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Animal Farm by George Orwell
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
With a new introduction by Professor John Sutherland, this edition takes a fresh look at one of the great works of the twentieth century. Animal Farm is a moral animal fable written to highlight the weakness of humankind, and satirise the rule of Stalin, whose rise through revolution ended in totalitar ...Show more
At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft
Category: Fiction | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
Complete and unabridged paperback edition.At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the Fe ...Show more
Bleak House by DICKENS, CHARLES
Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
A "legal dispute novel" written in days gone by, sophisticated in a way modern "crime stories" are lacking. Bleak House by Charles Dickens is an example of classic fiction first published in 1853 in the United Kingdom. A true book of worth, a classic that lives on in an era of timeless distinction. Earl ...Show more
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
At the court of Chancery the inheritance case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been going on for generations, but a new piece of evidence might end it once and for all.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers ...Show more
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell; Jaron Murphy (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
After travelling to Spain at the end of 1936 with the intention of working as a correspondent for a British socialist newspaper, thirty-three-year-old George Orwell decided to join the Republican efforts to overturn Franco's Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. Having enrolled in the POUM militias, th ...Show more
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
With a new introduction by Professor Richard Bradford this edition takes a fresh look at one of the great works of the twentieth century. Orwell's classic dystopian fiction warns us of our future, and deals with issues that speak to multiple dangers faced by many nations today. Winston Smith is a memb ...Show more
The Avenger by Edgar Wallace; Fiona Peters (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
Edgar Wallace, the original writer of King Kong and hundreds of vintage crime, science fiction and adventure novels, created The Avenger as a page-turning thriller about the mysterious death of Francis Elmer, a dark secret and a movie set. The discovery of a mysterious note signed 'The Head Hunter' ligh ...Show more
The Empty House, and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood; Ruth Heholt (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
Algernon Blackwood, one of the founding fathers of modern ghost and horror stories, inspired generations of writers from H.P. Lovecraft to Shirley Jackson and our very own Ramsey Campbell. Blackwood's 'The Empty House' is one of the most famous haunted house stories in the English language, with its car ...Show more
The Job by Sinclair Lewis; James M. Hutchisson (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
Book Excerpt: the Panama Annual Chautauqua. She could have a job selling dry-goods behind the counter in the Hub Store, but that meant loss of caste. She could teach dancing--but she couldn't dance particularly well. And that was all that she could do. She had tried to find work as office-woman for Dr. ...Show more
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe
Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
A beautifully crafted tale of gothic romance. Fresh with grief for her recently-deceased father and forced to live with an aunt who doesn't want her, Emily is plunged into a nightmarish world in this terrifying gothic classic by Ann Radcliffe. Having been forced apart from the man she loves, Emily finds ...Show more
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell; Débora Tavares (Introduction by)
Category: Classic | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
An unflinching look at unemployment and life among the working classes in Britain during the Great Depression, The Road to Wigan Pier offers an in-depth examination of socio-economic conditions in the coal-mining communities of England's industrial areas, including detailed analysis of workers' wages, l ...Show more
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Category: Classics | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 'Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, - stern and wild ones, - and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss' Fiercely romantic and hugely influential, The Scarlet Letter is the tale of Hester P ...Show more