Few novels have described the reality of the First World War with such honesty and raw eloquence as All Quiet on the Western Front. The most famous German anti-war novel, it was based on Rem...more
In 1900, a former travelling salesman published a book about a girl from Kansas and her adventures in a strange land. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz soon became one of the best-loved children’...more
First published in 1862, ‘Goblin Market’ is an extended poem about two young sisters who
hear goblin merchants hawking their wares. Lizzie urges caution (‘Their offers should not charm...more
Capote’s masterpiece of suspense was an immediate sensation when it was serialised in the New Yorker in 1965. Also a portrait of small-town America, its examination of a brutal multiple mu...more
The Wind in the Willows is about many things – the changing seasons, the beauty and fragility of nature, the thrill of the open road, and the creeping tide of suburbia – but it is the ...more