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Grimms’ Fairy Tales

Author: Brothers Grimm Genre: Fairy Tale, Foklore. Collected by the German Grimm brothers, these folk tales have captured the imaginations of children and adults alike since they were first published in 1812. The best-known stories such as The Golden Goose, Hansel and Gretel, The Frog Prince, and Snow-White and Rose-Red remain as popular today as…

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The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame

Author: Victor Hugo Genre: Gothic Literature, Romantism, Fiction. ‘Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.’ Set in medieval Paris, against the backdrop of the brooding Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Hugo’s take on the classic story of Beauty and the Beast tells of the…

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The Best of Sherlock Holmes

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle Genre: Detective fiction. The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fifty-six short stories featuring the arch-sleuth. Basing his selection around the author’s own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle’s…

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A Midsummer Nights Dream

Author: William Shakespeare Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Fiction. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals) who are controlled…

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Les Misérables

Author: Victor Hugo Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance. Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. However, several alternatives have been used, including…