Four sparkling nineteenth-century tales of Parisian high society and rural life, from the father of that moder short story.
A heroic tale of love, anguish and the Golden Fleece from the ancient Greek epic Argonautica
A bitingly comic portrait of the vulgar Trimalchio and his debauched, drunken Roman banquet, from the outrageous Latin masterpiece The Satyrcon
Sparkling miniature German fables, sketches and tall tales - including Kafka's favourite story.
Andersen's bittersweet fairy tales propelled their troubled author to international fame and revolutionized children's writing.
Opium dens, curses, ghostly tombs - these sinister tales of Imperial India made Kipling's name as a writer
A terrifying depiction of sin and eternal damnation from Dante's Inferno, the medieval epic that revolutionize the Italian language
The matchless chronicler of Victorian Londoners observes everything from surprise pie-fillings to a balloon-ride over the city.