Telling the story of farm animals who rebel against their farmer, this short and simple read says more about power, greed and ...

What defines a modern classic? According to the book’s author, Henry Eliot, it’s “a product of more recent times: it was written in response to a world we are still experiencing, and it can be all the ...

Some books will be remembered for decades or centuries ... This powerful novel is already a staple on the modern classics shelf, not least because of how it sensitively deals with such a terrible ...

“One of the key things that we wanted to do was open these books up to people who haven’t read them before,” Thomson told CR. “For books that are older, we wanted to give them a new lease of life with ...

Some of the best novels are so inspiring that they’ve spawned modern adaptations, re-imagining the characters and themes that have kept the originals on our classics shelves for new audiences.

For an easy-to-access collection of , you should think about getting Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails — a book that’s ...

96 pp., illus. $10.95 paper. Scott Bukatman. Blade Runner. BFI Modern Classics Series. Indiana UP (800-842-6796), 1997. 96 pp., illus. $10.95 paper. Of course, the above comparison is unfair insofar ...

Many people underestimate the importance of literature in education, instead opting to question the reason behind English ...

The Polish booth opens at the 2014 London Book Fair on the 8th of April. According to the authors of the Modern Classics project, Polish classics of the 20th century are doing well and are well ...

Emily Ayson of Keys Fine Art Auctioneers previews the Books and Ephemera Sale, which includes a huge collection of affordable modern first editions.

the book was hailed by readers and critics alike as a genuine take on what happens in “modern” relationships ... there is a person who is the classic “Martian” and one who is the classic ...