This edition of A Christmas Carol is perfect for GCSE-level
students: it comes complete with the novel, plus an introduction
providing context, and a glossary explaining key terms.
‘If I could work my will,’ said Scrooge, indignantly, ‘every idiot who goes
about with “Merry Christmas” on his lips, should be boiled with his own
pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.’
Miser and misanthropist Ebenezer Scrooge hates the festive season. Can the
visitations of his dead business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of
Christmas past, present and yet to come shake him from his habits, to
show him the true value of Christmas? Dickens’s 1843 story was
written in response to the plight of the poor, the hungry, the exploited
and the uneducated in Victorian society, suggesting that the true test
of a society is the way it treats its children

'Hold your noise!' cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the side of the church porch. 'Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat!' So begins Charles Dickens's 1861 bildungsroman, the story of the orphan Pip who is catapulted from the desolate Kent marshes of his childhood to become a young gentleman in London. Who is Pip's mysterious benefactor? And what role will the troubling figures of escaped convict Magwitch, decaying bride Miss Havisham and the beautiful but aloof Estella play in his prospects? Told through the first-person voice of the older Pip, this story of great expectations suggests gains always come at a price. Dickens depicts both the horrors of the early nineteenth-century penal system and the rapid rise and fall of fortunes that Victorian society permitted.

Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am
soulless and heartless? You think wrong! – I have as much soul as you, –
and full as much heart!’ Orphaned at a young age, Jane Eyre is foisted
upon unfriendly relations, sent to school to suffer illness, injustice
and privation, before striking out on her own to earn her living as a
governess. Independent and passionate by nature, Jane only begins to
discover fulfilment when she takes up a post at Thornfield Hall and gets
to know the master Mr Rochester, a man of changeable moods. Yet will
Thornfield’s secrets and Mr Rochester’s past prove obstacles to Jane’s
happiness? With its gothic atmosphere and first-person narrative,
Charlotte Brontë’s bildungsroman has captivated readers since its first
appearance in 1847. This Collins Classroom Classics edition includes an
introduction and glossary to support students, written by an experienced
teacher.

This edition of Macbeth is perfect for GCSE-level students, with the
complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction
setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.
Affordable high quality complete play for Macbeth, ideal for GCSE 9-1 and IGCSE
Demystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentary
Set the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key
contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different
performances and interpretations
Recall plot summaries at the beginning of each scene
Support GCSE revision and essay writing with theme and character indexes
Help students with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare’s life and times

Count Claudio falls in love with Hero, the daughter of his host. Hero's
cousin Beatrice (a confirmed spinster) and Benedict (an eternal
bachelor) are each duped into believing the other is in love with them.
Claudio is deceived by a malicious plot and denounces Hero as unchaste
before they marry. She faints and is believed dead, but recovers to be
proved innocent by a chance discovery. Benedict wins Beatrice’s love
defending her cousin’s honour, and to his surprise, Claudio is reunited
with Hero, who he believed dead.

This edition of Oliver Twist provides depth and context for A Level
students, with the complete novel in an easy to read format, and a
detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by an experienced A
Level teacher with academic expertise in the area.

This edition of Othello is perfect for A-level and GCSE 9-1 students,
with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes,
introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.

Such is the unpromising start to one of the most well-known relationships in English literature. Can vivacious, intelligent, but fortuneless Elizabeth Bennet and the wealthy, reserved and seemingly haughty Mr Darcy see past their first impressions of one another? Jane Austen’s 1813 novel paints a witty picture of Georgian society, showing through the ups and downs of the five Bennet sisters the lengths to which women must go to secure a husband and position – and, in Elizabeth’s case, to find a marriage of true minds.

The complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction
setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes. Set the
scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts,
concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and
interpretations.

Ideal for all ages, this classic edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes includes a novel, an introduction with context, and a glossary explaining key terms.

This edition of The Merchant of Venice is perfect for GCSE-level and
A-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format,
on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and
theme indexes.

This edition of The Sign of Four is perfect for GCSE-level
students: it comes complete with the novel, plus an introduction
providing context, and a glossary explaining key terms.
‘Moonlight was streaming into the room, and it was bright with a vague and shifty
radiance. Looking straight at me and suspended, as it were, in the air,
for all beneath was in shadow, there hung a face…’
A mysterious letter, a missing father, stolen jewels and a man found dead in a locked
room. Private detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr
Watson have their work cut out in a case which takes them through the
suburbs of south London, back in time to the forts and swamps of
colonial India, and climaxes in a dramatic chase along the river Thames.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1890 novel is the famous detective’s second case.

This edition of The War of the Worlds is perfect for students,
with the complete novel, engaging introduction written by a teacher and a
handy glossary at the back of the book. A new introduction provides
context, while bespoke glossary explains key terms.

Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist with huge ambition, exceeds his own expectations when he manages to create life from an assemblage of dead body parts. Yet he has failed to think through the consequences and responsibilities of his action, with fatal results. First published in 1818, this genre-defying novel - part gothic tale, part science fiction, part philosophical exploration - invites us to consider whom we sympathise with: the scientist playing God or the monstrous creature he has created.

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald captures the flamboyance, the carelessness and the cruelty of the wealthy during America's Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby lives mysteriously in a luxurious Long Island mansion, playing lavish host to hundreds of people.And yet no one seems to know him or how he became so rich. He is rumoured to be everything from a German spy to a war hero. People clamour for invitations to his wild parties. But Jay Gatsby doesn't heed them. He cares for one person alone - Daisy Buchanan, the woman he has waited for all his life. Little does he know that his infatuation will lead to tragedy and end in murder.