Tender is the Night reflects not only Fitzgerald’s own personal tragedy, but also the shattered idealism of the society in which he lived.

The night after a shooting star is seen streaking across the sky, a cylinder is discovered near London. Armed with just a white flag, the locals approach the mysterious object.

Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange is the shocking seminal novel that spawned one of the most notorious films ever made.

A powerfully moving story of friendship, Of Mice and Men is a simply told masterpiece.

Truman Capote’s recently discovered debut novel is a captivating portrayal of first love.

Arguably William Shakespeare’s most influential play, Hamlet portrays a young Prince’s dilemma in choosing between moral integrity and the need for revenge following the murder of his father.

First published in the 1920’s, The Prophet, Gibran’s hugely popular guide to living, is the most famous work of religious fiction of the twentieth century.

This self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf can also be seen as a plea for rigorous self-examination and an indictment of intellectual hypocrisy.