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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘ “…Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.” ’This selection of Edgar Allan Poe’s poetical works includes some of his best-known pieces, including the triumphant, gleeful ‘The Bells’, the tragic ode ‘Annabel Lee’ and his famous gothic tour de force, ‘Th…

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘We're their slaves as long as we can work; we pile up their fortunes with the sweat of our brows, and yet we are to live as separate as if we were in two worlds…’Set in the industrial unrest of 1840s Manchester, Mary Barton is a factory-worker's daughter living a working-class life in Victorian England. She soon att…

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘We're their slaves as long as we can work; we pile up their fortunes with the sweat of our brows, and yet we are to live as separate as if we were in two worlds…’Set in the industrial unrest of 1840s Manchester, Mary Barton is a factory-worker's daughter living a working-class life in Victorian England. She soon att…

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘“For,” said he, “there never was nor is there one chaste woman upon the face of earth.”’A collection of Persian, Arabian and Indian tales dating from the 9th century, Sir Richard Burton’s most well-known translation of Arabian Nights brings together ancient folklore and stories passed down from generation to generat…

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.’Centred around a glorious yellow diamond that carries with it a menacing history, The Moonstone tells the story of Rachel Verinder, who inherits the stone on her eighteenth birthday. That very evening, the diamond is s…

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.’Centred around a glorious yellow diamond that carries with it a menacing history, The Moonstone tells the story of Rachel Verinder, who inherits the stone on her eighteenth birthday. That very evening, the diamond is s…

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Alas that mortalsShould blame the gods! From us, they say,All evils come. Yet they themselvesIt is who through defiant deedsBring sorrow on them-far more sorrowThan fate would have them bear.’Attributed to the blind Greek poet, Homer, The Odyssey is an epic tale about cunning and strength of mind. It takes its start…

First published in 1898, and now a major TV series, Moonfleet is a riveting adventure story full of drama, mystery, revenge, pursuit, smuggling, pirates, and romance, sharing its literary canon with Treasure Island and Kidnapped.The tiny village of Moonfleet is nestled along the English coast, and every one of its inhabitants lives off the sea in one way or another. When local young man John Trenc…

Your pipes need cleaning? Tim and Sid are the men for you.The classic 70s sex comedies, on eBook for the first time!Available for the first time in eBook, the classic 70s sex comedies.Nice to know your plumbing’s in full working order, isn’t it? Tim and his brother-in-law Sid are certainly up to the job. Their clients include the sophisticated Imogen, the rich Mrs Murdstone, Mrs Richmnd who just n…

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The girl he had come across … that human being so near and still so strange, gave him a greater sense of his own reality than he had ever known in all his life.’Damaged by his father’s nihilistic philosophy, Axel Heyst has withdrawn from the world to live in near-isolation on the island of Samburan. His solit…

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics."But I am not like other boys! I always tell the truth.”The story of Pinocchio has remained one of the best-loved children’s tales for over a century. However, the original 1883 novel about the adventures of the mischievous marionette on his quest to become a real boy began as a sophisticated story for both ad…

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a BIG surprise…Another romping tale from Timothy Lea’s CONFESSIONS series, available for the first time in eBook.Available for the first time on eBook, the classic sex comedies from the 70s.Sid Noggett and Timothy Lea are getting back to nature. That means playing Blind Man’s Buff in, well, the buff, and foraging with Dimity Dropwort, a fair farmer’…

You’ll never guess what he’s selling…Available for the first time on ebook, the classic sex comedy from the 70s.Being a Travelling Salesman shouldn’t have this many perks – but then most salesmen don’t have this many accidents…It’s girls and laughs galore from the moment Timmy enrols on the HomeClean Salesman’s Training Course… right through to joining brother-in-law Sidney in selling Hirohito’s R…

Fresh, creamy and delicious – the milkman who always asked whether they wanted it delivered in front or round back…Available for the first time on ebook, the classic sex comedy from the 70s.‘It’s terrible what you milkmen do to get business,’ she says, squirting another load of foaming suds into the bath. ‘You stop at nothing, do you?’I don’t answer her at once because it had never occurred to me …

The women melted at his feet – one lick at a time!Available for the first time on ebook, the classic sex comedy from the 70s.Its amazing what Ice Cream men will do just to sell a 99 Flake…Tina is kneeling in front of Clare and leaning forward threateningly and I sense that aggro is just seconds away.In such an explosive situation a man has to stay cool, think fast, and arrive at a split-second dec…