Escape, with Oxford World's Classics

Once you have mastered your chosen language using the new look Take off In language learning kit, you'll need to start thinking about what else you want to take on your trip abroad — such as which books to pack to read whilst you are travelling! Luckily, April sees not only the launch of Take Off In, but also the new-look Oxford World's Classics series.

This year Oxford University Press has launched a stunning new look for Oxford World's Classics. New cover images and a bright, clean design lend a fresh, contemporary feel to both the familiar and the more unusual works in the series. The books will be published under six collections to suit your mood; Desire, Dream, Escape, Thrill, Discover, and Believe. www.morethanwordsuk.com

Coming up this summer holiday season, enjoy the titles from Oxford World's Classics' Escape collection:

'Throughout the day, more and more suppliers of scientific instruments, firearms, and electrical apparatus arrived. Martha was completely out of her depth.   "Is Sir mad?" she cried.   I nodded.   "And he's taking you with him?"   Affirmative.   "Where?"   I pointed to the centre of the Earth.   "Down to the cellar?"   No, further.'

Jules Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth

'The sun had nearly reached the meridian, and its scorching rays fell full on the rocks which cowered under the heat... the leaves of the myrtle and olive-trees waved and rustled in the wind. At every step that Edmond took he disturbed the lizards glittering with the colours of emerald: far off he saw the wild goats bounding from crag to crag.'

Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

'I found my self much inclined to sleep... and... when I awaked... I found my Arms and Legs were strongly fastened on each Side to the Ground; and my Hair, which was long and thick, tied down in the same Manner... In a little time I felt something alive moving on my left Leg... I perceived it to be a human Creature not six Inches high, with a Bow and Arrow in his Hands, and a Quiver at his Back.'

Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels

'When it was beginning to come on dark, we poked our heads out of the cottonwood thicket and looked up, and down, and across; nothing in sight; so Jim took up some of the top planks of the raft and built a snug wigwam to get under in blazing weather and rainy, and to keep things dry. Jim made a floor for the wigwam, and raised it a foot or more above the level of the raft, so now the blankets and all the traps was out of the reach of steamboat waves... This second night we run between seven and eight hours, with a current that was making over four mile an hour. We catched fish, and talked, and we took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness.'

Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Explore the collections of Oxford World's Classics www.oup.co.uk/worldsclassics

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