A literary sensation from its first publication, The Master and Margarita is considered a masterpiece of twentiethcentury Russian literature. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers.
The richness of Oscar Wilde’s way with words and ideas is given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891. From the comic tales of The Canterville Ghost and Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime to the marvelous fairy stories and fantasies of The Selfish Giant.
Gorgeous, strange and magical, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakespeare’s plays. A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and her best friend.
Dorian Gray is young, arrogant, and devastatingly handsome. Confronted by his beauty in the form of a portrait, and struck by the terrible realization that he will age, Dorian wishes to retain his charms forever and finds his desire granted.
Anton Chekhov was one of the world’s most accomplished short-story writers and this collection displays the breadth and variety of his genius. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers.
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