Everyman's library

Presents Herodotus's classic history of the early fifth-century invasion of Greece by the Persian Empire, which provides detailed cultural background on the peoples involved; and includes an introduction, time line, explanatory and textual notes, and an index of proper names.

Presents sixty stories by nineteenth-century American author Mark Twain.

Translation of an early eleventh-century novel about the life of Japanese nobleman Genji, the son of an emperor who finds himself falling in love with women who remind him of the mother he lost in his youth.

Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in Nebraska, inherits the family farm and finds love with an old friend.

The passionate confessions of a suffering man who identifies himself as sick and spiteful.

Elucidates the idea of the Tao, or the Way, in Chinese religious thought.

Presents six Shakespeare tragedies with explanatory notes, including "Titus Andronicus," "Julius Caesar," and "Coriolanus," and provides an extensive introduction, a select bibliography, and a Shakespeare chronology with literary context and historical events.

Presents four Shakespeare tragedies with explanatory notes, including "Hamlet," "Othello," "King Lear," and "Macbeth," and provides an extensive introduction, a select bibliography, and a Shakespeare chronology with literary context and historical events.

Translates an edited version of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius's ponderings on power, human nature, and mortality, among other philosophical concerns; includes a chronology, a genealogical table, and extensive notes.