Auk Classics imprint: 344 books

Fourteen classic short stories by the prolific English author, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic D. H. Lawrence. Contains the stories: • Mother and Daughter • Her Turn • Rawdon’s Roof • Strike-Pay • Things • A Modern Lover • The Old Adam • The Mortal Coil • The Blue Moccasins...

A fantastic spooky ghost tale by English novelist and poet John Meade Falkner, about an evil spirit invested in a Stradivarius violin, causing its owner to obsess over a particular piece of music that can call up the ghost of the violin’s previous owner.

A fantastic historical novel set during the events of the Scottish uprising, written by the author of The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper.

The first novel by Augusta Jane Evans, the famed American Southern author, was written when she was only 15. “Inez: A Tale of the Alamo” is a sentimental, moralistic, anti-Catholic love story which follows an orphan’s spiritual journey from religious skepticism to devout faith.

Based on a true story and set during the American Civil War this novel follows the tale of Edwin, one of three children placed in a poorhouse by their mother who has lost her husband in the war and cannot afford to care for them.

A wonderfully gripping tale set in Ancient Rome of early Christians living under the persecution of Roman rule.

A fascinating collection of writings about the 'Ridings' (archaic sub-counties) of the North English county of Yorkshire, their distinctive dialects and rich folklore, written by the literary scholar Frederic Moorman.

A fantastic collection of 12 short stories from the renowned English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic D. H. Lawrence, including the famous 'Odour of Chrysanthemums'.

A fantastic novel by prolific American author Horatio Alger, famous for his portrayals, as in this story, of the adventures of lower class boys, such as buskers, shoeshiners, etc., at they rise above adversity to attain higher class lives.

A novel by Joseph Conrad, it was first published in 1907 and is set in London in 1886. It largely deals with the life of a Mr Verloc, who is a spy. The novel deals with terrorism, espionage and anarchism.Verloc owns and runs a shop which sells pornographic material and contraceptives, this is a cover...

A fascinating historical adventure novel by the master of the genre W. H. G. Kingston. Travel to the early 19th Century Zulu Kingdom and meet the famous King Catshwayo as a young man.

A fantastic historical adventure novel by William Henry Giles Kingston. Set in the Hudson Bay Territory, a fort needs vital materials from another fort 150 miles away, and there are no canoes available. A heroic party of people are sent by land to fetch the crucial supplies.

A funny and weird biography of 'Mr Daniel Wheelwright' by the 'author of Tales and Sketches, Such as They Are'.

D. H. Lawrence's fantastic tale of bullfighting, revolution and ancient cults. Kate Leslie, a tourist in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, meets a Mexican general, Don Cipriano, and his influential landowner friend Don Ramon, who she discovers are attempting to resurrect an ancient cult.