The masterpiece of Rome's greatest poet, Virgil's Aeneid. More info...

It is now Thomas’ most widely known work, a wistful, tender, touching, wide-eyed in wonder evocation of the sights, smells and sounds of a child’s Christmas in a seaside town in Wales. More info...

Under Western Eyes, Conrad’s novel of political treachery and oppression, begins with a bomb that kills a hated Russian minister of police, along with innocent bystanders. A young student named Razumov hides the perpetrator, then betrays him and becomes a spy among his exiled comrades. He faces... More info...

Pensées (Thoughts) is a collection of Pascal’s notes and ideas for a book in defense of faith in a rational world. These fragments give evidence of a profoundly original thinker who has resolved his conflict between a scientific mind demanding proof and a spiritual position maintained by faith. More info...

First published in 1885, 'Huckleberry Finn' is one of the undoubted masterpieces of American literature... More info...