Harperperennial Classics: 218 books

Songs of Innocence and Experience brings together two books of poetry by William Blake that delve into these two opposing states of the human soul. His Songs of Innocence are often cheerful and sweet and always demonstrate the purity of youth, as Blake explores themes of freedom, happiness, loss and...

A Charles Dickens Christmas features four stories from the Victorian storyteller that encapsulate the true spirit of the holidays. Tales such as The Chimes, a New Year’s story of redemption, The Cricket on the Hearth, a fairy tale of home, The Battle of Life, an inspiring love story, and The Haunted...

This special collection brings together Daniel Defoe’s two adventure-filled novels about the now famous character, Robinson Crusoe, and Peter Longueville’s castaway story, The English Hermit. In The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, the titular character finds himself the sole survivor of...

George Eliot, a pseudonym for Mary Anne Evans, was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era, publishing seven major novels and several translations during her career. The Selected Works of George Eliot includes all seven of the author’s novels: Adam Bede, The Lifted Veil, The Mill on the...

Little Chandler spends dinner with his friend Ignatius Gallaher reflecting on his own failed dreams as compared to Ignatius’s successes with London Press. Once home, Little Chandler begins to compare his wife to the exotic women Gallaher has encountered on his travels, and realizes that even in...

Explore the origins of the mystery genre with these seven classic tales of suspense and intrigue from Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, John Buchan, and others. Classic Mysteries includes: “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,”, “The Purloined Letter,” The Moonstone,...

Get lost with five classic tales of castaways. Classic Cast-Away Stories includes Daniel Defoe’s The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The English Hermit by Peter Longueville, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe,...

Mrs. Louise Mallard, afflicted with a heart condition, reflects on the death of her husband from the safety of her locked room. Originally published in Vogue magazine, “The Story of an Hour” was retitled as “The Dream of an Hour,” when it was published amid much controversy under its new title...

Laura Sheridan find her perspective of life altered when, following her family’s garden party, she visits the Sheridan’s neighbours to give her condolences on the passing of Mr. Scott. Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” captures the fleeting nature of youth and the unforseen turns...

It was all that Constantia and Josephine—the daughters of the late Colonel Pinner—could do to bury their father. Neither of them believed he wouldn’t be back to thump his stick on the floor and criticize them for their impertinence. Contemplating the sisters’ future a week after the...

A young Englishwoman embarks on a journey to the French front lines during the First World War in an effort to meet her lover, the “Little Corporal.” Written in a modernist style that combines and explores several narratives and perspectives, “An Indiscreet Journey” is an engaging portrayal...

Mr. Hammond is doing his best to be patient as he waits for the ship carrying his wife to dock—it has been ten months since his beloved Janey left for Europe, and he is eager to see her once again. But in his eagerness, Mr. Hammond is left to wonder what could have caused the ship to be delayed....

Mr. Neave has heard countless times that he, his wife, his daughters, and his son are the ideal family. However, now an old man, Neave reflects on those he shares his life with—their desires, their understanding of him, and their role as a family—and he finds the reality is quite different from...

Before Reggie returns to his fruit farm in Rhodesia, he must propose to the woman he loves. At Colonel Proctor’s, Anne greets him at the door and, during a lull in their conversation, suggests Reggie say goodbye to her doves, as well. Mrs. Dove, tittering, always walks in front, Anne points out,...