reader:"Marina Warner, Dominique Jullien, Ros Ballaster, Wen-Chin Ouyang and Matthew Reynolds"

Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill was published in 1875 by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and…

This book of fiction from 1864, as you can guess from the title, presents a series of accounts of different cases that the “City Detective” …

Anyone who is, or has been, married knows that marriage takes work. While some marriages may be 'made in heaven', others, quite simply, are …

Collected together here by master anthologist Joseph Lewis French are some of the finest ghost stories ever to be put to paper. From the ea…

Violet Christie is just 18 years old as she heads towards her first position as a governess. She tries to be enthusiastic about the Norfolk …

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