Books in the Real Reads series

All the animals were looking forward to the new, happy lives they would lead when Mr Jones's rule over them came to an end. When the animals get rid of Mr Jones and take over the farm, they are excited by their new freedom. But can they run the farm with tools that are designed for humans?

If there is no word for freedom, how can anyone be free? Winston Smith lives in a nightmare world where the Thought Police spy on everyone and children are taught to betray their parents. Even the smallest sign of disagreement with the Party results in torture, imprisonment, or death. Big Brother oversees everything - but who is he?

When his ship Endurance sinks in the icy Antarctic, Ernest Shackleton is left with the responsibility of getting his crew safely back home.

The arrival of a gold bug leads the three men on an exciting adventure towards skeletons, a skull and a hunt for buried treasure.

A word of warning - if you are expecting to read a story about model children, you'd better read something else. Not one of the seven children in this story is truly good - Australian children never are.

This was my life, my career, my brilliant career!

Can the path to the ultimate truth about human life be found by leaving behind wealth, comfort, family and security?

Set in 1482, Victor Hugo's powerful novel is a meditation on love, fate, architecture and politics.

There is a whistling sound behind us. Shells pass overhead and explode in a sheet of flame a hundred meters away.

Running away to sea brought adventure and wealth, but then came shipwreck and a desperate struggle for survival.

'Why bless you, Little Nell! What if I had lost you?'

Viola survives a shipwreck, but she thinks her twin brother Sebastian has died.

Hamlet's father, the king of Denmark, has died suddenly. But instead of grieving, his mother Gertrude has married the dead king's brother, Claudius.

Following a series of misfortunes, Tess Durbeyfield leaves her impoverished family to seek work with her rich relations.

As well as the individual New Testament titles, the complete set of six is also available in a neat and durable boxed set for the same price as the six books bought individually.

Jane Eyre is poor, parentless and plain. Her future looks bleak.

I saw everything. They told me everything. I played a part in everything.

'You must hear my tale. You must hear my terrible, terrible tale.'

When Dr Henry Jekyll dares to explore the delicate balance between good and evil, he little suspects the destructive powers he will unleash.

'Dinosaurs are most certainly not extinct. I have seen them.'

No one would have believed that planet Earth was being watched by creatures more intelligent than humankind.

Louisa is the practical daughter of a powerful industrialist. Sissy is the imaginative daughter of a clown. What will happen when two such different lives collide?

'I must warn you that you might guess twenty things without guessing correctly.'

'You are the last man in the world I would marry.'

'It would have been far better if you had never been born.'

When David's mother marries the malevolent Mr Murdstone, David's childhood happiness is destroyed for ever.

With a hungry, timid request of 'Please, sir. I want some more', orphan Oliver Twist takes his first step on a terrifying journey.