A volume of short stories collected and published by the author's widow after his death. It explores the boundaries between life and death, known and unknown, animal and human, dream and reality.
The arrival of the snobbish Mrs Emmeline Lucas (known as Lucia to her friends) in the small seaside town of Tilling causes waves as she threatens the queen bee of Tillings social circle, Miss Elizabeth Mapp.
Dickens' classic story of the Christmas transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge, now available in an accessible, super-readable format with dyslexia-friendly features, for all readers.
When Connecticut mechanic and foreman Hank Morgan is knocked unconscious, he wakes not to the familiar scenes of nineteenth-century America but to the bewildering sights and sounds of sixth-century Camelot. This is a darkly comic consideration of the nature of human nature and society.
This anthology demonstrates the versatility and range of Anna Maria Fielding Hall's (1800-1881) work; her lifelong preoccupation with nationality, gender and childhood in her writings, and her innovations, particularly in the area of illustrated book production. She was a bestselling author and a successful editor in a predominantly male world.