Born into the Irish gentry, outmanoeuvred in his first affair, spy and gambler, and married to a titled heiress who finally outwits him, Barry Lyndon is a fictional adventurer and rogue, whom the reader is lead to distrust from the very beginning.

This title, a parody of the style of Cervantes and much praised by Fielding, Richardson and Dr. Johnson, tells of the misadventures of the aristocratic Arabella, a devoted reader of romantic fiction.

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The phrase 'life's little ironies' is now proverbial, but it was coined by Thomas Hardy as the title for this volume of short stories. The collection displays the whole range of Hardy's art as a writer of fiction, from fantasy to uncompromising realism.

Philip Sidney was in his early 20s when he wrote this story for the amusement of his younger sister. It is a romantic story in the manner of Shakespeare's early comedies, with lively speeches, dialogues, and quasi-dramatic tableaux. Two young princes disguise themselves to gain access to the Arcadian princesses.

Hoffmann is among the greatest and most popular of the German Romantics. This selection puts in the foreground those tales in which the real and the supernatural are brought into contact and conflict. The humour of these tales is a result of the incongruity of supernatural beings at large in an ostentatiously everyday world.

This selection of Ruskin's work draws on the whole range of his output, including 'Modern Painters', 'The Stones of Venice' and 'Sesame and Lilies', as well as featuring less familiar writings on science and myth.

This collection includes five comedies on the theme of marital disharmony by Restoration playwright John Vanburgh (1664-1726). The text includes a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and bibliography.