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The most swiftly-moving and unified of Dickens’s great novels, Oliver Twist is famous for its re-creation of the London...

By 1854, when Hard Times was published, Charles Dickens's magisterial progress as a writer had come to incorporate a many-sided,...

Left by harrowing circumstances to fend for herself in the great capital of a foreign country, Lucy Snowe, the narrator and...

The doppelganger, the ghostly double infecting the soul, was a popular fictional subject for late nineteenth-century writers, and...

The exhilaration that comes from reading Adam Bede owes its existence to the fact that on every page George Eliot seems absorbed...

Anthony Trollope was well aware that the seemingly parochial power struggles that determine the action of Barchester Towers –...

Jane Austen seems to have been born with the comic precision and other-worldly insight she everywhere displays in Sense and...

Alone in the great social whirl of New York high society, with little but her wit and beauty to support her, Lily Bart pays the...

Hardy's account of a pure woman betrayed by love is his most powerful and moving novel. Set in the sometimes bleak but always...

An immaculate success on its publication in 1726, Gulliver's Travels has since had an odd double life as both a classic...

Despite the grimness of his subject and the accuracy of his description, Zola tells an irresistible tale of life above and below...

Regarded by many as Hardy's prose masterpiece, Far From the Madding Crowd is the tragi-comic story of a woman and three men....

Scott Fitzgerald was called the laureate of the Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby (1926) is a cynical celebration of the post-Great War...

Wilkie Collins’ novel took the fashionable world by storm on its appearance in 1860 when everything from dances to dresses was...

Now a classic feminist text, Jane Eyre was the first of Charlotte Bronte’s novels to be published, in 1847. Like her sister...

Spike Milligan's publishing career began over forty years ago when Silly Verse for Kids was published in 1959. His poems were...

If you like good food, but want to stay healthy or lose weight, try Good Food: Low-fat Feasts. Divided into Starters and Light...

For over fifty years, Test Match Special has provided the soundtrack to many cricket fans' lives - now this book collects its...

For exciting vegetarian recipe ideas, try Good Food: Veggie Dishes. Divided into Soups, Salads and Snacks; Light Meals; Pasta,...

A pot of something delicious simmering away on the stove never fails to tantalise the tastebuds. Whether it's a creamy soup, a...

From the mythical heart of Greece to the fruits of the Black Sea coast; from Croatian and Albanian flavours to the spices and...

Rick Stein’s lifelong passion for cooking fish and shellfish has formed the foundation of his award-winning restaurants and taken...

Described as 'Britain's greatest living nature writer', Richard Mabey has revealed his passion for the natural world in eloquent...

Keeping an eye on your calorie intake can be a real struggle - whether you're following a low-calorie diet or just watching what...

How well do you know your football? You follow your team week in, week out, share in the agony of defeat, the pure joy of a solid...

Fed up wasting food? Tired of trying to work out ingredient quantities for one serving or just looking for easy recipes for batch...

If you have little time to cook, but want delicious and hearty meals then a pressure cooker is the perfect way to enjoy tender...

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The Solar System – so what is it?

We've all learned the basics at school but how much can you remember? Expert astronomers and...

Equally popular for weight-loss and health-conscious reasons, low-carb diets are all the rage. Jump on the bandwagon, or support...

Whenever I hear the word curry, I'm filled with a longing for spicy hot food with the fragrance of cumin, cloves and cinnamon. I...