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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Austen's best-loved tale of love, marriage and society in class-conscious Georgian England still delights modern readers today with its comedy and characters. It follows the feisty, quick-witted Elizabeth Bennet as her parents seek to ensure good marriages for her and her sisters in order to secure their future. The protagonists Darcy and Elizabeth learn much about themselves and those around them and Austen's expertly crafted comedy characters of Mrs Bennet and Mr Collins demonstrate her great artistry as a writer." Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Jane Austen Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20100401 Pages 402 ISBN 0-00-735077-5 ISBN 13 978-0-00-735077-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days The Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing - reissues of long-lost seminal works. The titles have been chosen by one of Britain's best known and highly-acclaimed nature writers, Robert Macfarlane, who has also written new introductions that put these classics into a modern context. A Land is Jacquetta Hawkes' seminal work, and a classic piece of British Nature writing. It is the history of the shaping of Britain and its people from the first, lifeless, Pre-Cambrian rocks to the days of the ice-cream carton and the hydrogen bomb. First, as an archaeologist and geologist, Hawkes paints a picture of the creation of Britain from the very first forming of the earth's crust, through periods marked by lifeless worlds of rock, water and air, to the first emergence of life that senses its surroundings. The worms and trilobites mark the beginning of the story of life that evolves through the great reptiles, dinosaurs and finally humans. This is science writing at its very best. Engrossing stories, curious facts and powerful narrative combine under the umbrella of poetic writing and unadulterated passion for the subject. Widely lauded on its publication, this is an exposition of complex science in a way that is not just comprehensible, but also moving. Features Summary The Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing - reissues of long-lost seminal works. The titles have been chosen by one of Britain's best known and highly-acclaimed nature writers... Author Jacquetta Hawkes (Author), Robert Macfarlane (Introduction by) Publisher Collins Release date 20120607 Pages 320 ISBN 0-00-745746-4 ISBN 13 978-0-00-745746-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.' In 'The Happy Prince' a statue - jewelled and opulent - keeps careful watch over the city and its inhabitants. Enlisting the help of a swallow, his selfless acts bring comfort to those most in need. 'The Nightingale and the Rose' is a tragic tale of personal sacrifice in the name of love, while in 'The Selfish Giant' the end of an eternal winter finally brings springtime and happiness. In this collection of enchanting tales from a master storyteller, Oscar Wilde has entranced readers both young and old since publication in the late nineteenth century. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Oscar Wilde Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20150521 Pages 192 ISBN 0-00-811064-6 ISBN 13 978-0-00-811064-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated by nature during whole geological periods.' Still considered one of the most important and groundbreaking works of science ever written, Darwin's eminently readable exploration of the evolutionary process challenged most of the strong beliefs of the Western world. Forced to question the idea of the Creator, mid-nineteenth century readers were faced with Darwin's theories on the laws of natural selection and the randomness of evolution, causing massive controversy at the time. However, Darwin's theories remain instrumental in providing the backbone to modern biology today. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Charles Darwin Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20111115 Pages 604 ISBN 0-00-790223-9 ISBN 13 978-0-00-790223-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. '"Come along, Toto," she said. "We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to Kansas again."' Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves stranded in the fantastical Land of Oz. As instructed by the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins, Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road to try to find her way to the Emerald City and the Wizard of Oz. With her companions the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion, she experiences an adventure full of danger, friendship and magic. A much-loved children's classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz continues to delight readers young and old with its enchanting tale of witches, flying monkeys and silver shoes. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Author L. Frank Baum Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20160801 Pages 176 ISBN 0-00-819564-1 ISBN 13 978-0-00-819564-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There was a contagion in the very air that blew from that haunted region; it breathed forth an atmosphere of dreams and fancies infecting all the land.' Featuring 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle', this collection of inspired essays, stories and sketches established Washington Irving's reputation as one of America's foremost authors. Irving's timeless characters, including Ichabod Crane, Rip Van Winkle and the headless Hessian trooper, jostle for space alongside 31 equally atmospheric and lyrical works in this haunting anthology from one of America's most distinctive literary voices. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Washington Irving Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20120913 Pages 436 ISBN 0-00-792066-0 ISBN 13 978-0-00-792066-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars...First published in 1855, and edited, revised and expanded over thirty years, `Leaves of Grass' has become one of the most celebrated poetry collections in the history of American literature. A master of free verse, Walt Whitman captures the true spirit of his homeland and its people through his poetry. He explores a wide range of themes, encompassing American identity and cultural values, democracy, nature and the mysteries of the human spirit.Featuring the poems of the original 1855 edition, `Leaves of Grass' remains an influential work within the American literary tradition, studied and treasured around the world. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Walt Whitman Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20150827 Pages 162 ISBN 0-00-811060-3 ISBN 13 978-0-00-811060-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.`The wolf thought to himself, "What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful - she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both."'This collection of much-loved folk tales features such familiar characters as daring Little Red Riding Hood, crafty Rumpelstiltskin and the ill-fated infants Hansel and Gretel. They are as magical and fascinating today as when they were first told, despite - or because of - the underlying darkness at their heart.Collected in a single volume by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and first published in 1812, these stories are known and loved by adults and children alike, and have grown to be an invaluable part of our collective imagination. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Grimm Brothers Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20160701 Pages 336 ISBN 0-00-819563-3 ISBN 13 978-0-00-819563-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.`Death and honour are thought to be the same, but today I have learned that sometimes they are not.'Set in frontier America in the midst of the French-Indian war, as the French are attempting to overthrow an English fort, Cooper's story follows Alice and Cora Munro, pioneer sisters who are trying to find their way back to their father, an English commander. Guided by an army major and Magua, an Indian from the Huron tribe, they soon meet Hawk-eye, a frontier scout and his Mohican Indian companions Chingachgook and Uncas.Magua is not all that he seems and the sisters are kidnapped. In The Last of the Mohicans, Cooper sets Indian tribe against Indian tribe and lays bare the brutality of the white man against the Mohicans. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Author James Fenimore Cooper Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20100708 Pages 416 ISBN 0-00-736866-6 ISBN 13 978-0-00-736866-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.`At first you saw only a mass of coarse, matted black hair; presently it was seen that this covered a body of fearful thinness, almost a skeleton, but with the muscles standing out like wires'M.R. James' ghost stories are brimming with delicate horror. They take place in the quiet corners of churches, and between the dusty shelves of esteemed college libraries. But when Professor Parkin discovers a whistle in a Templar ruin, or Sir Richard Fell inherits a country manor with a horrifying history, malevolent forces are unleashed. Something half-glimpsed, something not of this world, is preparing to disturb the silence.Having terrified generations since its first publication in 1904, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a collection that will haunt the reader's imagination long after the lights have gone out. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Author M. R James Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20170615 Pages 304 ISBN 0-00-824209-7 ISBN 13 978-0-00-824209-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Meet the greatest entertainer of the 19th Century... In 1834, desperate to create a better life for his family, small-time Connecticut businessman P. T. Barnum moved to New York City. With true entrepreneurial spirit and against all odds, he wowed audiences with his ensemble of musical spectacles, attractions and variety shows - often exploiting the vulnerable for entertainment value. A master showman, his crowning achievement was the world-famous circus, Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth. In this account of his life and work, written by the man himself and first published in 1855, P. T. Barnum creates an aura of excitement about himself and his enduring fame, confirming his reputation as the greatest impresario of all time and revealing the controversial decisions that helped him to his fortune. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Author P.T. Barnum Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20171214 Pages 400 ISBN 0-00-828474-1 ISBN 13 978-0-00-828474-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...' Set in Paris and London against the backdrop of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Lucie Manette and her father Alexandre, held captive in Paris's notorious Bastille prison for eighteen years. When Alexandre is finally released, the Manettes find themselves caught up in the lives of a French aristocrat and an English lawyer who compete for the love of Lucie. The ensuing tale of violence and revenge depicts the plight of the peasantry, the brutality of the early revolutionaries, and the menacing shadow of the guillotine. Serialised in Dickens's own literary periodical in 1859, A Tale of Two Cities is one of the best-known works of literature set during the French Revolution. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Charles Dickens Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20160620 Pages 432 ISBN 0-00-819548-X ISBN 13 978-0-00-819548-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.' Considered one of the greatest medieval poems written in the common vernacular of the time, Dante's Inferno begins on Good Friday in the year 1300. As he wanders through a dark forest, Dante loses his way and stumbles across the ghost of the poet Virgil. Virgil promises to lead him back to the top of the mountain, but to do so, they must pass through Hell, encountering all manner of shocking horrors, sins and evil torments along the way, evoking questions about God's justice, human behaviour and Christianity. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Dante Alighieri Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20111001 Pages 238 ISBN 0-00-790209-3 ISBN 13 978-0-00-790209-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `We are in Transylvania; and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things.' Earnest and naive solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to organise the estate of the infamous Count Dracula at his crumbling castle in the ominous Carpathian Mountains. Through notes and diary entries, Harker keeps track of the horrors and terrors that beset him at the castle, telling his fiance Mina of the Count's supernatural powers and his own imprisonment. Although Harker eventually manages to escape and reunite with Mina, his experiences have led to a mental breakdown of sorts. Meanwhile in England, Mina's friend Lucy has been bitten and begins to turn into a vampire. With the help of Professor Van Helsing, a previous suitor of Lucy's, Seward, and Lucy's fiance Holmwood attempt to thwart Count Dracula and his attempts on Lucy and consequently Mina's life. Arguably the most enduring Gothic novel of the 19th Century, Bram Stoker's Dracula is as chilling today in its depiction of the vampire world and its exploration of Victorian values as it was at its time of publication. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Bram Stoker Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20110101 Pages 482 ISBN 0-00-742008-0 ISBN 13 978-0-00-742008-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `The movements of his mind seemed to tend to the thought that some power was working against him.' When Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser gets drunk and sells his wife at a country fair, his life will never be the same. Eighteen years later, his wife and daughter return to Casterbridge to find that Henchard has become Mayor. Although he's spent most of his life attempting to repent for his actions, he remains a rash and impetuous man. Hardy portrays Henchard as a tragic hero, searching for love and acceptance from the community around him, posing the overarching question of whether we shape our own fate, or whether life deals us an inevitable hand. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Thomas Hardy Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20111001 Pages 418 ISBN 0-00-790211-5 ISBN 13 978-0-00-790211-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `The better part of valour is discretion.' King Henry IV's son, Prince Harry is quick-witted yet idle and irresponsible and lives a roguish existence keeping dubious company. However, when the kingdom is threatened, Prince Harry shows his true worth and heroism and begins a journey of transformation from layabout to noble leader. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Author William Shakespeare Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20110915 Pages 280 ISBN 0-00-790230-1 ISBN 13 978-0-00-790230-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.' Magical and dreamlike in its tone, Shakespeare's The Tempest begins with a storm of epic proportions and a shipwreck. Banished from Italy, Prospero lives on a remote island with his daughter. Using his magic, he vows to seek revenge on the injustice dealt to him by his brother, but in doing so, Shakespeare questions the difficulty of distinguishing `men' from `monsters', and the realities of justice. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Author William Shakespeare Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20110915 Pages 220 ISBN 0-00-790235-2 ISBN 13 978-0-00-790235-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires.' One of Shakespeare's darkest and most violent tragedies, Macbeth's struggle between his own ambition and his loyalty to the King is dramatically compelling. As those he kills return to haunt him, Macbeth is plagued by the prophecy of three sinister witches and the power hungry desires of his wife. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Author William Shakespeare Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20100401 Pages 260 ISBN 0-00-735098-8 ISBN 13 978-0-00-735098-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.' One of Shakespeare's most witty and enjoyable comedies, Much Ado About Nothing is a play that explores courtship, romance and marriage through a number of relationships. Most famously, that of the irrepressible Beatrice and Benedick as they trade their wits against one another, criticising the notion of marriage, yet slowly falling in love with one another as they do so. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Author William Shakespeare Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20110915 Pages 260 ISBN 0-00-790241-7 ISBN 13 978-0-00-790241-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. `Death and honour are thought to be the same, but today I have learned that sometimes they are not.' Set in frontier America in the midst of the French-Indian war, as the French are attempting to overthrow an English fort, Cooper's story follows Alice and Cora Munro, pioneer sisters who are trying to find their way back to their father, an English commander. Guided by an army major and Magua, an Indian from the Huron tribe, they soon meet Hawk-eye, a frontier scout and his Mohican Indian companions Chingachgook and Uncas. Magua is not all that he seems and the sisters are kidnapped. In The Last of the Mohicans, Cooper sets Indian tribe against Indian tribe and lays bare the brutality of the white man against the Mohicans. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Author James Fenimore Cooper Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20100708 Pages 416 ISBN 0-00-736866-6 ISBN 13 978-0-00-736866-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. `There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.' One spring day in the idyllic English countryside, Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger embark on a series of escapades. From Ratty's exploits on the river to Toad's passion for motorcars and the invasion of Toad Hall by the stoats and weasels, these woodland friends encounter adventure at every turn. A timeless and celebrated classic, Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows has endured for nearly 100 years, and continues to delight readers of all ages. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Kenneth Grahame Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20160623 Pages 224 ISBN 0-00-819561-7 ISBN 13 978-0-00-819561-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I am the Ghost of Christmas Present, ' said the Spirit. 'Look upon me ' A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens' atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as 'humbug'. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future that he begins to see the error of his ways. With heart-rending characters, rich imagery and evocative language, the message of A Christmas Carol remains as significant today as when it was first published. Features Summary HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Author Charles Dickens Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20100401 Pages 128 ISBN 0-00-735086-4 ISBN 13 978-0-00-735086-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days The latest in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is a reissue of one of literature's most audacious and thought-provoking novels of murder and intrigue, in hardback with its 1929 cover design and a brand new introduction. London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson is persuaded to investigate the sinister activities of the dastardly Mr Edward Hyde. He becomes convinced that Hyde is blackmailing his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and that a master criminal is at work. To his horror, Utterson discovers that the doctor's own researches into the duality of human nature have unleashed a murderous sociopath and set in motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to overwhelm him. Published in January 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson's crime fantasy was an immediate success, inspiring more than 100 stage and film adaptations and becoming one of the best-known stories ever written. It was reissued in the Detective Story Club in 1929 for being 'without equal in the realm of detective fiction'. This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by supernatural and detective fiction researcher Richard Dalby. It includes Stevenson's macabre tales 'Markheim' and 'The Body Snatcher', plus two of the earliest published Jekyll and Hyde parodies - the detective story 'Dr Jekyl' by Robert McLaughlin (1931) and a bizarre 'Untold Sequel' by Francis Little (1890). "The Detective Story Club", launched by Collins in 1929, was a clearing house for the best and most ingenious crime stories of the age, chosen by a select committee of experts. Now, almost 90 years later, these books are the classics of the Golden Age, republished at last with the same popular cover designs that appealed to their original readers. Features Summary The latest in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is a reissue of one of literature's most audacious and thought-provoking novels of murder and intrigue... Author R. L Stevenson (Author), Richard Dalby (Introduction by) Publisher Collins Crime Club Release date 20151119 Pages 192 ISBN 0-00-813721-8 ISBN 13 978-0-00-813721-2