"Complete and unabridged"--Cover. Gift of anonymous donor.
Complete and unabridged. Gift of anonymous donor.
Originally published in 1913. Author: Henri Lichtenberger Language: English Keywords: History Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before,...
The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the...
First published in 1908, The Old Wives' Tale affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters—shy, retiring Constance...
Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite...
The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein . In trying to create life, the young...
A revolutionary social and political commentary, North and South solidified Gaskell's place in the company of Victorian England's finest novelists.
Louisa May-Alcott's classic novel, complete and unabridged. This inspirational story follows the fortunes of the March sisters as they struggle through the American Civil War...
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of An Italian Girl in Brooklyn comes a captivating new novel of enduring love and devastating secrets, based on...
For years things have run smoothly at Cavendon Hall, with very few quarrels, dramas, or upsets among the Inghams and the Swanns. But since the...
Love and survival in the shadow of Waterloo Wearied by his years as a British intelligence officer, Simon Duval resigns soon after Napoleon's abdication. Returning...
In een Iers dorpje in 1825 roept een weduwe de hulp in van een kruidenvrouw om haar gehandicapte kleinzoon te helpen, terwijl geruchten over wisselkinderen...
Phoebe Giamatti lives with her boisterous Italian family in the heart of London's East End. Her father was killed in gang warfare and the family...
A young orphan, Pip, receives a fortune from a mysterious benefactor and travels to London in order to become a gentleman.
A big bereavement. An empty nest. And a runaway husband. Susannah Stevens hopes that whoever said bad things come in threes got it right, because...
From Achebe and Austen to Zola and Zweig, and from the Epic of Gilgamesh to twenty-first century dystopias and autofiction, here is the complete list...
Coronation Year, 1953, and in Oldbury a Coronation football competition is organised. It's Spencer's idea to get a team up - some of them are...
With Sido safely in England and the Terror at its height, Yann returns to France to smuggle out aristocratic refugees who will otherwise face the...
'IF THERE WAS EVER A CRUCIAL BOOK FOR OUR CURRENT TIMES, IT'S PAUL LYNCH'S PROPHET SONG... BRILLIANTLY HAUNTING.' OBSERVER The explosive literary sensation: a mother...
"James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) is one of the twentieth century's great coming-of-age novels. This Norton Critical Edition...
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In Victorian-era London, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must solve a murder to claim an inheritance she didn’t know she had in a riveting...
Inspired by a true story, The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou is a historical crime novel set in 1950s London about a Cypriot grandmother accused...
An eleven-year-old girl stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry...
In Oliver Wiswell, Kenneth Roberts portrays the view of the Loyalists (those colonists who supported the British monarchy) in the American Revolution. Though branded by...
When they are little girls, Cibi, Magda and Livia make a promise to their father - that they will stay together, no matter what. Years...
A debut novel about one girl's remarkable journey across France during WWI. France 1916. Angélique Lacroix is haymaking when the postman delivers the news: her...
In nineteenth-century England, two sisters are drawn into unhappy romances despite the cool judgment of one and the emotional intensity of the other.
"A royal scandal...In the Court of Charles II, it's a dangerous time to be alive - a wrong move may lead to disgrace, exile or...
Source title: The Girl from Guernica: An epic historical novel
An extraordinary reimagining of the life of one of the greatest screen comedians the world has ever known: a man who knew both adoration and...
Originally published: 2009. Aibileen is a black maid, raising her 17th white child, but with a bitter heart after the death of her son. Minny...
The sequel to Roddy Doyle's beloved novel A Star Called Henry - an entertaining romp across America in the 1920s. Fleeing the Irish Republican paymasters...
