British classics

A grieving prince seeks proof of his uncle's guilt while struggling to act on a ghost's demand for revenge.

During the siege of Troy, a prince and a widow develop a secret love with help from her uncle.

Defeated after war in Heaven, Satan plans revenge through Adam and Eve, whose lives in Eden depend on obedience.

Blake's short poems place childhood trust, play and faith beside hunger, cruelty and fear, offering contrasting views of experience.

Rural lives, poverty and supernatural encounters meet in poems reflecting on the countryside, human feeling and a sailor's strange voyage.

Elizabeth Bennet resists marriage for security alone in a story about love, family expectations and judgments of social rank.

An orphan becomes a governess and seeks love without surrendering her self-respect, while her employer's secrets threaten their future.

Victor Frankenstein abandons the being he creates, whose search for affection turns toward revenge after repeated rejection.

Love and revenge drive a family feud as Heathcliff's bond with Catherine encounters cruelty, exclusion and hopes of social advancement.

Pip's encounters with an escaped convict and Miss Havisham's household unsettle his childhood as he longs to become a gentleman.

Marriage and ambition shape an English town where Dorothea hopes to use her abilities and a doctor seeks reform.

Following a White Rabbit, Alice enters a world of changing sizes and creatures that challenge her words and identity.

Jim Hawkins finds a map at his parents' coastal inn and joins a voyage to an island.

Preparations for a London party draw Clarissa Dalloway into memories of earlier choices and a marriage proposal she rejected.

Holmes uses observation and logic to investigate puzzling cases, while Watson records mysteries involving a missing bridegroom and stolen jewel.

A traveller reaches a distant future where humanity has divided into descendants living above ground and beneath it.

Marlow travels upriver toward an ivory agent's remote station, witnessing colonial cruelty and hearing conflicting accounts along the way.

Along an English river, Mole discovers boating and friendship, while Toad's enthusiasm for motorcars leads him into trouble.

Raised by wolves, Mowgli learns jungle rules and faces a tiger's threat in adventures shaped by belonging and loyalty.

An operation intended to reveal a hidden world precedes disturbing events connected with a mysterious woman and rumours of horror.