Arcturus Classic Collections - Böcker

This essential five-volume box set brings together the classic works of Jules Verne, presented with striking contemporary cover designs. Jules Verne was one of the most imaginative writers ever to have lived and his novels set the stage for science fiction for generations to come. Filled with adventure, flights of fancy, extraordinary characters and brilliant inventions, the novels of Jules Verne are not to be missed. In Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg embarks on a madcap race across the globe in which he must use every means at his disposal to achieve his grand goal. Journey to the Centre of the Earth takes us deep beneath the surface as the eccentric Professor Liedenbrock uncovers the wonders that lie within. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea introduces us to the enigmatic Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, as he begins a fantastical voyage beneath the waves. From the Earth to the Moon sees three friends journey to the Moon and its sequel, Around the Moon, recounts the obstacles and misadventures they face in order to return to Earth. These collected volumes make a wonderful gift for any lover of classic fiction.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Collections series features delightful, high-quality paperback box sets of classic works of literature with striking contemporary cover designs.

This handsome 5-volume boxset bring together Charles Dickens' best-known works in collectible paperback editions. Readers can revel in Dickens' masterful atmospheric descriptions of Victorian London as they encounter some of the novelist's most enduring and best-loved characters, from Fagin to Scrooge and Miss Havisham. These intricately plotted masterpieces will provide reader with hours of pleasure. Includes: • Oliver Twist• A Christmas Carol• Hard Times • A Tale of Two Cities• Great ExpectationsTogether, these complete and unabridged novels provide the ideal introduction to one of English literature's greatest and much-loved authors.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Collections series features delightful, high-quality paperback box sets of classic works of literature with striking contemporary cover designs.

This gorgeous collection brings together six of Jane Austen's best-known works in collectible paperback editions, presented in a decorative box set. Full of Austen's customary wit and acute observations, these wonderful masterpieces provide a thoroughly entertaining window onto life in Georgian Britain and will provide readers with hours of pleasure. These editions each feature concise introductions and are presented with striking contemporary cover designs which make wonderful collectibles. Includes: • Pride and Prejudice• Sense and Sensibility• Emma • Persuasion• Mansfield Park• Northanger Abbey Fitting elegantly into a ridged box set with spot varnish detailing, these complete and unabridged novels celebrate one of the greatest and best-loved authors in English literature. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Collections series features delightful, high-quality paperback box sets of classic works of literature with striking contemporary cover designs.

This handsome five-volume box set brings together the classic works Friedrich Nietzsche, presented with striking contemporary cover designs. One of the most prominent thinkers of the 19th century, Nietzsche was a cultural critic and philosopher whose theories on truth, morality, nihilism and the meaning of existence have had enormous influence on Western philosophy. This box set contains his most prominent works, including:• Human, All Too Human• Thus Spake Zarathustra • Beyond Good and Evil• On the Genealogy of Morals• Ecce HomoThese influential essay collections have profoundly shaped modern philosophy and remain as pertinent now as they ever were.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Collections series features delightful, high-quality paperback box sets of classic works of literature with striking contemporary cover designs.

This handsome 5-volume box set brings together the most celebrated stories featuring the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, the inspiration for the new Netflix series.'Stylish, suspensful, and, most of all, a wild romp through Paris.' - The New Yorker.Arsène Lupin, criminal mastermind, morally upright thief, and charming gentleman, is one of the most engaging antiheroes in the history of crime fiction. Using nothing more than his wits and his confidence in his own abilities, Lupin relieves the rich of their most prized possessions through an array of elaborate schemes.This collection includes five brilliant titles:• Arsène Lupin: Gentleman-Thief• Arsène Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes• Arsène Lupin: The Hollow Needle• Arsène Lupin: 813• Arsène Lupin: The Crystal HollowABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Collections series features delightful, high-quality paperback box sets of classic works of literature with striking contemporary cover designs.

This brilliant 5-book box set brings together Wilde's most famous works, presented with vibrant. contemporary cover designs. Brilliant writer, flamboyant playwright, and prominent journalist, Oscar Wilde was one of Victorian Britain's most accomplished - and notorious - literary figures. Satirical, charming, eminently quotable, yet also acutely observant, Oscar Wilde's writing continues to captivate readers to this day.Contains:• The Picture of Dorian Gray; • The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays; • The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems; • De Profundis • The Happy Prince and Other Stories.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Collections series features delightful, high-quality paperback box sets of classic works of literature with striking contemporary cover designs.

This wonderful 5-book box-set brings together the most celebrated works of Virginia Woolf, presented with vibrant contemporary cover designs. Virginia Woolf was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, a member of literary set the Bloomsbury Group and one of the founders of the Modernist movement. A great stylist, she experimented with plot and structure in her novels which dealt exuberantly with her great themes: the balance of power between the sexes, England's social hierarchy and the consequences of war.Woolf lived an extraordinary life at an extraordinary time in human history, and this classic collection contains the core of her innovative and influential output:• The Voyage Out, a tale of love, loss and self-discovery onboard ship.• Mrs Dalloway, a moving and introspective portrait of life in interwar London.• To the Lighthouse, a modernist tour-de-force evolving from a family's trips to a lighthouse on the Isle of Skye.• Orlando, the satirical story of the life and travails of a 300-year-old man-turned-woman.• A Room of One's Own, the quintessential feminist essay on the injustices women face.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Collections series features delightful, high-quality paperback box sets of classic works of literature with striking contemporary cover designs.

This exquisite five-volume box set comprises of some of the most renowned works of Aleister Crowley, a legendary figure in the world of occultism who has had a profound impact on modern esotericism. This collection offers a glimpse into the enigmatic mind of Crowley, a leading figure in the early 20th century occult movement. Crowley's teachings and practices were heavily influenced by Western esotericism, including elements of Kabbalah, alchemy, and astrology, as well as Eastern mysticism. He believed in the power of individual will to achieve spiritual transformation and sought to create a new form of religion based on these insights which he named Thelema. These five paperback volumes bring together his fiction, poetry and spiritual philosophy, presented with striking cover designs and insightful introductions. Together they offer a wonderful way to truly understand his teachings.Includes:• The Diary of a Drug Fiend: Fiction inspired by Crowley's own experimentation with drugs.• Moonchild: A novel involving a magical war between magicians over an unborn child.• The Book of Lies: An enigmatic occult text exploring magick, meditation, divination, and the nature of the universe.• The Book of the Law and Liber 777: Two texts forming the basis of Crowley's spiritual philosophy, Thelema.• Clouds Without Water and White Stains: Two of his esoteric poetry collections in one volume.This box set is a must-have for fans of Crowley's work and those interested in the occult and Crowley's magick philosophy. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Collections series features delightful, high-quality paperback box sets of classic works of literature with striking contemporary cover designs.

This handsome 5-book paperback box set contains a selection of Edgar Allan Poe's most celebrated literary works, presented with striking contemporary cover designs. Edgar Allen Poe is regarded as one of the greatest American writers and a pioneer of the horror genre. Themes of guilt, fear and revenge abound as the master of gothic horror transports readers to mysterious worlds, carries them on dangerous sea voyages, and investigates gruesome murders. This box set brings together some of his most celebrated works, from his classic horror stories such as 'The Fall of the House of Usher' to his dream-like poetry such as 'The Raven' and his humorous, cynical satire including 'The Man who was Used Up'.In this collection you will find:• Stories and Satire• Classic Tales of Horror• Raven and Other Poems• Two Tales of Travel• Tales of Adventure and MysteryThis 5-volume collection offers a comprehensive look into the mind of one of America's most revered and enigmatic writers, presented with striking contemporary cover designs.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Collections series features delightful, high-quality paperback box sets of classic works of literature with striking contemporary cover designs.

This handsome 5-volume box set contains more than 70 terrifying short stories from the masters of cosmic horror. Unspeakable evils, elder gods, and forgotten terrors haunt the pages within this collection. Whether telling of the emergence of the tentacled Cthulhu in "The Call of Cthulhu" or the rise of an ancient pagan deity in "The Great God Pan", the stories found here are the stuff of nightmares. This collection includes these brilliant and horrifying tales: • The Call of the Cthulhu and Other Stories by H. P. Lovecraft• The Haunter of the Ring and Other Stories by Robert E. Howard•The Black Seal and Other Stories by Arthur Machen• Yuki-Onna and Other Stories by Lafcadio Hearn• The Yellow Sign and Other Stories by Robert W. Chambers With vibrant graphic cover designs, these editions make wonderful collectibles for any classic literature lover, encased in a decorative box set. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Collections series features delightful, high-quality paperback box sets of classic works of literature with striking contemporary cover designs.