The English Edition

London, 1984: Winston Smith, a history falsifier at the Ministry of Truth, falls in love with the beautiful and mysterious Julia. Together they begin to question the totalitarian world in which they have functioned until now. George Orwell's vision of a totalitarian state, in which cyber surveillance, historical revisionism and the Thought Police determine the lives of transparent citizens, has only become more urgent to this day.

• »Who controls the past controls the future.« 1984
• Englischsprachige Ausgabe
• »Alles, was man über Politik wissen muß, steht meiner Ansicht nach bei George Orwell« Harald Martenstein

• »If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!« (Frankenstein’s creature)
• »It's alive!« (from Frankenstein)

• »The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him.« Van Helsing in Dracula

• English Edition for the anniversary year 2025: Jane Austen's 250th birthday
• Jane Austen was born on December 16th, 1775
• »Do anything rather than marry without affection.« Jane Bennet
• »I have not the pleasure of understanding you.« Mr Bennet in »Pride and Prejudice«
• »I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.« Elizabeth Bennet in »Pride and Prejudice«
• »I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!« Miss Caroline Bingley in »Pride and Prejudice«

• »It is my business to know what other people do not know.« Sherlock Holmes
• »I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.« Sherlock Holmes
• »There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.« Sherlock Holmes

• »I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.« Jane Austen about Emma
• English edition for the anniversary year 2025: Jane Austen's 250th birthday
• Jane Austen was born on December 16th, 1775

The timeless Russian classic

Meet Dostoevsky's most famous character Raskolnikov, a destitute student whose radical ideals and theories lead him to commit a shocking double murder. Consumed by guilt he longs for punishment. Adrift in the chaos of his own mind and the bustling streets of St. Petersburg, Raskolnikov finds solace only in Sonya, whose love offers a glimmer of hope. Renowned as one of the deepest explorations into the dark twists of the human condition, “Crime and Punishment” is a literary masterpiece.

• English edition of Dostoevsky’s famous masterpiece
• »You shouldn’t have gone murdering people with a hatchet; that’s no occupation for a gentleman.« Crime and Punishment
• »Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.« Crime and Punishment