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'The Valley of Ghosts' squarely plants you smack-bang in the middle of a tiny close-knit aristocratic English town that is beset by more than just ghosts alone, as he is all too quick to discover. The...

Many consider 'Anna Karenina' to be the greatest novel of all time. A profound and exhaustive exploration of Russian life and the human condition. Tolstoy creates one of the most complex heroines in literature...

'The Possessed' is considered to be one of the four masterpieces written by Dostoevsky after he returned from his Siberian exile. The story takes place in a small Russian town that is thrown into chaos...

The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Gissing's "In the Year of the Jubilee" (1834) depicts the harsh and disreputable conditions...

"Captains of Souls" is an atypical piece of detective crime fiction work from Edgar Wallace, one of the most prolific British writers of the 20th century. Centring around Ambrose Sault, who has managed...

"He would make a lovely corpse."Martin Chuzzlewit is an old rich man with a handful of relatives just waiting for him to die so they can inherit his money. But old Chuzzlewit has no intention of kicking...

A rich misanthropic man with no friends die and leaves all his money to his estranged son, John Harmon, who lives abroad. But Harmon can only inherit the money on the condition that he marries a woman...

'The Old Curiosity Shop' is one of Charles Dickens' most beloved novels about a poor orphan girl, Nell, and her caring grandfather. In an attempt to improve Nell's life, her grandfather accepts a loan...

Set on the Caribbean Island of Nevis, 'The Gorgeous Isle' by Gertrude Atherton follows the story of Byam Warner, a poet and an alcoholic who is slowly drinking himself to an early grave. Hurt by love...

Children and adults alike, immerse yourselves into Grimm's world of folktales and legends! Come, discover the little-known tales and treasured classics in this collection of 210 fairy tales. -

Alvina Houghton is the daughter of a widowed Midlands textile merchant James Houghton. Despite her father's best efforts the business is failing. In a desperate attempt to regain his fortune and secure...

Quentin Durward is a young Scottish archer who comes to France in order to serve in the Scottish Guard of Louis XI. Durward is sent on a deadly mission by the sneaky and evil king of France. Can he however...

Jane Austen famously wrote: "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."Emma Woodhouse is perhaps Jane Austen's most seductive and complicated character, filled with intrigue...

"Well, I really don't advise a woman who wants to have things her own way to get married." Katharine Hilbery is a priviledged young woman at a crossroads. Should she marry the poet William Rodney, who...

In the ancient Garre Castle, the dead walk again, the Green Archer hung in 1487 has returned...and he has killed again. The castle's reclusive owner refuses to allow anyone to investigate however, he...

In this special three-book collection from USA Today bestselling author Debbie Mason, visit a town where love is just around the corner . . . Mistletoe Cottage Sophie DiRossi loved growing up in Harmony...

Set in County Leitrim in Ireland, 'The Macdermots of Ballycloran' was the first novel Anthony Trollope wrote. When a traveller stumbles across the abandoned estate of Ballycloran, he learns from local...

Set in Wiltshire, the compassionate yet stubborn Vicar Frank Fenwick and his wife Janet are active members within their local community. They soon find themselves caught up in a range of crises; from...

Instead of Instagram-ing her grand tour of Europe, Louisa May Alcott wrote this collection of short stories inspired by it. Whilst not directly about 'Little Women' (boo) the stories switch from fiction...

"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is a vivid combination of science fiction and mystery. It is first published in 1871 and it introduces two opposing parties: a monster which wanders around in the...

Twenty years before the French Revolution. The Monarchy has already started to lose some of its supporters, even though young Marie Antoinette has just married the King Louis XVI. Count Alessandro di...

In this 1866 Anthony Trollope novel, heroine Clara Amedroz faces a bleak future. Her father's fortune has been squandered on her wastrel of a brother, leaving Clara destitute with no money and no inheritance...

Young Molly Gibson is the daughter of the widowed Dr Gibson. She has been brought up by her father, but as Molly approaches adulthood Dr Gibson foresees trouble ahead, and Molly's life changes forever...

First published in 1871, 'Mary Gresley, and an Editor's Tales' is a collection of short stories from popular author Anthony Trollope. Each story is narrated by a kindly editor, recalling encounters from...

Ever wondered how the quintessential bully acted during the Holy Inquisition? Look no further.In her unnerving gothic novel "The Italian" (1797), Ann Radcliffe explores individuality in a culture dominated...

Published in 1860, Anthony Trollope's 'Castle Richmond' is based in the South West of Ireland at the beginning of the great famine. The story opens with the mysterious blackmail of depressed Sir Thomas...

No matter if Bram Stoker has really been inspired by Verne or not, the similarities between Stokers's "Dracula" and Verne's "Carpathian Castle" are apparent. Jules Verne's horror novel is published in...

Sir Harry Hotspur is forced to rewrite his will after the death of his only son and heir. Keen that the ancestral property Humblethwaite Hall should go to his daughter Emily, Sir Harry must find away...

Published in 1916, 'In the World' is the second volume in Maxim Gorky's autobiography. Gorky demonstrates how his views and opinions were shaped by his life and what he saw around him. After a tricky...

First published in 1882, this is a delightful volume of five short stories from Victorian author Anthony Trollope. In it we are introduced to Frau Frohmann of the title, who is agonising over whether...