Posts Tagged ‘classics’

Chilling, prophetic and hugely influential, The Time Machine sees a Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, where he is delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty and contentment in the form of the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realises that they are simply remnants…

All animals are equal – but some are more equal than others.’ When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless Ulite among them, masterminded by the pigs…

The epic tale of an eccentric country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil in sixteenth-century Spain.

Vividly depicts the colorful, sometimes disreputable, inhabitants of a run-down area in Monterey, California.

The decisions of a few industrial leaders shake the roots of capitalism and reawaken man’s awareness of himself as a heroic being, in a special centennial edition of the seminal novel, first published in 1957. Reissue.

The most popular of Ernest Hemingway’s books, The Sun Also Rises is an elegant showcase for Hemingway’s powerful prose, memorable characters, and biting social commentary on love and society post WWI. Following American and British expatriates from the lights of Paris to the bloody bullfights of Pamplona, The Sun Also Rises tells the haunting story…

Vividly depicts the colorful, sometimes disreputable, inhabitants of a run-down area in Monterey, California

Oscar Wilde created his final and most lasting play, comic masterpieces of all time, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, in 1895. Considered one of the greatest THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is a farce, playing with love, religion, and truth as it tells the tale of two men. Jack, Worthing and Algernon Mon crieff, who…