Charles Dickens 
The Old Curiosity Shop 

Women s Economic Writing in the Nineteenth Century is the first comprehensive collection of women s economic writing in the long nineteenth century. The four-volume anthology includes writing from …

"From the Easy Chair Vol. 1" by George William Curtis is a collection of insightful essays and commentary that offer astute observations and cultural analysis. Curtis, known for his wit and …

Mary Charlton’s 1799 Rosella, or Modern Occurrences is a fascinating novel that brokers between conservative and feminist ideas, humour and horror, and indulgence in and ridicule of sentimental …

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Regency at its best – Amazon reviewer⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful!! – Amazon reviewer With truth comes scandal!A Kiss Away from Scandal Hope Strickland must find the lost items of her family’s estate. …

This new edition of the British epistolary novel The History of Lady Louisa Stroud, and the Honourable Miss Caroline Stretton examines the theme of female agency, and is an excellent example of …

From the image of a small boy entranced by his mother’s GI Escort, yet still hoping for the return of a father ‘missing in action’, to the portrait of an adult writer trying to piece together a …

A stunning new collection of short stories about motherhood, selected and introduced by Candice Brathwaite. ______________ ”To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect p …

First published in 2002. Jean Froissart is probably the best known medieval historians. His Chronicle (of the Hundred Years War) is among the top ten historical works in western civilization. In his …

Exploring the creations of Ba Jin (1904 2005), one of the most significant writers in modern China, this edited volume offers in-depth discussions of the writer and his works from a global …

This anthology explores the multitude of evidence for recognisable fairy tales drawn from sources in the much older cultures of the ancient world, appearing much earlier than the 17th century where …