In The Great Gatsby , Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the disillusion of post-war America and the moral failure of a society obsessed with wealth and status. But the does more than render the essence of a particular time and place, for in chronicling Gatsby's tragic pursuit of his dream, Fitzgerald re-creates the universal conflict between illusion and reality. (more info) Usually despatched immediately
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte | In a house haunted by memories, the past is everywhere...As darkness falls, a man caught in a snowstorm is forced to shelter at the strange,... (more info)
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| | The Old Man and the Seaby Ernest Hemingway | Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It... (more info)
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The Great Gatsbyby F. Scott Fitzgerald | Considered one of the all-time great American works of fiction, Fitzgerald's glorious yet ultimately tragic social satire on the Jazz Age... (more info)
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| | Fiesta : The Sun Also Risesby Ernest Hemingway | Hemingway's first novel, set in 1920s Paris, a city of Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Jake is... (more info)
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The Outsiderby Albert Camus | Meursault leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and... (more info)
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| | The Captain's Daughter and a History of Pugachovby Alexander Pushkin | Set against the backdrop of the the Pugachev rebellion against Catherine the Great, The Captain's Daughter was Pushkin's only completed... (more info)
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Animal Farmby George Orwell | When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the... (more info)
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| | Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984by George Orwell | Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the... (more info)
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The Republicby Plato | Plato's "Republic" is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and... (more info)
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| | Castle of Otrantoby Horace Walpole | With this title, Walpole established the Gothic as a literary form in England. It was first published as a scholarly translation from an... (more info)
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Castle Rackrentby Maria Edgeworth | During the 1790s, with Ireland in political crisis, Maria Edgeworth made a surprisingly rebellious choice: in Castle Rackrent, her first... (more info)
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| | Hard Timesby Charles Dickens | Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an... (more info)
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Phaedrusby Plato | Set in the idyllic countryside outside Athens, the Phaedrus is a dialogue between the philosopher Socrates and his friend Phaedrus, inspired... (more info)
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| | Inspirations : Selections from Classic Literatureby Paulo Coelho | 'Anthology' comes from the Greek word that stands for garlands - a bouquet of flowers. An anthology then, should be a small token of... (more info)
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