Collection: English Language

Subject: A young student, has been forced to give up his university studies because of lack of money. He withdraws from society and, poor and lonely, he develops a plan to murder a greedy old moneylender. Surely the murder of one worthless old woman would be excused, even approved of, if it made ...

Subject: This story portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers.

Wexford had every reason to remember the Painter case - it was the first murder he'd ever handled on his own. There had been no doubts about the case, until now. Someone wants the case reopened, and they want Wexford proved wrong.

For a moment, Bond lay still. Then the thin man came and pulled him up against the wall. He had a gun in his hand. He used it to hit Bond hard across the legs. Bond cried out with pain and fell on to his knees. Bond turned his head to the right and saw La Chiffre.

"Helen Fielding's story of the loveable Bridget and her troubles with men, weight and wine, was made internationally famous by the film starring Hugh Grant and Renée Zellweger."--Back cover.

"When the young d'Artagnan leaves his home in Gascony with the hope of becoming one of the King's Musketeers, it is the start of a wonderful adventure. D'Artagnan soon meets the Three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Together they cry, "All for one and one for all!" -- back cover.

Holly Golightly, glittering socialite traveller, generally upwards, sometimes sideways and once in a while down. She's up all night drinking cocktails and breaking hearts. She's a shoplifter, a delight, a drifter, and a tease. She hasn't got a past. She doesn't want to belong to anything or anyon...

Subject: An artist paints a picture of the young and handsome Dorian Gray. When he sees it, Dorian makes a wish that changes his life. As he grows older, his face stays young and handsome. But the picture changes. Why can't Dorian show it to anybody? What is its terrible secret?