Comics Classic Literature

Brought to you by Penguin. No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George...

Jasper Fforde's cult bestseller, re-recorded to celebrate the publication of the long-awaited sequel RED SIDE STORY. Imagine a black and white world where colour is a commodity . . . It is a world invented by comic and creative genius - and Number One bestseller - Jasper Fforde. Hundreds of...

This is a collection of plays written by Jo and Meg March, often discussed and performed in the March family attic by the beloved Little Women as the Pickwick Players. Our cast returns as Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth to perform every role with dramatic flair from damsels in distress to evil villains, and no shortage of mistaken identities and sword fights.

Here are the favorites from Lewis Carroll, Jonathan Swift, William Shakespeare, and more. And that is not to forget perhaps the greatest of them all: Anon. There are ballads, sonnets, proverbs, and nonsense verse. Poems to inform, divert, satirize, castigate and praise. A collection to make all listeners smile, laugh, remember and discover.

When Peter Pan flies through the Darling Children's nursery window one night, he is nearly captured and makes a hasty escape, leaving behind his shadow. Returning with the fairy Tinker Bell to reclaim it, he wakes up Wendy, John and Michael, and whisks them away to the magical shores of...

Laughter is unique to man. This delightful anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature. It opens with Anglo-Saxon riddles and continues with medieval memories, Tudor comic turns, and Restoration buffoonery.

Brought to you by Penguin. Unforgettably funny and painfully honest, Jonathan Coe's tale of Benjamin Trotter and his friends' coming of age during the 1970s is a heartfelt celebration of the joys and agonies of growing up. Featuring, among other things, IRA bombs, prog rock, punk rock, bad...

In a rare opportunity to hear from a legend of Canadian literature in his own voice, this newly-abridged audio edition of How I Spent My Summer Holidays is read by the W.O. Mitchell himself. During the hot Saskatchewan summer of 1924, twelve-year-old Hugh digs up a cave to discover an escaped...

Hundreds of years in the future, after the Something that Happened, the world is an alarmingly different place. Life is lived according to The Rulebook and social hierarchy is determined by your perception of colour. Eddie Russett is an above average Red who dreams of moving up the ladder by...

Una mujer pide prestado un collar de brillantes a una amiga adinerada, el cual luce en una elegante fiesta a la que concurre con su esposo. Sin embargo, cuando regresa a casa, ocurre un percance que transformará su vida en toda una tragedia.

A modo de experimento científico, un hombre le solicita a su amigo moribundo Ernest Valdemar, que le permita hipnotizarlo mientras transita hacia la otra vida. Valdemar acepta, y el proceso es observado atentamente por el estudioso y por los médicos que atienden al enfermo.

Durante una reunión a la hora del té en casa de Lady Blemley, el señor Cornelius Appin anuncia que le ha enseñado a hablar al gato Tobermory. El felino, para asombro de la concurrencia, efectivamente habla. Pero, su hazaña comienza a generar más problemas que alegrías entre los invitados.

Alicia, una recién casada, rubia y angelical, se enferma de influenza y permanece varios días en cama. Sin embargo, nunca logra reponerse del todo, y cada mañana amanece más débil.

Un joven anarquista se roba un frasco que contiene una peligrosa bacteria, desde el laboratorio de un patólogo. Cuando el científico se da cuenta de lo ocurrido, se origina una loca e incansable persecución.

Es día de pago en la mina, y Pedro María junto a sus compañeros hace una larga fila bajo la lluvia, esperando recibir su dinero. Su esposa lo aguarda a pocos pasos, al igual como lo hacen otras esposas, hijos y madres de los demás mineros.

Los esposos White reciben de visita al sargento Morris, quien les muestra una pata de mono que, según creencias de la India, concede tres deseos. Cuando iba a tirar el amuleto al fuego, el dueño de casa se lo compra. Esa noche, por jugar, la señora White pide un deseo. A partir de ese momento, la vida de esta familia da un importante punto de giro.

Dos buenos amigos pasan una velada analizando la teoría que uno de ellos tiene sobre los colores de la música. Dicha teoría, obsesiona a este hombre casi hasta la locura.