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‘I was running on happily because it was so good to be able to watch him under cover of my own talk, knowing exactly now what I...

At the turn of the twentieth century, two children play on an English beach. Eustace, a gentle, dreamy, boy with a weak heart,...

An extraordinary portrait of the vanished world of pre-1914 Hungary, They Were Counted is an epic story told through the eyes of...

Ernest Ralph Gorse's heartlessness and lack of scruple are matched only by the inventiveness and panache with which he swindles...

Gaspard Winckler, master forger, is trapped in a basement studio on the outskirts of Paris, with his paymaster's blood on his...

Together yet alone, the Misses Bede occupy the central crossroads of parish life. Harriet, plump, elegant and jolly, likes...

If Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates seem an unlikely pair to be walking together at an Oxford reunion, neither of them is aware...

Born on the wrong side of the creek, John Buddy Pearson, the son of a slave, has come a long way since his shoeless days. With...

When Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable amount of unpublished material. This volume contains an early novel, Civil...

In a Summer Season is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be...

I am going on a trip. Wait until I tell you about it. it's terrible.

Miss Goering, an eccentric, impulsive New York heiress,...

Miriam Birdseye is daring, brilliant - and a long way from The Ivy. Our dashing heroine, a famous revue artist, takes to the...

A subtle love story by one of the most accomplished writers of the 20th century

Vinny Tumulty is a quiet, sensible man. When...

A discreet advertisement in 'The Times', addressed to 'Those who Apppreciate Wisteria and Sunshine...' is the impetus for a...

A brilliant novel about the damage caused by relentless 'niceness'. Uncritical, encouraging, 'the soul of kindness', Flora's help...

While F. Scott Fitzgerald was writing the novels we remember him for today, he was also publishing short stories in popular...

The psychologists would call it folie a deux . . .

'Bruno slammed his palms together. "Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your...

Wilmet Forsyth is well dressed, well looked after, suitably husbanded, good-looking and fairly young - but very bored. Her sober...

One night a shooting star is seen over the skies of Surrey. The next day, it's discovered to have been a mysterious metallic...

An unforgettable picture of love, loss and the keeping up of appearances. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to...

Dulcie Mainwaring is always helping others, but never looks out for herself - especially in the realm of love. Her friend Viola...

This is the first time Elizabeth Taylor's short stories have been collected in one volume. This publication is to mark the...

The second volume of Miklos Banffy's panoramic trilogy of the dying years of the Habsburg empire.

The tale of two...

The people of Mount Salus, Mississippi always felt good about Judge McKelva. He was a quiet, solid reassuring figure, just as a...

Intelligent and haunting, with echoes of Brief Encounter, this is a love story by one of the best British writers of the 20th...

Published to celebrate the centenary of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers, this is the most comprehensive...

From the author of I Capture the Castle and The Hundred and One Dalmatians, an unusual adventure in which humour and more than a...

Hot-headed Lilia is seen as nothing but a vulgar source of embarrassment to her late husband's family, so her decision to embark...

A chance encounter with the man who enchanted her as a teenager leads Olivia Curtis into to a forbidden love affair. He is now...

It was here at the Manor House that Norman Blood, captain of England, spent his childhood playing cricket with the vicar's...