Beginning with its central insight--that the life of literature is in fact a double life, a life shared between two rela......more

First published in 1951 this book presents a comprehensive account of the classical influences on English poetry with il......more

Metaphors We Read By proposes a metaphorical approach to reading that offers new ways of understanding literary experien......more

I, Eloise Rousell, grew up with Elizabeth, the queen. My aunt, Kat Ashley, was her governess, and Elizabeth and I transi......more

The Z-A of Limericks: 501 Plus 10 Bonus Named Rhymes The humorous new poetry collection, The Z-A of Limericks, features ......more

A collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s writings, including The Fall of the House of Usher--the inspiration for the Netflix se......more

This collection of new essays devoted to Oscar Wilde’s classic novel presents new critical work by prominent scholars th......more

This collection of new essays devoted to Oscar Wilde’s classic novel presents new critical work by prominent scholars th......more

First published in 1980, 1900-1930 situates English literature firmly within its political, historical, and cultural lan......more

London during the mid- and late-Victorian period was a place of refuge from the tensions of France. In this book, origin......more

’There’s an east wind coming... such a wind as never blew on England yet.’ Arthur Conan Doyle’s His Last Bow features a ......more

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Celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, this book is a charming collection of notable quotes from her most celebrated ......more

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major poets of the English Romantic period. This is the final volume of ......more

A cornerstone of English Renaissance literature, Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene weaves together allegory, chivalry, ......more

As heiress to the famous Laurent Fashion Dolls business, Marguerite Ashby’s future seems secure. But France still seethe......more

Strong-willed Annabelle Stirling is more than capable of running the family draper shop after the untimely death of her ......more

In this work the history of Irish witchcraft is lined up with the trials that followed and the convictions that followed......more

Make your free time the best of times with Brain Games - The World of Dickens Word Search Puzzles! Over 80 Dickensian-th......more

OLDTwo women betrayed by love five centuries apart. A story of forgiveness, courage, and rebirth. Who better to write ab......more

The aim of this translation is to provide the first English translation of Buddenbrooks by a native speaker of English s......more

Marking the 250th anniversary of Janes Austen’s birth - a collection of quotes, quips and most-loved passages from her w......more

Cunninghame Graham was a famous and hugely influential figure in late 19th and early 20th century Scottish politics and ......more

This volume is the first complete and unexpurgated edition of James Boswell’s account of his sojourn in Italy and France......more

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From Page to Voice: Learning English Through Stories by Dr. Mahammad Ghouse Shaik is a comprehensive guide that bridges ......more

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During Katherine Mansfield’s life she experienced the effects of abortion, miscarriage, gonorrhoea, peritonitis, rheumat......more

In the final years of James Hogg’s life, Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country became the most important outlet for his......more

John Galt spent less than three years on the American continent, but his attention was directed toward it his entire lif......more

In 1969, John Julius Norwich, the legendary popular historian, gathered together the favourite things he’d come across i......more

An anthology that explores the poetry of iconoclastic New Women from the late Victorian era Women poets of the late Vict......more

NOTE: This is the "Betwixt the Sheets" edition. For a lighter warm romance, please see the "Closed Bed Curtains" edition......more

Originally published in 1991, this elegantly written book offers new readers a useful approach to the work of Evelyn Wau......more

George Eliot thought of herself as a teacher, as did her contemporaries. Their view that her writing was not simply infl......more

First Published in 1963 A Guide to the Plays of Bernard Shaw is a descriptive and critical account of Bernard Shaw’s wor......more

At the court of the "Merry Monarch," newly-crowned King Charles II, they call Cassia Montefort "Lady Winter." Amid the d......more

First published in 1821, Robert Southey’s ’Expedition of Orsua and the Crimes of Aguirre’ is the first account in Englis......more