HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart - one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which gives direction to the character of Man.' Including Poe's most terrifying, grotesque and haunting short stories, Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the ultimate collection of the...

Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language. Clarissa Harlowe is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become wealthy only recently and now desires to become part of the aristocracy. Their original plan was to concentrate the wealth and lands of the Harlowes into the possession of Clarissa's...

The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

The story takes place in France, Italy and several Mediterranean islands during the historical events of 1814-1838. It deals with all the issues of justice, vengeance, mercy and forgiveness, and is told in the style of an adventure story. La gran novela de aventuras, amor y venganza del siglo XIX. Edmundo Dantés, un joven marinero que siempre ha llevado una vida tranquila, solo desea casarse con la hermosa Mercedes. Pero sus planes se malogran cuando...

Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race,...

Features eight classics from the most popular comedy team of all time: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein; Mexican Hayride; Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff; The Foreign Legion; Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man; Comin' Round the Mountain; Lost in Alaska; and Abbott and Costello Go to Mars.

The original RKO publicity tells the story: 'When a man goes to the devil he usually takes a woman with him...this man took THREE!' Young plays a dirty rotten scoundrel who sponges off his wealthy wife, seduces and abandons another woman and runs off with a third. Returning home, Young plots to murder his wife and get away with her money, but a series of ironic plot twists leave him battling for his life. The role of faithless cad was a startling...

An armored car driver is suckered into a burglary by his ex-wife and her hoodlum husband. Multiple back-stabbings and double-crosses ensue.

Army deserter Bart Laish is on the run and out for himself - until he figures his best escape is to hook up with a wagon train headed for Oregon. Fate gives him an opportunity: He assumes the identity of a dead friend, a major mortally wounded in a brutal Indian attack, and takes charge of the troopers escorting the besieged caravan.

Here is a quality sword and sandal epic with a great cast that has been overlooked for years. Jeanne Crain plays the stunning Egyptian beauty, Nefertiti. Edmund Purdom desires her but is foiled at every turn by an evil high priest who twice imprisons him. She eventually marries the Pharaoh and after his death becomes the queen of all Egypt. The high priest then attempts a military takeover! Some good action scenes follow. Price is most convincing...