HC Classics
CATCHER IN THE RYE
Written by Salinger, J D
The brilliant, funny, meaningful novel (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books.
WOMEN CRIME WRITERS: FOUR SUSPENSE NOVELS OF THE 1950S: MISCHIEF / THE BLUNDERER / BEAST IN VIEW / FOOLS' GOLD
Written by Hitchens, Dolores
The Real Lolita author Sarah Wienman presents a landmark collection of 4 brilliant novels by the female pioneers of crime fiction--women who paved the way for Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Lisa Scottoline Though women crime and suspense writers dominate today's bestseller lists, the extraordinary work of the mid-century pioneers of the genre is largely unknown.
WOMEN CRIME WRITERS: FOUR SUSPENSE NOVELS OF THE 1940S: LAURA / THE HORIZONTAL MAN / IN A LONELY PLACE / THE BLANK WALL
Written by Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay
A landmark collection of four brilliant novels by the female pioneers of crime fiction--women who paved the way for Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Lisa Scottoline
APHORISMS
Written by Kafka, Franz
Kafka's aphorisms are fascinating glimpses into the lure and the enigma of the form itself. - From the acclaimed author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial--and one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Written by Dickens, Charles
Now an original series on FX and Hulu starring Olivia Coleman Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
JEEVES BOXED SET: THE COLLECTORS WODEHOUSE
Written by Wodehouse, P G
Whether you've read them all or have only begun to reckon with the genius of P. G. Wodehouse, The Jeeves Collection is a set your bookshelves simply cannot live without. A gorgeous boxed set with special editions of three of Wodehouse's most beloved masterpieces, this is a gift that fans of Jeeves and Wooster will cherish.
MOBY-DICK
Written by Melville, Herman
'Command the murderous chalices!...Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow - Death to Moby Dick!'. So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession - the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercial mission is perverted to one of vengeance.
ANNOTATED ALICE: 150TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION (DELUXE ANNIVERSARY)
Written by Carroll, Lewis
One summer afternoon in 1862, the Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson took a rowboat out on the Thames. With him were three young friends from the Liddell family--the sisters Lorina, Edith, and Alice.
LOLITA
Written by Nabokov, Vladimir
"Lolita" tells the story of aging Hubert Humbert who has an obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet, Dolores Haze. It is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. All in all, "Lolita" is filled with awe and exhilaration, along with heartbreak and mordant wit.
ULYSSES
Written by Joyce, James
This revised volume follows the complete unabridged text as corrected in 1961. Contains the original foreword by the author and the historic court ruling to remove the federal ban. It also contains page references to the first American edition of 1934.