“ ‘Classic’, Mark Twain remarked, is a book which people praise and don’t read.” Wasn’t he wrong, good old Twain! His own books about Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, both now indisputably classic, have been read and re-read by children all over the world. So ‘classic’ is a book that is always read and widely enjoyed. Here you’ll find my recommendations of superbly illustrated editions of unabridged classic literature with high quality translations.
“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads” François Charles Mauriac Having read and reread “The Master and […]
“The Master and Margarita” by Mihail Bulgakov, illustrated by G.A.V. Traugot Read More »
Maggie Taylor’s Wonderland is bold and utterly original, a fusion of realism and illusion with an impact that challenges visually and intellectually. I oscillate between unease when multi-faced Alice impassively
“Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There” by Maggie Taylor Read More »
Every now and again I am asked about ways to inspire the love of reading in energetic toddlers when settling down with a book is the last thing they want
Born in 1936, Robert Ingpen turns 80 this year, an age commonly associated with slowing down yet the amount of wonderful illustrations he was able to produce in the last
Classic library of the best literary masterpieces with Robert Ingpen’s illustrations Read More »