As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying is an unforgettable portrait of an impoverished American family. This edition is introduced by William Gay, and vividly illustrated by Katherine Hardy.
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American Fiction
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Set during the Alaskan gold rush of 1897, Jack London’s classic adventure story inspired Kerouac and Orwell. In this Folio edition, Abigail Rorer’s drawings depict the fierce beauty of the frozen Yukon. David Vann introduces.
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Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury’s classic envisages a dystopian future in which the job of firemen is to seek out books and burn them. In this edition, introduced by Michael Moorcock, Sam Weber’s astonishing illustrations perfectly capture the novel’s haunting atmosphere.
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Hemingway Short Stories
Ernest Hemingway
Twenty-six tales taken from every stage of Hemingway's career make up this short stories collection.
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The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In this suspense-filled gothic romance the Pyncheon family live in a creaking New England mansion. As the brooding atmosphere grows, they realise that their ancestors bequeathed them a lot more than bricks and mortar; the sins of the past are coming back to haunt them.
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The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
The most widely read book of its day when first published in 1826, The Last of the Mohicans ensured James Fenimore Cooper’s reputation as America’s first popular novelist. The story is partly based on historical events, notably the terrible massacre at Fort William Henry.
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Mark Twain Collected Stories
Mark Twain
As well as being a great novelist, Mark Twain was a brilliant and prolific writer of short stories, using them to capture a dazzling variety of characters, landscapes and registers. This edition gathers together nearly 50 of his greatest tales, revealing his extraordinary versatility.
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On the Road
Jack Kerouac
A fictionalised account of Jack's own journeys across America with his friend Neal Cassady, Kerouac’s beatnik odyssey captured the soul of a generation and changed the landscape of American fiction for ever.
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The Realm of the Unreal and Other Stories
Ambrose Bierce
The author of the mordantly comic Devil's Dictionary is also revealed as a superb short story writer in this new collection of 90 gripping gothic tales, introduced by Will Self.
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Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
First published in 1955, The Talented Mr Ripley introduced one of the 20th century’s most memorable and chilling fictional creations. Now The Folio Society presents 3 classic Ripley novels - The Talented Mr Ripley, Ripley Under Ground and Ripley's Game - together in a superbly illustrated set.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Tomboy Scout and her older brother Jem tell thrilling stories about local bogeyman, Boo Radley, but when their father defends a black man accused of raping a white girl, they discover that 1930s Alabama contains things far more terrifying than Boo.
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