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Set on the coast of England, The Waves is a beautifully poetic novel that follows the lives of six children as they grow, from early childhood up to old age, and experience friendship, love and grief. Setting each scene with lyrical prose, Woolf draws each character out, slowly revealing their innermost thoughts.

Regarded by many as Virginia Woolf's greatest work, this Vintage Classics edition has been curated by Jeanette Winterson using the original Hogarth Press edition.

Lady Diana Cooper was a star of the early twentieth stage, an English silent film actress and aristocrat. In this first instalment of her sparkling set of autobiographies, she speaks of her upbringing, her family, her debut into high society - which was interrupted with the outbreak of the First World War. 

Viewed as one of the most beautiful and influential women of her day, Lady Diana's three volume memoirs reveal the hidden secrets of early 20th-century upper-class life.

A collection of playful, yet deadly short stories from renowned writer Italo Calvino, populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener.  

First published in English in 1957, these tales are a perfect mix of post-war Italian realism with a fable-like charm, exploring the thin line between childhood innocence and wonder, and the bleaker realities of human existence.

Adam, One Afternoon and Other Stories is a great introduction to Italo Calvino’s twentieth-century prose.

Mr Harding is a good man, and the warden to an alms house which provides a peaceful home to twelve old men. The young and zealous John Bold is also a good man, but believes he has witnessed an injustice which must be exposed. Many have a say in the scandal that ensues, causing a crisis in the hearts and minds of many in the quiet country town of Barchester.

An insightful exploration of moral dilemmas fought in public and private, The Warden is the first book in Anthony Trollope's Barchester Chronicles.

This is the story of Francis Andrews, a reluctant smuggler whose betrayal of his fellow colleagues causes him to flee. He takes refuge in a house of a young woman who persuades him to give evidence against his accomplices in court, but what they both aren't aware of is that to both criminals and authority, treachery is as great a crime as smuggling. 

The first step in a brilliant career, The Man Within offers a foretaste of Green’s recurring themes of religion, personal struggles and the indifferent forces of a hostile world.