The Tale of Genji
Completed in the early 11th century, The Tale of Genji is considered the supreme masterpiece of Japanese prose literature, and
Category: Classic Literature
White Nights and Other Short Stories
Fyodor Dostoevsky masterfully blends realism and romanticism in this heartfelt tale of unrequited love and the human journey. Set in
The Crying of Lot 49
Oedipa Maas discovers that she has been made executor of a former lover’s estate. The performance of her duties sets
Wise Blood
Flannery O’Connor’s astonishing and haunting first novel is a classic of 20th-century literature. It is the story of Hazel Motes,
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Annotated)
Every tale of terror, every poem of unearthly beauty, every essay of dark philosophy — collected in one definitive volume.
Iain Banks: A BBC Radio Collection
Selected readings and full-cast dramatisations from across the literary and science fiction of Iain Banks Iain Banks, aka Iain M
The Broom of the System
The “dazzling, exhilarating” (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from the bestselling author of Infinite Jest, available for the first time as an
Infinite Jest (30th Anniversary Edition)
The 30th anniversary edition of the virtuosic, wickedly comic modern classic about the pursuit of happiness in America, with a
Gravity’s Rainbow
Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity’s Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying follows the Bundren family’s journey to bury their matriarch, Addie, in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi.
The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection
BBC radio productions of Dostoevsky’s masterpieces, plus selected shorter fiction and bonus programmes exploring his life and work. One of
The Catcher in the Rye
Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger’s New Yorker stories–particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing
