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Oneworld Classics is an independent publisher with offices in London (Richmond) and Oxford. Launched in 2007 by the directors of Oneworld Publications and Alma Books, its aim is to expand the literary canon in the English-speaking world through a series of mainstream and lesser-known classics, often by commissioning new translations.

Oneworld Classics is delighted to announce the acquisition of the legendary Calder Publications list – which includes works by Beckett, Céline, Artaud, Duras, Trocchi, Barker, Ionesco and Robbe-Grillet, among many others – and the Calder Bookshop on The Cut, near Waterloo, famous for its eclectic events programme.















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The Master and Margarita

NEW TRANSLATION BY HUGH APLIN

Mikhail Bulgakov

As a mysterious gentleman and self-proclaimed magician arrives in Moscow, followed by a most bizarre retinue of servants, the Russian literary world is shaken to its foundations. Read More
Young Adam

NEW EDITION

Alexander Trocchi

Set on a canal linking Glasgow and Edinburgh, Young Adam is the masterly literary debut by one of the most important British post-war novelists.
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Peter Schlemihl

NOW AVAILABLE

Adelbert von Chamisso

Originally written as a cautionary tale for the children of Chamisso's patron, Peter Schlemihl was hailed by contemporaries as a masterpiece with a wide adult appeal, and continues to capture imaginations today. Read More
  Mozart's Journey to Prague

Eduard Mörike

While on a journey with his wife to Prague for the opening night of Don Giovanni, Mozart is caught picking an orange on the grounds of a stately home. But when the resident family find out who he is, they are delighted to be in the presence of the celebrated composer... Read More
Locus Solus

NEW EDITION

Raymond Roussel

Cantarel, a scholarly scientist, whose enourmous wealth imposes no limits upon his prolific ingenuity is taking a group of visitors on a tour of "Locus Solus", his secluded estate near Paris. Read More
Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing

Joseph von Eichendorff

Deeply imbued with the style and sentiment of German Romanticism, and philosophical and poetic in its approach to nature and existence, Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing is at once an exhilarating romp and a lively portrayal of 19th-century ideals. Read More
The Benefit of Farting

Jonathan Swift

What is the nature, essence and definition of a fart? What are the consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is farting considered to be a taboo? Read More
In Praise of Folly

Erasmus

Vilified by generations of philosophers and moralists, the goddess Folly decides to climb onto the pulpit and vindicate herself, since humankind stubbornly refuses to acknowledge her many indisputable virtues. Read More

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