In 'The Time Machine', Wells' time traveller journeys to 802701 AD, where humanity has evolved and divided into the effete Eloi and the brutal Morlocks. This science fiction classic raises profound questions about progress and social order.

Ambrose Ashley, Philip's cousin, guardian and god, married Rachel in Italy, and died there. Jealous of his marriage and grief-stricken by his death, Philip prepares to meet his cousin's widow with hatred in his heart.

Lawrence wrote these three 'novelettes' between November 1920 and December 1921, and they were enthusiastically received by his English publisher and his readers.

In a novel which has lost none of its power to disturb and entertain, the leading light of Victorian 'sensation' fiction, draws on contemporary theories of insanity to probe Victorian anxieties about the rapid rise of consumer culture.

Published posthumously, this story follows the adventures of Thomas Hudson, who established himself as an artist in the tropics, until he is called to serve in World War II by destroying submarines off the coast of Cuba.

Unfortunately neither his dear friends Mr Cummings and Mr Gowing, nor the butcher, the greengrocer's boy and the Lord Mayor seem to recognise Mr Pooter's innate gentility, and his disappointing son Lupin has gone and got himself involved with a most unsuitable fiancee...

This volume gathers 7 of the very best of Henry James's short stories, all exploring the relationship between art and life.

In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his soul for immortality. The story of his tortured wanderings through the centuries is pieced together through those who have been implored by Melmoth to take over his pact with the devil.

Written during the final stages of her illness, this was Katherine Mansfield's last collection of stories to be published in her lifetime. Comprising fifteen stories, this edition comes with an introduction and notes by Lorna Sage.

Mr and Mrs Ramsay and their eight children have always holidayed at their summer house in Skye, surrounded by family friends. The novel's opening section teems with the noise, complications, bruised emotions, joys and quiet tragedies of everyday family life that might go on forever. But time passes, bringing with it war and death, and the summer home stands empty until one day, many years later, when the family return to make the long-postponed visit...