Jason and medea

A heroic tale of love, anguish and the Golden Fleece from the ancient Greek epic Argonautica

Caligula

The original biography of the murderous, crazed and incestuous Roman emperor Caligula - who pronounced himself a God.

Trimalchio's feast

A bitingly comic portrait of the vulgar Trimalchio and his debauched, drunken Roman banquet, from the outrageous Latin masterpiece The Satyrcon

How a ghastly story was brought to light by a common or garden butcher's dog

Sparkling miniature German fables, sketches and tall tales - including Kafka's favourite story.

The tinder box

Andersen's bittersweet fairy tales propelled their troubled author to international fame and revolutionized children's writing.

The gate of the hundred sorrows

Opium dens, curses, ghostly tombs - these sinister tales of Imperial India made Kipling's name as a writer

Circles of hell

A terrifying depiction of sin and eternal damnation from Dante's Inferno, the medieval epic that revolutionize the Italian language

Of street piemen

The matchless chronicler of Victorian Londoners observes everything from surprise pie-fillings to a balloon-ride over the city.

The nightingales are drunk

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780141980263

Collation

48 p. ; 14 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 HAF t

Mina's matchbox

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