Catherine Oliphant is a writer and lives with handsome anthropologist Tom Mallow. Their relationship runs into trouble when he...

Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in...

Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in...

‘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...

The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any folly, any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days. But...

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

The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any folly, any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days. But...

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

Witty yet elegant, Territorial Rights is a celebration of human imperfection and complexity, with as many shifting identities,...

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When Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable amount of unpublished material.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 was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by...

The honeymoon is over; the bride dead by her own hand. Ray Garrett, the grieving husband, convinces the police in Rome of his...

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

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

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

On a stroll through Greenwich Village, security guard Ralph Linderman finds a wallet on the sidewalk. It belongs to Jack...

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

Doone Penny is a child with passion, and a gift - he is a born dancer, a ballet genius in the making. But though others may...

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

Written by the author of "Union Street", "The Century's Daughter" and "The Man Who Wasn't There", this is a story about a killer...

In a provincial university town, Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband...

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...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrenched this small literary masterpiece from her own experience. Narrated with superb psychological...

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 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...