Classics
Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights British Library, 17th September, multiple item, £125, 9780712369015
Facsimile of the first edition from the British Library archives. Two volumes are combined in a sumptuous cloth-bound clamshell box with a facsimile of Brontë’s own copy of Poems.
Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights Capstone, 24th September, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781907326493
Literary masterpiece that continues to captivate readers across generations.
Series
The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Beth Brower
Bloomsbury, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781037210
Humorous series of charming novels set in 1880s London, which take the form of the diary entries of the plucky, bookish Emma M Lion. Vol 3 8th October, 631 Vol 4 8th October,662 Vol 5 19th November, 693 Vol 6 21st January, 723
EA Wallis Budge The Egyptian Book of the Dead Arcturus, 15th September, hb, £22.99, 9781398871489
Hardback gift edition presents the classic text with original, full-colour illustrations and striking, laser-cut page-edges.
Fanny Burney Cecilia Naxos AudioBooks, 1st November, audiobook, £59, 9781781986202
Compelling, pre-Austen masterpiece of society. Narrator Lucy Scott excels at depicting its rich tapestry of life.
The O’Brien Press, 12th October, hb, eb, £15.99, 9781788496186
From Ireland’s gothic writers come 10 chilling stories. The struggle between good and evil plays out in tales of betrayal, obsession and magic.
Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland and Other Classic Adventures Thomas Nelson, 10th September, hb, £20, 9781400356621
Laci Fowler’s hand- painted work graces this collector’s edition.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Charlotte Mandell (tr) London Alma Classics, 22nd October, pb, £16.99, 9781847499455
First-ever English translation of an unpublished work by the author of Journey to the End of the Night.
Ivy Compton-Burnett A House and Its Head Naxos AudioBooks, 1st October, audiobook, £19.50, 9781781986318
Brilliantly icy comedy of cruelty. In the prosperous late-Victorian Edgeworth household, Duncan rules with a quiet tyranny. Read by Emma Gregory.
Arthur Conan Doyle The Land of Mist Alma Classics, 27th August, pb, £7.99, 9781847495280
Third and final novel featuring Professor Challenger. Also published by Alma are the other Challenger stories: The Poison Belt and Other Stories and The Lost World.
Arthur Conan Doyle Tales of Horror and the Supernatural Alma Classics, 24th September, pb, £7.99, 9781847499479
Annotated edition of Conan Doyle’s complete tales of horror and the supernatural, the only one currently available to English readers.
George Davidson The Illustrations of Gustave Doré
Arcturus, 1st November, hb, £27.99, 9781398867871
Brings together the most celebrated works of the great 19th-century illustrator Gustave Doré, alongside the texts that inspired them. Features gold blocking and printed edges.
Helen Carr (ed) Irish Gothic
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Daniel Defoe Roxana Naxos AudioBooks, 1st September, audiobook, £33, 9781781986127
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Defoe’s cautionary tale about a destitute woman who uses wit and beauty to become a wealthy courtesan is read by Stephanie Racine.
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories Chartwell, 5th November, hb, £14.99, 9780785850281
Collectible edition also features The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth and more.
Charles Dickens Tales of the Supernatural Alma Classics, 24th September, pb, £7.99, 9781847499486
As well as offering a further dimension to the world of his better- known masterpieces, these tales illustrate Dickens’s well-known love of a spooky story.
Gustave Doré Victorian London Arcturus, 1st November, hb, £27.99, 9781398867888
Gorgeously presented edition reproduces all of Doré’s London illustrations alongside carefully selected texts of the period. Published in a luxury large format edition with gold blocking and printed edges.
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Michael R Katz (tr) The Idiot
Liveright, 4th September, hb, eb, £34, 9781324096375
The acclaimed translator of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov returns with a definitive new rendering of Dostoevsky’s most enigmatic novel.
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett (tr) Crime and Punishment
Arcturus, 1st September, hb, £19.99, 9781398866287
Deluxe hardback edition with cover embossing and printed page edges.
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett (tr) White Nights and Other Stories
Arcturus, 1st August, pb, £7.99, 9781398868021
Includes Dostoevsky’s tale of unrequited love alongside psychological and philosophical stories such as A Faint Heart and The Peasant Marey.
Fyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers Karamazov Arcturus, 1st November, pb, £9.99, 9781398868472
Packed with philosophical discussions on life, morality and religion, Dostoevsky’s masterpiece is full of
surprises as love triangles emerge, courtroom drama plays out and a murder mystery unravels.
Arthur Conan Doyle The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection Arcturus, 30th September, multiple item, £54.99, 9781398876880
Step into the cobbled streets of Victorian London with this spectacular collection of detective stories, presented in a deluxe, clothbound box set edition with printed page-edges.
Alexandre Dumas The Nutcracker Macmillan Collector’s Library, 1st October, hb, eb, £10.99, 9781035081400
The famous magical adventure retold by classic French author.
George Eliot Middlemarch Chartwell, 5th November, hb, £18.99, 9780785850168
Masterful portrait of society, marriage and inner life.
George Eliot Middlemarch Arcturus, 1st September, hb, £19.99, 9781398866324
Deluxe hardback version with cover embossing and printed page edges.
Carter Vaughn Findley Dreams of Empire Oxford University Press, 15th October, hb, £30, 9780190074142
Comprehensive history of the Ottoman Empire from its beginnings in 1300 to its dissolution in 1922 by North America’s leading Ottomanist.
F Scott Fitzgerald The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Macmillan Collector’s Library, 3rd September, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781037403507
Three thought-provoking stories from a great American writer. One of 10 pocket-sized paperbacks from Macmillan Collector’s Library celebrating the art of the short story.
Series
Heliodorus: Aithiopika: The Adventures of Theagenes and Charikleia William Furley, Nikoletta Kanavou Liverpool University Press, 11th December, hb, 97818078108
Critical edition and translation of famous Ancient Greek romance
set in Greece, Egypt and Ethiopia. Volume One Books 1-5 £150, 87 Volume Two Books 6-10 £135, 56 Volumes One and Two £250, 25
Jennifer Gerrish Julius Caesar: The Gallic War Books I-II Liverpool University Press, 13th November, pb, £27, 9781807810290
Narrates the campaigns of Caesar’s first two years in Gaul (58-57 BCE).
Edward Gibbon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (illus) Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire Arcturus, 30th November, hb, £19.99, 9781398872806
Handsome hardback edition with printed page-edges is gloriously illustrated by the Italian artist.
Kenneth Grahame, Arthur Rackham (illus) The Wind in the Willows
Arcturus, 1st January, hb, £8.99, 9781398864719
One of the greatest animal stories ever written, Kenneth Grahame’s classic novel is guaranteed to delight all young readers aged eight and up. This edition features Rackham’s famous illustrations.
Kenneth Grahame, Arthur Rackham (illus) The Wind in the Willows
Arcturus, 1st August, pb, £7.99, 9781398868229
Charming paperback edition for all ages.
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Arthur Rackham (illus), Margaret Hunt (tr) World Classics Library: Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Arcturus, 15th August, hb, £19.99, 9781398866355
Readers young and old will delight in the spell-binding tales of the Brothers Grimm, derived from Germanic folklore.
Series Nathaniel Hawthorne,
F Storr, VC Turnbull, HP Maskell, Guy E Lloyd, MM Bird et al Classical Mythology: Myths and Legends of the Ancient World
Arcturus, 1st October, hb, £24.99, 9781398866386
Deluxe treasury more than 40 tales, beautifully presented with classic illustrations, a gold- embossed cover and patterned page edges.
Sean O Hoireabhard The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion
Liverpool University Press, 11th September, pb, £36, 9781807810610
First analysis of the 12th-century Irish kingdoms, Irish kingship and the impact of the English invasion.
Homer, Samuel Butler (tr) The Iliad Arcturus, 1st September, hb, £24.99, 9781398866393
The heroic story of the siege of Troy presented in hardback form. Gold cover embossing, patterned endpapers and printed page edges.
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Cazalet Chronicles Elizabeth Jane Howard Picador, 20th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 97810374091
All five books in a landmark series that still resonates with readers. A privileged family faces uncertain times before, during and after the Second World War. The Light Years 34 Marking Time 41 Confusion 58 Casting off 65 All Change 72
Gail Hughes, Catrin Menai, Tyler Keevil Flamingos Parthian Books, 6th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781913830908
Deep in the heart of the Ontario badlands, Gail Hughes’ evocative stories capture a young girl’s coming of age.
Jessica Hughes Our Lady of Pompeii Oxford University Press, 7th August, hb, £30, 9780198905912
A history of the Pompeii shrine’s rapid growth (1876–1890) and how the ruined city shaped its identity, inspiring artists, writers and pilgrims.
Washington Irving, Judith John The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Flame Tree Collectable Classics, 24th November, hb, £10.99, 9781804178324
Great new edition that includes other stories including Rip Van Winkle.
Panait Istrati, Jacques Le Clercq (tr), Natalia Suvorova (illus) The Thistles of Baragan Thousand Horsemen Press, 29th October, pb, £10.99, 9781068209772
A Romanian classic, one of the most gut- wrenching yet strangely
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