Jude the Obscure, Hardy’s last novel, caused a public furor when it was first published, with its fearless and challenging exploration of class and sexual relationships.

First published on 19 December 1843, A Christmas Carol became an instant classic. Scrooge’s transformation from grumpy miser to charitable figure carries a heart-warming message for the Christmas season – a time of peace and goodwill to all men.

The story of Mowgli, the abandoned “man-cub” who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created.

Mansfield Park is largely considered to be one of Jane Austen’s most ambitious novels, a darkly satirical glimpse into morality and social mobility within the nineteenth-century British class system.

Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

A stunningly beautiful clothbound hardback edition of one of the most famous magical journeys in the world. Follow the yellow brick road!

Orwell’s chilling ‘fairy story’ is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption.