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A small family-run publishing company offering classic literature at remarkably low prices.

offer such high quality books at such low prices. The simple answer is that we are a small family business, with rather old-fashioned values. We do not have corporate headquarters or a massive marketing budget, and this helps us to achieve our ultimate aim: making classic fiction and non-fiction books available at an affordable price, but without any compromise on quality. Wordsworth Editions was established in 1987, but it was the launch of the £1 Classic paperback, the brainchild of the late Michael Trayler, in 1992 that created a sensation in the book trade and the national press. How could we produce such high quality books for a fraction of the price charged by leading publishers for the same titles? In the following years, many publishers, both large and small, have tried to copy our formula, but with little success. Over twenty years later, our Adult and Children’s Classics are still retailing for only £2.50. Our range of over 400 titles includes World Literature, Poetry and Mystery & Supernatural titles, together with large format Special Editions and high-quality deluxe hardbacks in our Library Collection and Collector’s Edition series, all offering unbeatable quality and value for money. Introductions and Notes are included in the vast majority of the titles in our Adult Classics and World Literature series; written by leading academics, they make our books invaluable for students on a tight budget and are fascinating for the general reader. We are constantly looking at ways to improve our books, whether it be through additional content or a better quality finish, but without any increase in prices - proof indeed that Wordsworth truly believes in offering true value over profits.

10/01/2026

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07/01/2026

🥀 The Empress Collection - Wuthering Heights 🥀 We are SO EXCITED to announce that pre-order is now available for on our website for book number 1 of our brand new Empress Collection. You’d like to know more you say? Read below!
⭐ Exclusively designed cover by Carmen Di Mauro
⭐ Silver foil blocking combined with spot-gloss UV on a matte laminated dust jacket
⭐ Textured hardback cover complete with matching foil blocking (front, spine & back)
⭐ Full coloured hand-designed patterned endpapers
⭐ Digitally sprayed edged on all 3 sides in full colour
⭐ Co-ordinating head and tail bands
⭐ Matching ribbon marker
⭐ Bespoke design chapter headers
⭐ Book Size: Royal – 156 mm x 234 mm

https://wordsworth-editions.com/series/empresscollectiongothicromance/

31/12/2025

What a year! Thank you for all of the amazing kindness and support we receive all year round ✨ We can’t wait to share what’s in store for 2026! Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

26/12/2025

BOXING DAY SALE! Shop 20% off everything!

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17/12/2025

📣GIVEAWAY📣 Remembering 250 years of Jane Austen 💕🌸 We’re giving away 6 Jane Austen Library books worth £29.99 each 😍 Here’s how to win:
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- Ends 18th December - UK only

13/12/2025

Christmas Book Tree anyone? 😍 Nab 20% off of all Limited Edition Collector’s right now on the website until the 18th December! Use code LIMITEDEDITION20 ✨✨✨ Merry Christmas 😍

21/11/2025

It’s the biggest Black Friday offer we’ve ever launched! Shop 20% off SITEWIDE! Use code BLACKFRIDAY at checkout 📚 Link below ⬇️

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Wordsworth Editions have been making great literature available at a price that all can afford since its £1 classic paperback more than 30 years ago...

10/11/2025

In this week's blog, in advance of the publication of 'For the Fallen: The Poetry of the First World War', Stephen Carver focusses on five of the lesser-known poets that appear in our anthology. Read the blog here: https://bit.ly/5_War_Poets Details of the book can be found here: https://bit.ly/For_the_fallen

Five War Poets: Above all else, it is the poetry of the First World War that that has seared the horror of this conflict...

25/10/2025

In this week's blog, Stephen Carver, editor of our Mystery & Supernatural series, chooses his Top Ten classic ghost stories for Halloween. What are your favourites? Attentive readers will have noticed that we have added several new books to this series in recent months, with more in the pipeline. Which authors would you like to see us publish, bearing in mind they must be out of copyright?

Ready for Halloween? Dr Stephen Carver, the editor of our Mystery & Supernatural series, picks some of his favourite classic ghost stories.

23/10/2025

In this week's blog, Dr Stephen Carver explains his choices in compiling 'Irish Ghost Stories From the Haunted 19th Century', the latest addition to our 'Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural' series, and available for £4.99 from 7 November. Read the blog: https://bit.ly/IrishGS_blog Book details are here: https://bit.ly/IrishGS

Dr Stephen Carver introduces the latest addition to our Mystery & Supernatural series, Irish Ghost Stories From the Haunted 19th Century

06/10/2025

Taylor’s opening song on her latest album is Shakespearean fan fiction at its best. She gives Ophelia a second act; one where she’s rescued, reborn, and finally writes her own ending🪷 Are you loving Taylor’s references to Shakespeare’s work? 😍

30/09/2025

✨ New to our Collector’s Editions ✨
Step into the haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe with The Fall of the House of Usher, now available in our beautifully bound series of Collector’s! To celebrate the season of chills and thrills, we’re offering 20% off all October on these (Collector’s) Gothic masterpieces:
📖 The Fall of the House of Usher
📖 Dracula
📖 Frankenstein
📖 Jekyll & Hyde
📖 The Phantom of the Opera
📖 The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wrap yourself in classic horror this autumn 🍂

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Welcome to the Wordsworth Edition page... We hope you will enjoy exploring the wide range of books that we have to offer. Although we only sell directly to trade customers, you will see that, on our website, we have provided links to external websites that can supply our books to personal customers, both in printed form and as eBooks. A question we are often asked is how we are able to offer such high quality books at such low prices. The simple answer is that we are a small family business, with rather old-fashioned values. We do not have corporate headquarters or a massive marketing budget, and this helps us to achieve our ultimate aim: making classic fiction and non-fiction books available at an affordable price, but without any compromise on quality. Wordsworth Editions was established in 1987, but it was the launch of the £1 Classic paperback, the brainchild of the late Michael Trayler, in 1992 that created a sensation in the book trade and the national press. How could we produce such high quality books for a fraction of the price charged by leading publishers for the same titles? In the following years, many publishers, both large and small, have tried to copy our formula, but with little success. Over twenty years later, our Adult and Children’s Classics are still retailing for only £2.50. Our range of over 400 titles includes World Literature, Poetry and Mystery & Supernatural titles, together with large format Special Editions, high-quality deluxe hardbacks in our Library Collection series and beautiful box sets, all offering unbeatable quality and value for money. Introductions and Notes are included in the vast majority of the titles in our Adult Classics and World Literature series; written by leading academics, they make our books invaluable for students on a tight budget and are fascinating for the general reader. We are constantly looking at ways to improve our books, whether it be through additional content or a better quality finish, but without any increase in prices - proof indeed that Wordsworth truly believes in offering true value over profits.