Series: Wordsworth classics

Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Introduction by A. D. P. Briggs. As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless and passion...

When Axel deciphers an old parchment that describes a secret passage through a volcano to the centre of the Earth, nothing will stop him and his eccentric uncle from embarking on a perilous, terrifying journey through the subterranean world.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a classic representation of the impoverished and politically powerless underclass of British society in Edwardian England, ruthlessly exploited by the institutionalized corruption of their employers and the civic and religious authorities.

Set in a provincial town in the early 19th century, 'Wives and Daughters', Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel, is a subtle representation of historical change explored in human terms.

The phrase 'life's little ironies' is now proverbial, but it was coined by Thomas Hardy as the title for this volume of short stories. This collection displays the whole range of Hardy's art as a writer of fiction, from fantasy to uncompromising realism.