens s finest novels, Great Expectations chronicles the fortunes of its young protagonist ... more

Dante s dramatic journey through the circles of hell in search of redemption - and his encounter wit... more

, and obscure science, with its chilling final revelation, became an instant horror classic when it was first published in...... more

classic has enthralled readers and inspired countless adaptations and imitations since it was first published in 1838....... more

The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the worl... more

A novel of high romance and great intensity, Jane Eyre has enjoyed popular success and critical accl... more

Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when S... more

Leo Tolstoy s most personal novel, Anna Karenina scrutinizes fundamental ethical and theological que... more

The pride of high-ranking Mr Darcy and the prejudice of middle-class Elizabeth Bennet conduct an abs... more

When the young salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous insect, his s... more

Includes pictures and an extensive section on Dostoevsky s life and works After spending several yea... more

The tale of Heathcliff and Cathy s ungovernable love and suffering, and the havoc that their passion... more

At the end of an industrious political career in conflictriven Italy, the Florentine diplomat Niccol... more

scandal when it was published in 1857, Madame Bovary is Gustave Flaubert s masterpiece and one of the landmark works of...... more

Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant fa... more

Dante s dramatic journey down the circles of Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory and through the sphe... more

Since it was first published in 1818, Mary Shelley s seminal novel has generated countless print, stage and screen...... more

Finding himself locked in his room for six weeks, a young officer journeys around his room in his im... more

Presented as a series of letters between the humble copying clerk Devushkin and a distant relative o... more

The art of watercolor has had a distinctive history in Britain since the latter part of the 18th cen... more

By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 Abbas has never told anyone about his past; ab... more

我沒有偏心哪一滴雨，每一滴我都喜歡。 我沒有害怕任何罪惡，因為我跑得比誰都快。 我的皮膚和怪腔調裡包裹著一顆熾熱的星星， 就像鴿子一樣飛翔自在…… 天空想下雨，把地上的血沖走。 這... more

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Who s Whose? is an entertaining and straightforward guide to the most commonly confused words in Eng... more