Contains two short stories that trace the course of a great writer's life and his relationship with New York: 'Master Misery' (an early story) and 'La Cote Basque' (part of his scandalous and unfinished final novel).

    Strange characters and mysterious threats will keep readers enraptured in this tale of a man who revisits his childhood home and recalls a youthful adventure "under the garden".

    Kipling was born in India in 1865 but in 1871 he was sent to England to live with a foster family - an unhappy experience which is chronicled in 'Baa Baa, Black Sheep'.

    This small volume contains three tales of the solitary lives of women: 'Let Them Call It Jazz' 'Outside the Machine' and 'The Insect World'

    Six evocative stories of mystery and coincidence

    Simenon turned the police novel into an art form with his stories which deal as much with human psychology as with criminal investigation.

    In reminiscent mood, Horace Rumpole, barrister, looks back to his successful defence of 16-year-old Jim Timson, member of a large and industrious family of south London.

    'Some people lose their sense of proportion; I've lost my sense of scale.' The short story 'Scale' was taken from the collection Grey Area.

    This small volume contains four compelling stories of displacement, love and death taken from Strange Pilgrims (1993): 'Bon Voyage, Mr President', 'Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane', 'I Only Came to Use the Phone' and 'Light Is Like Water'.

    This is an abridged version of Gibran's most famous work, "The Prophet", plus selections from "The Madman", his parables and poems, and "The Wanderer".

    Four stories that illustrate Muriel Spark's unique wit and wisdom: 'The Portobello Road', 'Bang-bang You're Dead', 'The Seraph and the Zambesi' and 'The Dragon', all taken from The Collected Stories (1994).

    This illustrated book contains ten stories taken from the books of the world-famous vet who lived and worked in North Yorkshire for over 50 years.

    Whether evoking the complex world of Creole New Orleans, where racial boundaries are burst by erotic gestures, often with tragic results, or recounting the simple sacrifices made in the name of love, she makes human emotions come instantly, dramatically alive. Her classic novel of sexual and spiritual rebirth, The awakening, is collected with her best stories in Penguin Classics.--back cover

    Classics of feminist consciousness.

    Northmour has brought the corrupt banker Huddlestone, and his beautiful daughter whom Northmour is pursuing, to seek concealment in an isolated pavilion by the sea.