Everyman's library

Victor Frankenstein has discovered the secret of generating life from lifeless matter, and has created a monster being by using this terrible power.

Contains new English translations of the Russian texts of thirteen stories by early nineteenth-century Ukrainian author Nikolai Gogol, presented in the order of their composition.

In a connected trilogy by geography and character, Chinua Achebe tells a universal tale of personal and moral struggle in a changing world.

Captain Charles Ryder returns to the country estate of Brideshead where he indulges in a sentimental journey that takes him back twenty years to his schoolmates at Oxford and to his memories of the Marchmains.

A satirical look at Victorian manners recounting the experiences of two finishing school graduates, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley.

Presents Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home from the Trojan War while his wife and son are forced to scheme to protect his throne.

Presents the texts of eighteenth-century French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's essays on the principles of constitutional legitimacy.

These two pamphlets are recognized as classic arguments in defense of the individuals's right to assert their freedom in the face of tyranny.