Classic Fiction

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke concerns the foundation of human knowledge and understanding, and is one of the classic philosophical works of the seventeenth century.

In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works

Sigmund Freud's controversial ideas have penetrated Western culture more deeply than those of any other psychologist. But psychoanalysis was never just a method of treatment, rather a vision of the human condition which has…

Animal Farm is George Orwell’s famous satire of Stalin’s Russia told through the guise of a farm animal rebellion, featuring an introduction by journalist and writer Jason Cowley.

Animal Farm is George Orwell’s brilliant…

Tolstoy's tragic tale of love, marriage and infidelity.

Trapped in a stifling marriage, Anna Karenina is swept off her feet by dashing Count Vronsky. Rejected by society, the two lovers flee to Italy, where Anna finds herself…

Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)

Anna Karenina is one of the loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. This book addresses the very nature of society at various levels - of destiny,…

The second book in Lucy Maud Montgomery’s much loved Anne of Green Gables series.

The sequel to Anne of Green Gables, there are lots of new characters to get to know as well as many much loved ones to meet again in Anne of…

This stunning Oxford Children's Classic edition is the perfect introduction to Anne of Green Gables-the unbeatable coming-of-age story.

Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic work of children's fiction

A celebration of the transformative power of love, Lucy Maud Montgomery's beloved children's classic is a brilliantly warm and funny portrait of a girl who has a second…

Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery, L.)

Anne's House of Dreams is the fifth novel about Anne Shirley, the red-haired girl from Green Gables.
Life seems perfect to Anne Shirley, about to marry her childhood friend Gilbert Blythe and set up home with him in her 'house of

Jules Verne's thrilling adventure novel

Now on BBC! Watch Jules Verne's exciting classic adventure reimagined as an eight-part series starring David Tennant as Phileas Fogg. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series…

The two political works in this text are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from an epoch in Chinese history known as the "Period of the Warring States" (4003 - 221 BC), they anticipate by nearly…

Flann O'Brien's innovative metafictional work, whose unruly characters strike out their own paths in life to the frustration of their author, At Swim-Two-Birds is a brilliant impressionistic jumble of ideas, mythology and nonsense