British Literature

The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The volume is the second half of a scholarly edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poetic output,…

Tremendous Trifles

G. K. Chesterton

Tremendous Trifles is a collection of short, whimsical essays that first appeared in the pages of a daily…

Varney the vampyre; Or, the Feast of Blood

Prest, Thomas Peckett; Rymer, James Malcolm

Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition)

Samuel Rutherford

This third edition gathers every surviving letter of the 17th‑century Scottish minister Samuel Rutherford,…

The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition

Rudyard Kipling

Mary Barton

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton is a domestic narrative that intertwines love, family, and the stark…

Shakespeare's Roman plays and their background

Sir Mungo William MacCallum

The work is a scholarly study of Shakespeare’s Roman dramas, written in 1910 by M. W.

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616

Christopher Marlowe

The work is Christopher Marlowe’s early‑modern tragedy The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, taken from the…

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 1 of 2)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

This volume presents a carefully selected portion of the surviving correspondence of Elizabeth Barrett…

The Playboy of the Western World: A Comedy in Three Acts

J. M. Synge

J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World is a three‑act comedy set on the rugged coast of County Mayo.

Sons and Lovers

D. H. Lawrence

The novel is an autobiographical work of domestic fiction set in a nineteenth‑century English mining…

Leslie Ross; or, Fond of a Lark

Charles Bruce

The novel is a late‑nineteenth‑century juvenile tale that blends Christian moral instruction with the lively…

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton

The volume gathers the complete poetic output of John Milton, presenting his early “Minor Poems” as they…

Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

Clement King Shorter

Clement King Shorter’s work is a scholarly biography that seeks to expand the familiar story of the Brontë…

A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare

George Madden Martin

George Madden Martin’s work is a juvenile‑fiction portrait of William Shakespeare’s early years, presented as…

Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England

The volume is a nineteenth‑century anthology assembled by James Henry Dixon for the Percy Society, presenting…

The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1

Fanny Burney

The work is a curated selection of the diary and correspondence of Frances Burney, known as Madame D’Arblay,…

Left at home: or, The heart's resting place

Mary L. Code

The work is a sentimental juvenile narrative that centers on a young boy named Arthur as he confronts the…

Lady Susan

Jane Austen

Lady Susan is an epistolary novel that unfolds through a series of letters exchanged among a circle of…

Night and Day

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day opens on a muted October Sunday, where the young Katharine Hilbery is busy…

The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)

David Christie Murray

The work is a first‑person narrative that opens with a flamboyant self‑portrait of Giovanni Calvotti, an…

King Henry V Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre

William Shakespeare

This volume presents William Shakespeare’s historical drama King Henry V as it was staged at the Princess’s…

Records of a Girlhood

Fanny Kemble

The work is a memoir written by Fanny Kemble, the 19th‑century actress and writer, and it begins with a…

The house at Pooh Corner

A. A. Milne

The book is a whimsical chapter‑story set in the Hundred‑Acre Wood, where the familiar friends of Christopher…