Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life.

Anne, red-headed, pugnacious and incurably romantic, causes chaos at Green Gables and in the village, but her wit and good nature delight the fictional community of Prince Edward Island, Canada, and ensure that Anne of Green Gables ...

The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great novels of the twentieth century.

His plays, essays and poems are all included in this comprehensive collection of the works of one of the most exciting writers of the late nineteenth century.

Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a 'heroine whom no one but myself will much like', but Emma is irresistible.

Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations.

After lots of adventures, the story reaches its exciting climax as Peter, Wendy and the children do battle with Captain Hook and his band.

So too are Carroll's delightful verses such as The Walrus and the Carpenter and the inspired jargon of that masterly Wordsworthian parody, The Jabberwocky.

Mary Lennox undergoes massive change when she finds a secret garden and begins to tend it. The Secret Garden is one of the best-loved stories of all time.

Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners.