Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Conceived from a nightmare, Frankenstein, is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. 

The handsome appearance of dissolute young Dorian Gray remains unchanged while the features in his portrait become distorted as his degeneration progresses

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Introduction and Notes by Dr Ella Westland, University of Exeter Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. 

A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Dickens’ greatest historical novel, traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror.

Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent at Canterbury Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written.

In 1869 a young Russian was strangled, shot through the head and thrown into a pond. His crime? 

Notes from Underground & Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky. With an Introduction and Notes by David Rampton, Department of English, University of Ottowa.