Books from Hesperus Press
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Proust on Reading
By Marcel Proust, Damion SearlesEnglish translation of Sur la lecture, which was originally published in 1906 as the preface to the author's translation of Sesame and lilies, by John Ruskin.
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On Love
By Stendhal'On Love' is Stendhal's profound attempt to rationalise that most complex of emotions - romantic love.
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Life of Dante
By Giovanni BoccaccioLife of Dante is a fascinating and hugely important literary work both in terms of the revelations it provides into the lives and thoughts of two great Italian men, and also as an early example of biography.
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Three Crimes
By Georges SimenonBased on his own experiences, Georges Simenon tells of a period in his youth when he was befriended by three men. Unbeknownst to him, these three would go on to commit a series of wholly reprehensible crimes.
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The Obelisk
By E. M. Forster'The Obelisk' is a collection of eight powerful stories by Forster that were never published during his lifetime, due to their homosexual content.
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How to Win the Nobel Prize in Literature: A Handbook for the Would-Be Laureate
By David CarterPresenting interesting quotes from the presentation and acceptance speeches and from other sources in the writers’ works, David Carter provides answers to some intriguing questions, such as: Why did some writers refuse to accept the prize ...
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Premature Burial: How It May Be Prevented
By Walter Hadwen, Walter R. HadwenAddressed to a petrified Victorian society, this spine-chilling volume, long of out print and here republished in a modern edition, brings together a collection of unnerving stories of live burials and narrow escapes.
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
By Andrew PiperErudite but accessible, this is an engaging look at one of history’s most influential thinkers and authors.
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Fellow-townsmen
By Thomas HardyThrough these short classic works, which feature forewords by leading contemporary authors, the modern reader will be introduced to the greatest writers of Europe and America. An elegantly designed series of genuine rediscoveries.
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A Fantasy of Dr Ox
By Jules VerneSomething very strange is in the air of the harmonious town of Quiquendone. The sleepy pace of life - in which municipal decisions are infinitely deferred and the average heartbeat...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
By L. Frank BaumTravel to the land of Oz with Dorothy and find out what inspired the forthcoming film blockbuster Oz: The Great and Powerful
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Bartleby the Scrivener, And, Benito Cereno
By Herman MelvilleWhen a New York lawyer needs to take on another copyist, it is Bartleby who responds to his advertisement, and arrives "pallidly neat, pitiably respectable, incurably forlorn." At first a...
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The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God
By Bernard ShawShaw caught a ton of grief for this 1932 novel.
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Dialogue of the Dogs
By Miguel De Cervantes SaavedraThe Dialogue of the Dogs is an inspired work of psychological observation by the master of the picaresque novel. In it, Cervantes displays all the clarity and warmth that marks...
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No Man's Land
By David Lodge, Graham GreeneNo Man's Land is a profoundly chilling tale of espionage, superstition, and betrayal, and bears all the hallmarks of Greene's most famous works. Arriving in the Harz Mountains, within striking...
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O Pioneers
By Willa CatherA Pulitzer Prize-winning novel celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2013, this is a tale of people struggling to carve out a life in the wilderness while battling ever-duplicitous human natureAlexandra Bergson's father, John, is dying.
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The Food of the Gods
By H. G. WellsPublished in 1904 The Food of the Gods is a forgotten H.G. Wells classic; it is sci-fi and dystopia at its best written by the creator and master of the genre.
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The Eve of St Venus: A Fantasy about Love and Marriage
By Anthony BurgessThis fascinating early work by Anthony Burgess is a delightful fantasy, blending classical myth and farce.
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A Boy at the Hogarth Press
By Richard KennedyIllustrated throughout with Kennedy's own sketches, this is a delightful work that offers a unique peep into the Bloomsbury set.
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The Foundling: A Tale of Our Own Times by Captain Tree
By Charlotte BrontëWritten when she was 17, The Foundling is a classic fairy tale set in the imagined kingdom of Verdopolis which will delight fans of Charlotte Brontë’s later work.