Dolce Stil Publishing: 21 books

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is an anthology of the first Sherlock Holmes short stories published by the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The anthology was first published in England in 14 October 1892. The Twelve stories included in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes...

Jane Eyre is one of English literature’s most influential feminist novels. Written by Charlotte Bronte under the pen-name Currer Bell, it is one of the first books in the English language to explore in great depth the emotions of a strong female character. Jane Eyre does not have the benefit...

This is the original novel by Victor Hugo that has been so famously adapted as a stage musical. Les Miserables follows the life of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his struggle for redemption against the backdrop of the wider social and political struggles of France between 1815 and 1832. Examining the...

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the classic vampire story of mysterious Transylvanian castles and counts, Victorian gentlemen vampire hunters, coffins, and maidens in distress. Dracula has all the elements of a classic gothic horror and more and will not fail to disappoint any reader hungry for a thrilling...

Childhood was Leo Tolstoy’s first novel and a work in which he also explored the very beginnings of life. Published in 1852 under the initials L. N., Childhood tells the story of a young boy, Nikolenka, from a young infant to childhood. The story is thought by some critics to be autobiographical...

Includes a critical essay on "The Thought and Writing of Machiavelli as a product of Renaissance Culture." Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He is...

The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic adventure story about a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail and sets out to gain his revenge. Set between the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815 and 1838 during the reign of Louis-Philippe, the historical setting of the novel is fundamental,...

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is a classic swashbuckling tale of adventure and romance wrapped up in an irresistible historical setting, full of intrigue and passion. The Three Musketeers is the story of d'Artagnan, who travels to Paris with a dream of joining the famous King's Musketeers....

  "The Poem of the Cid," the earliest and best of the heroic songs of Spain, is a romance of history in more than three thousand lines, celebrating the achievements of the hero little more than fifty years after his death. Ruy Diaz, or Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, was born at Burgos...

L'Assommoir is a novel of alcoholism and dissipation set in Paris in the late nineteenth century. It is the seventh volume of Émile Zola's twenty-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series, and was published in 1877. L'Assommoir is a hard hitting depiction of working class life in Paris and was widely...

When Holmes receives a coded message from an informant that John Douglas is to be murdered, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are plunged into a mystery much deeper than it first appears. The fact that the tip-off comes from Fred Porlock, a member of Moriarty’s infamous gang is bad enough, but for...

The Best Sherlock Holmes Stories collects together twelve Sherlock Holmes adventures recognized as the very best short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle about the famous detective. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to quickly get acquainted with the most popular Sherlock Holmes...

The full title of Daniel Defoe's 1722 classic is The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, but it is commonly known as Moll Flanders. The authors own introduction to the novel provides an excellent summary of the story: Moll Flanders, who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of...

Emma Woodhouse, the novel’s heroine is, “handsome, clever, and rich." Yet these qualities are also balanced by being spoilt, wilful and overconfident. Emma is Jane Austen’s classic novel of genteel life amongst women in Regency England. Emma is a young, un-married lady who believes that...