When a tornado uproots Dorothy's farmhouse home, she and her beloved dog Toto are whisked away to the magical land of Oz. Dorothy follows the yellow brick road to the Emerald City to see the Wizard, hoping he can help her return to her Kansas home. Along the way she meets a host of extraordinary characters and faces many trials. She also discovers the secret behind the Wizard's magic power. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world's finest classic literature. These beautiful books are a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques.
Mole, Ratty and Badger fear the worst when Toad, their rich, silly friend, becomes obsessed with fast cars. Despite their best efforts, Toad's latest fad lands him in jail. He manages to escape by wearing a disguise, only to discover his home has been taken over by a gang of weasels and stoats. But Toad and his three friends hatch a daring plan to retake Toad Hall from the intruders. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world's finest classic literature. These beautiful books are a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques.
The Time Machine offers a post-apocalyptic vision of humanity’s future. A scientist builds a time machine and travels to future. He finds that humanity has devolved into two races: the childlike Eloi and the monstrous Morlocks. His machine disappears, so he explores but realizes that the future world is nothing like what he had envisaged or hoped for. After narrowly escaping from the Morlocks, the Time Traveller undertakes another journey even further into the future where he finds the earth growing bitterly cold as the heat and energy of the sun diminished. Horrified, he returns to the present, but soon departs again on his final journey.
It traces emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and his suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers. The novel revolves around Paul Morel, a sensitive young artist whose love for his mother, Gertrude, overshadows his romances with two women: Miriam, his repressed, religious girlfriend, and Clara, an experienced, independent married woman. Unable to watch his mother die slowly of cancer, Paul kills her with morphine. Despite losing her and rejecting both Miriam and Clara, Paul harbours hope for the future. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world’s finest classic literature. These beautiful books are a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques.
The Scarlet Letter is a classic novel set in Puritanical Boston in the mid-17th century. It tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who is publicly shamed and ostracized for having a child out of wedlock. Hester is forced to wear a scarlet “A” on her clothing to signify her status as an adulterer.
Despite the wishes of his parents, Robinson Crusoe is determined to devote himself to a life at sea. Luck, however, is not with him in his various voyages his first is shipwrecked and his second taken by pirates, yet nothing dissuades him from his passion. One day, en route to Africa, his ship is wrecked, leaving him marooned on an uninhabited island, with no way to return to civilization.
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain tells the story of Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales and King Henry VIII's son and heir to his throne. He and a pauper named Tom Canty switch clothing, and everyone mistakes one of them for the other because of their identical looks, laughing at Edward's claims of being a prince. The moral lesson of "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain is that true nobility comes from within, and not from one's social status or wealth.
The story teaches us that people should not be judged based on their external appearance, but rather on their character, actions, and values.
Aging monarch King Lear decides to divide his domain between his three daughters, demanding professions of love from each before sharing out the spoils. Goneril and Regan flatter him out of self-interest, while virtuous, dutiful Cordelia refuses to engage in such shallow displays of affection, incurring her father's displeasure. Lear's folly exacts a heavy price in a play widely regarded as Shakespeare's greatest achievement.
On his father's death, David Balfour visits an estranged uncle to claim his inheritance. But scheming, grasping Ebenezer Balfour wants David out of the picture and has him put on a ship bound for America. With the help of Alan Breck Stewart, David returns to his homeland seeking justice.
Ferocious tiger Shere Khan is enraged when his man-cub prey evades his clutches in a cave where a wolf family lives. The wolves decide to raise the boy themselves, and Mowgli grows up learning the ways of the jungle, helped by his friends Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. But Shere Khan has a long memory, and a showdown looms in one of Kipling's thrilling Jungle Book tales.
One of Mark Twain’s best-known and most important novels tells the story of Huckleberry Finn’s escape from his alcoholic and abusive father and Huck’s adventurous journey down the Mississippi River together with the runaway slave Jim. Huck desires to break free from the constraints of society, both physical and mental, while Jim is fleeing a life of literal enslavement. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world’s finest classic literature.
Hard Times was published in 1854 and is set in Northern England in Coketown, a polluted and suffering place with smoke-filled factories and soulless workers who have been downtrodden by the cruel and heartless Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah Bounderby. The novel was published to mixed criticism, with many feeling at the time that it was too distressing.
Described as the father of the modern fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen created some of the best known and best loved stories in literature. The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, The Red Shoes and The Emperor's New Clothes - all included in this carefully curated collection - continue to captivate readers of all ages, thanks to their timeless charm and irresistible spell they cast. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world's finest classic literature.
The original versions of Snow white, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin and Rapunzel also appear in this collection, along with lesser known gems from the Grimms' timeless fairytale canon. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world's finest classic literature. These beautiful books are a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques.
The Call of the Wild is an adventure novel set in the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. The novel follows the story of a domesticated dog named Buck, who is stolen from his home in California and sold as a sled dog in the Yukon Territory. Against all odds, Buck adapts to his hostile environment and thrives as a sled dog, eventually becoming the leader of a wolf pack.
Black Beauty is a handsome, well-bred colt, urged by his mother to work hard, serve his masters obediently and never to bite or kick. Such restraint is sorely tested when Beauty is sold to a succession of owners who ill-treat him. Told from Black Beauty's perspective, Anna Sewell's much-loved story was written to promote kind, sympathetic treatment of horses, a runaway success following its publication in 1877.
Your favourite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colours of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and will look striking on any shelf.Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne. First published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne’s most acclaimed works. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy English gentleman living a solitary life in London. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives modestly and carries out his habits with mathematical precision. He is a member of the Reform Club, where he spends the best part of his days. Having dismissed his valet for bringing him shaving water at a temperature slightly lower than expected Fogg hires Frenchman Jean Passepartout as a replacement.
On the night of their marriage, Scheherazade begins to tell the king a tale, but does not end it. The king is thus forced to postpone her execution in order to hear the conclusion. The next night, as soon as she finishes the tale, she begins (and only begins) a new one, and the king, eager to hear the conclusion, postpones her execution once again.
When Alice discovers she can step right through a mirror, she enters a fantastical world of logic-defying reversals. She meets the Red Queen, who lets her join a giant game of chess playing out across the landscape. A lowly pawn in the game, Alice meets a host of extraordinary characters as she makes her way up the chessboard, determined to become a queen herself.
Impish Tom Sawyer spends his time skipping school, getting into scrapes and trying to avoid the wrath of his Aunt Polly. Becky Thatcher is the object of Tom's affections, but when it comes to midnight escapades in a graveyard, local waif Huckleberry Finn is the ideal confederate. There, the duo witness a dastardly crime that offers Tom the chance to be an unlikely hero for once in his life.
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