By Shakespeare, William

"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes...more ...

By Steinbeck, John

each working day from January 29 to November 1, 1951, John Steinbeck warmed up to the work of writing east of eden with a letter to the late Pascal Covici, his friend and editor at The Viking Press. It was his way, he said, of "getting my mental arm in shape to pitch a good...more ...

By Miller, Arthur

A moving, final collection of stories by Arthur Miller Throughout his career as one of the foremost playwrights of the twentieth century, Arthur Miller wrote a remarkable series of highly regarded short stories, pieces that reveal the same profound insight, humanism, and em...more ...

By Austen, Jane

Robert Kiely is Loker Professor of english and American Literature at Harvard. His most recent books are Reverse Tradi-tion: Postmodern Fictions and the Nineteenth Century Novel and Still Learning: Spiritual Sketches from a Pr...more ...

By Burroughs, Edgar Rice

This is a book about an english Lord who was raised by the apes in the deep jungle. It is a refreshing look at human and animal behavior, and has a delightful tale about the adventures and trials of Tarzan - the hero of the book. Please Note: This book is easy to read in...more ...

By Joyce, Lydia

Fern and Colin Radcliffe were to have a conventional marriage. But after a shocking wedding night, Fern strikes out at her new husband in a fit of passionate independence-and awakens a craving in both husband and wife to cast off society's rules and mores. They spend their...more ...