Classic / British English During one hot summer on Long Island, Jay Gatsby throws an amazing party every weekend. He is an extremely wealthy man, alth ...

Resting one night on a boat on the River Thames, Charlie Marlow tells his friends about his experiences as a steamboat captain on the River Congo. The ...

Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead just outside his home, Baskerville Hall. Many of the Baskerville family have died mysteriously. People say that ...

A stranger arrives in a small village wearing a long coat and gloves. His head is covered in bandages and dark glasses hide his eyes. The villagers ar ...

When her mother dies, Mary Yellan goes to live with her aunt and uncle at Jamaica Inn. Strange things happen there at night, and Mary slowly discovers ...

Jane Eyre, a poor orphan, grows up in misery until she becomes the governess in the house of wealthy Mr Rochester and falls in love. But mysterious ev ...

Michael Henchard is a wealthy and respected man, but he has a terrible secret. Twenty years ago, when he was unemployed and penniless, he sold his wif ...

In Middlemarch, Dorothea wants to change the world and Dr Lydgate hopes to make great scientific discoveries. But after disastrous marriages, they bot ...

Classic / British EnglishThis collection of six short stories, based on Shakespeare's plays, is the perfect introduction to one of the world's greates ...

This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century short stories. Some are about ordinary people ...

Jane and Elizabeth Bennet are the oldest of five sisters in need of husbands, but it isn?t easy to find the right man. Are Mr Bingley, Mr Darcy and Mr ...

Rudolf Rassendyll, a daring young Englishman looking for adventure, arrives in Ruritania for the new king's coronation. The two men meet by chance the ...