A series of 50 hardcover books published by Marshall Cavendish aimed at introducing the best books by the most famous writers published in the English language.
The books are grouped into three periods:
19th Century - entries 1-25
20th Century - entries 27-42
Classic Writers - entries 43-50
Missing from the list is the collections of Romantic Poets (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats) and War Poets (Brooke, Sassoon, Owen and Rosenburg).
