Our Collections

Curated shelves for the discerning reader

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English-Language Classics

The foundation of our collection — timeless works from the literary canon

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Timeless romance and razor-sharp social satire

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Rich with memorable characters and social commentary

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Dark, passionate, and unconventional

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Tragic, beautiful, and deeply humane

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Middlemarch

George Eliot

Complex, empathetic, and philosophically rich

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Beauty, morality, and decadence

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

Short but intense — still resonates

Russian Classics

Depth, philosophy, and the great Russian tradition

A stack of Russian-language books with a Dostoyevsky edition
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin

Eugene Onegin

Alexander Pushkin

Romantic, witty, melancholic — a national treasure

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol

Satirical masterpiece skewering provincial life

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev

Generational ideological conflict

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Psychological intensity at its finest

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Epic, emotional, and deeply observant

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

The Cherry Orchard

Anton Chekhov

Depth of character that is world-class

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

A Hero of Our Time

Mikhail Lermontov

Brooding, stylish, and ahead of its time

Mother by Maxim Gorky

Mother

Maxim Gorky

Socially charged and powerful

Ancient & Renaissance

Good modern translations only — the foundations of Western literature

The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

Inferno by Dante

Inferno

Dante

Shakespeare — Arden & Penguin editions

Shakespeare

Arden & Penguin editions

Paradise Lost by John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton

Don Quixote by Cervantes

Don Quixote

Cervantes

Gothic

The dark and the uncanny — horror with literary pedigree

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Edgar Allan Poe

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla

Sheridan Le Fanu

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Books That Have Lasted

Post-war to late 20th century — the modern canon

English & European

1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Trial

Franz Kafka

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh

The Plague by Albert Camus

The Plague

Albert Camus

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

The End of the Affair

Graham Greene

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger

Russian / Soviet

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman

Life and Fate

Vasily Grossman

Late 20th-Century Literary

Recent literature worth rereading

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Toni Morrison

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy

Rabbit, Run by John Updike

Rabbit, Run

John Updike

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

Russian & Eastern European Modern Classics

Moscow-Petushki by Venedikt Erofeev

Moscow-Petushki

Venedikt Erofeev

The Foundation Pit by Andrei Platonov

The Foundation Pit

Andrei Platonov

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich

Voices from Chernobyl

Svetlana Alexievich

The Suitcase by Sergei Dovlatov

The Suitcase

Sergei Dovlatov

Daniel Stein, Interpreter by Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Daniel Stein, Interpreter

Lyudmila Ulitskaya

21st Century

Contemporary voices carrying the literary tradition forward

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald

Austerlitz

W. G. Sebald

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel

2666 by Roberto Bolaño

2666

Roberto Bolaño

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Atonement

Ian McEwan

Philosophy & Essays

Russian-adjacent thinkers and modern classics of thought

Russian-Adjacent Thinkers

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer

Essays and Aphorisms

Arthur Schopenhauer

Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard

Fear and Trembling

Søren Kierkegaard

Russian Thinkers by Isaiah Berlin

Russian Thinkers

Isaiah Berlin

My Past and Thoughts by Alexander Herzen

My Past and Thoughts

Alexander Herzen

Modern Classics of Thought

The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt

The Human Condition

Hannah Arendt

Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag

Against Interpretation

Susan Sontag

The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin

The Hedgehog and the Fox

Isaiah Berlin

Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault

Discipline and Punish

Michel Foucault

The Book Dealer's Cabinet

Collector's pieces, first editions, and limited runs — enquire in store

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Rare

First or Early Editions

First or early modern editions of Dickens, Hardy, and other English-language masters. Each one carefully sourced and verified.

Collector's

Russian Émigré Printings

Paris and Berlin printings from the 1920s–30s. Bilingual Russian–English poetry editions. Chekhov letters and diaries.

Cabinet stock changes regularly. Ask at the counter for current availability.

For Younger Readers Too

We believe in shaping young minds and nurturing a love of reading. Alongside our classical collections, we carry a selection of popular contemporary titles — from Harry Potter to Twilight and beyond — to help the next generation discover the joy of books.

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