Classics
cheerful adventures. About discovering foreign lands, searching for a home and becoming an innocent child in a brutal world.
Henry James World Classics Library: Henry James
Arcturus, 15th August, hb, £19.99, 9781398866317
Handsome, jacketed hardback brings together three of the best works from Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw and Washington Square.
James Joyce A Little Cloud Macmillan Collector’s Library, 3rd September, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781037403460
Six stories about men and women in Dublin from the city’s most celebrated writer. One of 10 pocket- sized paperbacks from Macmillan Collector’s Library celebrating the art of the short story.
Vernon Lee A Phantom Lover Renard Press, 16th September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781804472095
One of the highest- regarded works by groundbreaking, feminist writer, A Phantom Lover is a psychological gothic tale with an unexpected, romantic twist.
Sheridan Le Fanu, Sean O’Rourke Carmilla Flame Tree Collectable Classics, 20th October, hb, £10.99, 9781806942619
Richly gothic and seductive tale of the feverish relationship between 19-year-old Laura and a strange guest at a lonely castle in Austria.
Elena Richards (ed) Classic Stories From Japan Macmillan Collector’s Library, 17th September, hb, eb, £10.99, 9781035076284
Famous and lesser- known tales including The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child, the inspiration for Studio Ghibli’s Princess Kaguya.
Mary Litchfield, Sarah Powers Bradish, Abbie Farewell Brown, William Morris, Edward Ernest Kellett Norse Mythology
Arcturus, 1st October, hb, £24.99, 9781398866409
Nicely presented in a gold foil-stamped hardback with printed edges, this illustrated collection opens a window into strange legends.
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Jack London World Classics Library: Jack London
Arcturus, 1st November, hb, £19.99, 9781398869042
Jack London was a pioneer of the adventure genre. This compendium assembles three of his most popular works: The Call of the Wild, White Fang and The Iron Heel.
Valeria Flavia Lovato, Silvio Bar John Tzetzes: The Little and Big Iliad Liverpool University Press, 9th October, hb, eb, £120, 9781807810269
A 12th-century retelling of The Iliad, with scholia, in its first English translation.
HP Lovecraft , Steven J Mariconda At the Mountains of Madness & Other Stories Flame Tree Collectable Classics, 20th October, hb, £10.99, 9781806942602
Hidden secrets, lost civilisations and alien origins from cosmic horror master.
Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince Chartwell, 5th November, hb, £14.99, 9780785850076
Machiavelli’s astute observations on how to read people and situations to acquire power.
Katherine Mansfield The Daughters of the Late Colonel Macmillan Collector’s Library, 3rd September, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781035098699
Dazzling short story collection from Modernist writer.
Katherine Mansfield Short Stories Arcturus, 1st August, pb, £7.99, 9781398864818
Brings together 18 short stories by a leading voice in her field. They explore the fascinating complexities of relationships and psychological conflicts.
Katherine Mansfield The Aloe and Prelude Renard Press, 21st October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804472118
Unjustly neglected masterpiece from the much-loved New Zealand author of The Garden Party.
Gesine Manuwald Cicero: De Re Publica Liverpool University Press, 11th September, pb, £45, 9781807810252
English translation and up-to-date commentary on all the surviving text.
Patrick McCabe Breakfast on Pluto Picador, 10th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035091430
Booker Prize-shortlisted novel from one of Ireland’s leading lights.
Patrick McCabe Poguemahone Picador, 10th September, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781037404382
State of the nation novel-in-verse by one of Ireland’s most important writers.
VS Naipaul Miguel Street Picador, 13th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035091478
Astonishing novel about hope, despair, poverty and laughter and the first book written by the Nobel laureate.
VS Naipaul Guerrillas Picador, 10th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035091492
Tale of fraudulent revolution, schizophrenia and murder, republished in the Picador Collection.
Alice Dunbar Nelson A Carnival Jangle Macmillan Collector’s Library, 3rd September, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781037403415
Selection of illuminating stories.
E Nesbit The Railway Children Flame Tree Collectable Classics, 20th October, hb, £8.99, 9781806942626
Bobbie, Phyllis, and Peter adjust to countryside life and grow fascinated by the railway where they uncover clues about their father’s mysterious disappearance.
E Nesbit
The Phoenix and the Carpet Flame Tree Collectable Classics, 20th October, hb, £8.99, 9781806942633
Four children discover a magical carpet and a mysterious egg.
The World Mythology Collection Arcturus, 30th September, multiple item, £54.99, 9781398876873
A world of gods, warriors and adventures presented in a spectacular boxed collection of myths and legends.
Plato, Benjamin Jowett (tr) World Classics Library: Plato
Arcturus, 15th August, hb, £19.99, 9781398866331
Plato’s ideas on reason and justice have had
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