ALMA BOOKS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2020

MY LIFE WITH BORIS

NEW NON-FICTION – 21ST MAY 2020

BY NAINA YELTSINA TRANSLATED BY SHEILA FITZPATRICK

FirstintimateaccountbythewifeofthefirstpresidentofRussia

WillthrowanewlightontheprivatecharacterofBorisYeltsin,oneofthemostimportantpoliticalfiguresoftwentieth-centuryRussia

Containsmorethan100photos

ISBN 978-1-84688-466-5 HARDBACK – 288 pp. £20

EVERGREENS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2020

THE AWAKENING

NEW EVERGREENS – 24TH JANUARY 2020

BY KATE CHOPIN

Anevocativestoryofself-discoveryandfemaleemancipation

PartofAlmaClassics’sEvergreenCollection

Containsacarefullyselectedbibliographyandextensivenotesonthetext,togetherwithextramaterialontheauthor’slifeandworks

ISBN 978-1-84749-825-0 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £5.99

THE SECRET AGENT

NEW EVERGREENS – 21ST FEBRUARY 2020

BY JOSEPH CONRAD

Ataleofanarchism,espionageandterrorism

PartofAlmaClassics’sEvergreenCollection

Containsextramaterialontheauthor’slifeandworks

ISBN 978-1-84749-826-7 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £5.99

THE PROPHET

NEW EVERGREENS – 26TH MARCH 2020

BY KAHLIL GIBRAN

Oneofthemostpopularspiritualclassics

PartofAlmaClassics’sEvergreenCollection

Wellannotatedandcompetitivelypriced

ISBN 978-1-84749-827-4 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99

THEWARDEN

NEW EVERGREENS – 23RD APRIL 2020

BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE

PartofAlma’sEvergreenseries,TheWardenisthefirstintheChroniclesofBarsetshireseries

Containsnotesandextramaterial

Idealforstudents

ISBN 978-1-84749-828-1 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £5.99

BLEAK HOUSE

NEW EVERGREENS – 21ST MAY 2019

BY CHARLES DICKENS

PartofAlmaClassics’sEvergreenCollection

Punctuationandspellinghavebeenmodernizedtomakeitmoreaccessibleforthemodernreader

Containsdetailedandcomprehensiveextramaterialontheauthor’slifeandworks

ISBN 978-1-84749-671-3 PAPERBACK – 992 pp. £6.99

ALMA EVERGREENS SER IES

ALMA CLASSICS FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2020

SELECTED POEMS

NEW CLASSIC POETRY – 24TH JANUARY 2020

BY WILLIAM BLAKE

PartofAlma’s‘GreatPoets’series,whichincludesvolumesbyColeridge,Keats,Shakespeare,WhitmanandWordsworth

Eachvolumeisbasedonthemostauthoritativetext,iswellannotatedandcontainsextramaterialforstudents

ReflectsAlma’scommitmenttoprovideaffordableeditionswithvaluableinsightintothegreatpoets’works.

Acomprehensivevolume,fullyannotated

Idealforstudents

ISBN 978-1-84749-821-2 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £7.99

LYRICS VOL. III

NEW CLASSIC POETRY – 25TH JUNE 2020

BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN EDITED BY ROGER CLARKE

Beautifully packaged

The third volume in Alma’s Pushkin Lyrics series

Follows the success of the new editions of Pushkin’s works: Ruslan and Lyudmila, Boris Godunov, The Captain’s Daughter and The Queen of Spades

Translated by a board of acclaimed translators

Dual-language edition with facing text

ISBN 978-1-84749-733-8 PAPERBACK – 448 pp. £9.99

“In these early poems Pushkin shows an astonishing versatility… doing so with a verve and subtlety which belies his youth. At less than ten pounds for nearly 450 pages,

this book is incredibly good value.”

Michael Pursglove, East-West Review

WILHELM MEISTER

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 24TH JANUARY 2020

BY JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE TRANSLATED BY H.M. WAIDSON

OnlyeditioninprintintheEnglish-speakingworldofthecompleteWilhelmMeister

IncludesWilhelmMeister’sYearsofApprenticeshipandWilhelmMeister’sYearsofTravel

IncludespicturesandanextensivesectiononGoethe’slifeandworks

ISBN 978-1-84749-845-8 PAPERBACK – 880 pp. £12.99

THE LAST LETTERS OF JACOPO ORTIS

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST FEBRUARY 2020

BY UGO FOSCOLO TRANSLATED BY J.G. NICHOLS

OnlyeditioninprintofamasterpiecebyoneofItaly’smostfamouswriters

Foscolo’sprosehasbeen“brilliantlycapturedbyJ.G.Nichols’stranslation”(TLS)

Translatedbyprize-winningtranslatorJ.G.Nichols

ISBN 978-1-84749-840-3 PAPERBACK – 160 pp. £7.99

FINNEGANS WAKE

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 26TH MARCH 2020

BY JAMES JOYCE

80thAnniversaryEdition,idealforuniversitystudents

IncorporatesJoyce’smanuscriptamendmentsandincludesacriticalintroductionbyDrSamSloteofTrinityCollegeDublin.

PerfectcompaniontoAlma’seditionsofUlyssesandDubliners

ISBN 978-1-84749-800-7 PAPERBACK – 640 pp. £7.99

JACOB’S ROOM

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 23RD APRIL 2020

BY VIRGINIA WOOLF

Atrulyexperimentalnovel

AgreatadditiontoAlma’sVirginiaWoolfcollection

IncludesanextensivesectiononWoolf’slifeandworks

ISBN 978-1-84749-836-6 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £5.99

TALES FROM RUSSIAN FOLKLORE

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH JUNE 2020

BY ALEXANDER AFANASYEV TRANSLATED BY STEPHEN PIMENOFF

UniqueandextensiveselectionofRussianfolkloretalesinthetraditionoftheBrothersGrimm

Presentedinabrandnewtranslation

WilloffertheopportunitytodiscoveronethefoundlingtextsoftheEuropeanfolklorictradition

ISBN 978-1-84749-837-3 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £9.99

UNCLE’S DREAM

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST FEBRUARY 2020

BY FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY TRANSLATED BY ROGER COCKRELL

PartofAlma’s101Pagesseries,Uncle’sDreamisalesser-knownworkbyDostoevsky

FromthecriticallyacclaimedtranslatorRogerCockrell

ISBN 978-1-84749-768-0 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99

THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 26TH MARCH 2020

BY NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI TRANSLATED BY J.G. NICHOLS

OnlyeditioninprintofthislittlemasterpiecebytheauthorofThePrince

Translatedbyprize-winningtranslatorJ.G.Nichols

AccompaniedbyselectedpassagesfromMachiavelli’sFlorentineHistories

PartofAlma’s101Pagesseriesofunjustlyneglectedclassicsofenduringsignificance

ISBN 978-1-84749-832-8 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99

MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDÉRI

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST MAY 2020

BY E.T.A. HOFFMANN TRANSLATED BY ANDREW BROWN

Oneoftheearliestexamplesoftheclassicmurdermystery

Onlysingle-volumeedition

GreatadditiontoAlma’sHoffmanncollection

ISBN 978-1-84749-833-5 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £5.99

NEW TITLES SPRING 2020

THE HERETIC OF SOANA

NEW POETRY – 26TH MARCH 2020

BY GERHART HAUPTMANN TRANSLATED BY BAYARD QUINCY MORGAN

OnlyeditioninprintofagreatclassicfromNobelPrizewinnerGerhartHauptmann

PartofthenewlyrevampedCalderCollection

AgreatexampleofGermanNaturalism

ISBN 978-0-71454-968-2 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £9.99

HELIOGABALUS, OR THE ANARCHIST CROWNED

NEW CLASSIC THEATRE – 23RD MAY 2020

BY ANTONIN ARTAUD TRANSLATED BY VICTOR CORTI

UniqueeditionofoneofthemostrevolutionaryfoundingtextsfromthefatheroftheTheatreofCruelty

PartofnewlyrevampedCalderCollection

TheperfectcompaniontoAlma’seditionofTheTheatreandItsDouble,currentlyadoptedinvariousuniversitycourses

ISBN 978-0-71454-893-7 PAPERBACK – 128 pp. £8.99

SELECTED POEMS

NEW POETRY – 25TH JULY 2020

BY PAUL ÉLUARD TRANSLATED BY GILBERT BOWEN

Onlyeditioninprint

Acollectionofhisbestpoemspresentedhereinabilingualedition

PartoftheCalderCollection

ISBN 978-0-71454-913-2 PAPERBACK – 224 pp. £8.99

ALMA JUNIOR CLASSICS

FORTHCOMING TITLES SPRING 2020

Timeless stories with a modern look from

illustrators you love

KING SOLOMON’S MINES

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 23RD APRIL 2020

BY H. RIDER HAGGARD

Neweditionofoneofthegreatestchildren’sclassicsofEnglishliterature

Anaction-packedadventurenovelsetinAfrica

Containsaglossary,atest-yourselfquizandextramaterialforyoungreaders

ISBN 978-1-84749-841-0 PAPERBACK – 320 pp. £6.99

THE BEARS’ FAMOUS INVASION OF SICILY

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 21ST MAY 2020

BY DINO BUZZATI ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR WITH A READER’S COMPANION BY LEMONY SNICKET TRANSLATED BY FRANCES LOBB

AtimelessItalianclassic,beautifullypresentedwiththeoriginalcolourillustrationsbyDinoBuzzati,theauthorofTheTartarSteppe

OnlyEnglisheditioninprint

Containsadditionalreaders’resourcesbyLemonySnicket

PraisedbyLemonySnicketas“OneofthenoblestbooksIknow”

ISBN 978-1-84749-846-5 PAPERBACK – 192 pp. £7.99

THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS

NEW CLASSIC FICTION – 25TH JUNE 2020

BY E. NESBIT ILLUSTRATED BY PETER BAILEY

BeautifullyillustratedbyPeterBailey

AgreatadditiontotheAlmaJuniorE.NesbitCollection

Includesextramaterialforyoungreaders,includingasectiononthebook,informationabouttheauthorandatest-yourselfquiz

ISBN 978-1-84749-842-7 PAPERBACK – 288 pp. £7.99