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Charlotte Brontë's moving masterpiece the novel that has been "teaching true strength of character for generations" (The Guardian). Nominated as one of America s best-loved novels by PBS s The Great American Read A novel of intense power and... Lire la suite

Victor Frankenstein is obsessed with the secret of resurrecting the dead. But when he makes a new 'man' out of plundered corpses, his hideous creation fills him disgust. Rejected by all humanity, the creature sets out to destroy Frankenstein and... Lire la suite

Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - four 'little women' enduring hardships and enjoying adventures in Civil War New England. This title tells the story of the March sisters. Lire la suite

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship... Lire la suite

This is how Oscar Wilde described the philosophy of "The Importance of Being Earnest", his most sparkling, witty and lighthearted play of aristocratic manners and high society. To avoid family duties, Algernon Moncrieff, a bachelor- about- town, has... Lire la suite

The parties art Gatsby's Long Island mansion was legendarily glamorous affairs. Yet amid the throng of guests, starlets and champagne waiters, their host would appear oddly aloof. For there was only one person Jay Gatsby sought to impress. She was... Lire la suite

After the death of her parents, Mary is brought back from India as a forlorn and unwanted child, to live in her uncle's great lonely house on the moors. Then one day she discovers the key to a secret garden and, like magic, her life begins to... Lire la suite

Originally titled "Elinor and Marianne", "Sense and Sensibility" was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be published. The contrasting personalities of two sisters are the centre of the story, supported by a wealth of satirically portrayed minor... Lire la suite

Dr Watson once again opens his portfoliio to reveal eight strange cases solved by the keen intellect of the master detective. They range from murdering and kidnapping to theft and treachery - though on one occasion it is Holmes and Watson who commit... Lire la suite