Tag: Classics

1970: Harper & Row publishes the first English translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude…

Harper & Row publishes the first English translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, establishing him as a leading young Latin American writer and a dominant and innovative figure on the global literary scene. More

Master and Commander

First book in O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series, widely regarded as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. More

The Cat in the Hat

This iconic Dr. Seuss book is one of the bestselling children’s books of all time. More

1961: The first Beginner Books by Dr. Seuss are published by Collins in the UK…

The first Beginner Books by Dr. Seuss are published by Collins in the UK. This series includes The Cat in the Hat (which had been previously published by Collins in 1958 and was an immediate success) and Green Eggs and Ham. More

Their Eyes Were Watching God

One of the most widely read and acclaimed novels in the canon of African-American literature. More

To Kill a Mockingbird

Much-loved Pulitzer Prize–winning classic, voted by librarians across America as the best novel of the twentieth century. More

Little House on the Prairie

Third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has sold more than 34 million copies. More

The Carrot Seed

An early classic in children’s literature about perseverance; never out of print. More

Page from the original manuscript of “The Man from Snowy River”

A handwritten page from the original manuscript of “The Man from Snowy River” by Banjo Paterson. More

Neil Gaiman

I read to travel, and to learn. More

Neil Gaiman

Agatha Christie at her Devonshire home

Agatha Christie, known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime, is the best-selling novelist in history, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. More

Michael Bond

I was brought up in a house where books were an essential part of the furnishings. More

Michael Bond

I Can Read!

Inspired by an occasion in which she attempted to find an appropriate book for a young boy who had just learned to read, Boston librarian Virginia Haviland telephoned her friend Ursula Nordstrom, the head of children’s publishing at Harper & Brothers. More

The Hobbit

J. R. R. Tolkien’s enchanting tale became an instant success when it was first published. More

1860: Harper & Brothers enters into the crime fiction genre

Harper & Brothers pay Wilkie Collins £750 for The Woman in White, which heralds the firm's entry into the crime fiction genre. More

1963: Maurice Sendak receives the Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are…

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is published. It is awarded the 1964 Caldecott Medal. More

Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Major nineteenth-century English novel that challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England. More

Judith Kerr

Why I write: Usually, so that I can do the illustrations. More

Judith Kerr

The Giving Tree

Poignant, game-changing picture book for readers of all ages that has been a favorite for generations. More

1958: Collins publishes the first English translation of Doctor Zhivago…

Collins publishes the first English translation of Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. More

Middlemarch

Ranked number one in a 2015 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British novels. More

Goodnight Moon

Every child’s must-have bedtime classic; beloved by generations of readers and listeners. More

1937: Zora Neale Hurston’s masterpiece, Their Eyes Were Watching God is published…

J. B. Lippincott publishes Zora Neale Hurston’s masterpiece, Their Eyes Were Watching God. More

Stuart Little

White’s beloved classic about a small mouse on a big adventure is a perennial bestseller. More

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

One of Harper & Brothers’ most famous and influential authors was Aldous Huxley, who signed with the publisher in 1927 and published his first book, Texts and Pretexts, with them in 1932. More

To Kill a Mockingbird

When J. B. Lippincott (later acquired by HarperCollins) editor Therese (Tay) von Hohoff saw the first draft of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), she saw a promising story, but one in need of some reshaping and editing. More

Jane Eyre

Brontë’s masterpiece of Gothic romance; a milestone title in the history of British feminist literature. More