British Literature

The Years Between

Rudyard Kipling

The work is a long‑form poem that reads like a series of rallying cries, memorials and philosophical asides…

The Oxford Book of Ballads

The Oxford Book of Ballads is an anthology that gathers what its editor regards as the finest specimens from…

Anne's House of Dreams

L. M. Montgomery

Anne’s House of Dreams is a romance‑driven slice of early‑20th‑century Prince Edward Island life, centering…

Christie's old organ: or, Home, sweet home

Mrs. O. F. Walton

The story opens with a bleak portrait of Old Treffy, a solitary street‑musician whose only companion is a…

Intentions

Oscar Wilde

The work is a literary essay framed as a theatrical dialogue, in which the characters Cyril and Vivian argue…

Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The novel is a Victorian‑era school story that follows the fortunes of Sara Crewe, an orphaned girl placed in…

Lady Chatterley's lover

D. H. Lawrence

The novel is an erotic exploration of adultery and class in post‑World‑War‑I England, centered on Constance…

The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories

H. G. Wells

The volume is a self‑selected anthology of H. G. Wells’s short fiction, gathered under the auspices of the…

La Tempesta

William Shakespeare

La Tempesta è una tragedia shakespearian che si apre con la furiosa violenza di una bufera in mare, dove il…

The Works of William Cowper His life, letters, and poems, now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence

William Cowper

The volume you hold is a comprehensive, single‑volume edition of William Cowper’s life, letters, and poetry,…

Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends

John Keats

La vie et la mort du roi Richard III

William Shakespeare

Cette œuvre est la tragédie historique de William Shakespeare consacrée au dernier roi d’Angleterre de la…

Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of the bluestockings, Volume 1 (of 2): Her correspondence from 1720 to 1761

Mrs. Montagu

This volume presents the early portion of Elizabeth Montagu’s extensive correspondence, spanning from 1720 to…

Poems & Ballads (Second Series) Swinburne's Poems Volume III

Algernon Charles Swinburne

The complete works of John Gower, volume 4: The Latin works

John Gower

The volume presents a meticulous scholarly investigation of the life of John Gower, the 14th‑century poet,…

The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy

Mary Cholmondeley

The work is a collection of short stories by Mary Cholmondeley, presented under the title The Lowest Rung…

Satire in the Victorian novel

Frances Theresa Russell

Frances Theresa Russell’s doctoral thesis, Satire in the Victorian Novel, opens with a sweeping appraisal of…

The Nursery Rhymes of England

The volume presents a sweeping anthology of English nursery rhymes, organized into twenty‑four thematic…

The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts

John Donne

This volume presents the first half of John Donne’s poetic output, assembled from the early printed editions…

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

The Return of the Native is a didactic work of fiction set in the wild heathlands of Wessex, where Thomas…

The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights

Knowles, James, Sir; Malory, Thomas, Sir

The work is a Victorian‑era compilation that brings together the full range of Thomas Malory’s Arthurian…

The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property

John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy’s opening to The Man of Property frames the work as a sweeping family chronicle, a “Saga” of…

The Mark of Cain

Andrew Lang

The Mark of Cain is a turn‑of‑the‑century social satire that opens amid the smoky bustle of a private dining…

Howards End

E. M. Forster

The novel opens with a vivid, almost breathless description of a modest red‑brick house and its surrounding…