This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work, from Gothic horror to the first modern detective stories.

Ann Radcliffe is the high priestess of the gothic novel. In The Italian, first published in 1797, she creates a chilling, atmospheric concoction of thwarted lovers, ruined abbeys, imprisonment and dark passages, with an undercurrent of seething sexuality.

What Katy Did at School and What Katy Did Next continue the story of the rebellious American girl, Katy Carr and her family. What Katy Did at School is a tale of life at Katy's New England boarding school and What Katy Did Next describes Katy's European tour.

The second of two volumes which contain the complete collection of Beatrix Potter's much-loved tales.

The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of trains, barges, gipsy caravans and motor cars and even into battle.

These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents.