The Winter's Tale

William Shakespeare

Though sometimes classified as a 'problem play' for its mix of turbulent emotional and light-hearted comedy, William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale is a timeless study of jealousy and desire. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by Ernest Schanzer with an introduction by Russ McDonald. 'You may a...

A Vision of the World: Selected Short Stories

John Cheever

The first authorised selected collection of the twentieth-century’s most influential short story writer. SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JULIAN BARNES Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, John Cheever - variously referred to as ‘Ovid in Ossining’ and the ‘Chekhov of the suburbs’ - foreve...