Everyman's library

A ninteenth-century novel which tells the humorous story of embittered old bachelor Squire Dale and his impoverished nieces who live in the cathedral town of Barchester.

A collection of Melville's short stories and novellas, including such pieces as "Benito Cereno" and "Bartleby the Scrivener.".

Story of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man in nineteenth-century England.

A mysterious drifter named Axel Heyst rescues a "bad girl" from a seedy tropical hotel and takes her home to Samburan, his own island in the East Indies. Three intruders follow them and bring horror, death, and a strange, haunting victory.

Two readers, a man and a woman, pursue story lines that intrigue them, in a novel about reading novels.

Presents the text of the King James version of the New Testament of the Bible, and includes an introduction that discusses the history and lasting appeal of the King James translation, first published in 1611.

Bernard Marx feels empty despite living in a world where everyone is provided for, babies are genetically engineered to be perfect, and there is no violence.

Each of the five great plays illustrate the Italian dramatist's concern with the isolation of the individual.