Susan Ferrier sold more copies of her novels than her contemporary, Jane Austen. Sir Walter Scott declared her his equal. Why,...

Joy - also called Blossom, Sunshine and Blondie by the men in her life - walks down Fulham Broadway carrying her week-old baby,...

Suppressed by the author during her lifetime, this is Rebecca West's fictionalized account of her obsessive love for Lord...

'Who would suspect her sense of fun and irony, of a passionate love for beauty and the power to drag it from its hidden places?...

In Regency London, the only way for a woman to succeed is to beat men at their own game. So when Mary Anne Clarke seeks an escape...

Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel discovers that her husband is in love with another woman. The fact that this woman has a...

‘During that burning day when we were crossing Iowa, our talk kept returning to a central figure, a Bohemian girl whom we had...

Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation of Cornwall's mythic past, Castle Dor is a book with unique and fascinating...

New York City, 1940s. In a crumbling tenement in Harlem, Lutie Johnson is determined to build a new life for herself and her...

'If I really don't like somebody, I kill him . . . You remember Malcolm McRae, don't you?'

Melinda Van Allen is beautiful,...

In the bitter November wind, Mary Yellan crosses Bodmin Moor to Jamaica Inn. Her mother's dying wish was that she take refuge...

A portrait of a woman who reflects the conventions of her age even as she defies them and whose transformations embody the...

It's Saturday, past midnight, and thick fog rolls in from the river like smoke. Link Williams is standing on the dock when he...

In the bitter November wind, Mary Yellan crosses Bodmin Moor to Jamaica Inn. Her mother's dying wish was that she take refuge...

The scar drew her whole face sideways and even in profile, with the hideous thing turned away, her face was horribly lop-sided,...

A delightfully appealing 1930s comedy from Angela Thirkell's classic Barsetshire series: the Brandons cheerfully confront matters...

Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.

Remember you...

Prudence Sarn was born with a cleft palate, her 'precious bane', for which she is persecuted as a witch by her superstitious...

Alice Barton finds adventure during a Friday-to-Monday at a grand country house in Angela Thirkell's classic, deliciously...

'Dear Sir, I suppose you are pretty pleased with yourself? Superior to everyone, you think. A fancy apartment and a snob dog. You...

'I do know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always known...'

Behind the gates of Temple Alice the...

A girl returns from boarding school to her sleepy Merseyside hometown and waits to be reunited with her childhood friend,...

From Noel Streatfeild, the author of Ballet Shoes, Caldicott Place is a moving story of unexpected friendships, new beginnings...

Formidable Miss Doggett fills her life by giving tea parties for young academics and acting as watchdog for the morals of North...

One glorious gothic mansion - Garonlea - and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .

Lady Charlotte...

Published in 1963 Up the Junction won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, was adapted into a film and was the inspiration for...

The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living. It...

Mildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most...

The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living. It...

Mildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most...