A farm, a revolution – and the desperate dream of freedom

The animals on the farm of drunkard Mr Jones are neglected, exploited and mistreated – until one day they decide to rise up. Led by the most intelligent among them, the pigs, they overthrow their human oppressor and establish a new set of rules for communal life: All animals are equal! A happier life seems within reach, but slowly, new power structures begin to emerge … and those who were once oppressed morph into tyrants.

Written back in 1945, George Orwell’s incisive dystopian novel remains as relevant as ever.

Set against the desolate backdrop of the rugged Yorkshire moorlands, this dramatic love story revolves around the passionate and headstrong Catherine and the fierce, quick-tempered Heathcliff. When Catherine chooses to marry another man, defying her own heart, Heathcliff – consumed by jealousy and an implacable thirst for revenge – pulls his great love into an unstoppable spiral of passion and destruction.
Wild, dark, and intense, Emily Brontë’s timeless tale of Catherine and Heathcliff remains one of the most powerful and widely read works in English literature to this day.

Timeless wisdom for modern life: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is more than a philosophical classic – it is a guide to living with purpose, clarity, and strength. Written nearly two thousand years ago as the private reflections of a Roman emperor, its insights feel strikingly relevant today. With calm, powerful words on resilience, responsibility, and inner peace, Marcus Aurelius shows how to rise above daily challenges and focus on what truly matters. Far from abstract theory, this is a practical companion for anyone seeking balance in a restless world.
For readers who crave more than quick fixes, Meditations offers lasting inspiration and a path toward genuine freedom of the mind and spirit.

In the sweltering streets of St Petersburg, impoverished former student Rodion Raskolnikov convinces himself that one ruthless act can liberate him—and prove his theory that extraordinary people stand above the law. The murder he commits, however, opens a labyrinth of fear, fever, and moral reckoning. As the relentless investigator Porfiry closes in and the compassionate Sonia offers a different path, Raskolnikov is driven toward confession, punishment, and the hard-won possibility of redemption.
Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece is a psychological thriller and a profound inquiry into guilt, justice, and the price of pride.
 

New York in the Roaring Twenties: the enigmatic Jay Gatsby seems to possess everything money can buy. Night after night, his fairy-tale estate on Long Island blazes with music, champagne, and the glittering crowd of the city’s elite. Yet Gatsby himself remains strangely apart—watching the decadent pageant with a single desire that outshines all his splendour: that Daisy, his great love, will one day walk through his door.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece of American literature opens a dazzling view onto the rich and their rituals—and exposes, beneath the glamour, the emptiness and drift of a life devoted to display.

Dorian Gray is young, rich, and dazzlingly beautiful. When sitting for a portrait, he is drawn into the orbit of Lord Henry Wotton—a brilliant talker whose wit turns temptation into a philosophy. A reckless wish takes hold: let the painting bear the marks of time and sin, while Dorian remains untouched. In fin-de-siècle London, years pass. Dorian moves through drawing rooms and back streets alike, adored in public, feared in whispers, shedding scruple as easily as he changes gloves. Locked away, the canvas becomes his secret history ...
Wilde’s only novel is epigrammatic, intoxicating—a glittering comedy of manners that turns, sentence by sentence, into a gothic meditation on desire, art, and the price of perfect appearances.