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Notes on Life and Letters
Conrad described the twenty-six essays collected here as a "one-man show" comprising "Conrad literary, Conrad political, Conr…
A Man Could Stand Up
'A Man Could Stand Up' is the third, and culminating, part of Ford Madox Ford's 'Parade's End' tetralogy of novels, which begins with 'Some …
The History of the Peloponnesian War
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Such may be the reaction of many listeners to Thucydides' compelling and rightly celebr…
Last Post
This is the last novel in Ford Madox Ford's "Parade's End" tetralogy. Its predecessors "Some Do Not", "No More Para…
The Shadow-Line
In this engaging and well-crafted novella, an older man recalls how a combination of obscure personal impulses and diabolical co-incidences …
The Romany Rye
"The Romany Rye" is a direct continuation of George Borrow's "Lavengro", taking up the latter's story immediately where …
Within The Tides
A self-important English philosopher and his haughty, beautiful daughter sail to the South Pacific in hope of locating the daughter's wrongl…
In Chancery
For a late Victorian Briton, to be "in chancery" could mean literally to be involved in a law suit (such as, for example, a divorc…
To Let
In this, the final part of The Forsyte Saga trilogy, Soames Forsyte's much doted-upon daughter Fleur (by Soames' second wife, Annette) chanc…
The Story of Rimini
A long poem telling the tragic story of Francesca da Rimini, the duped and adulterous bride, inspired by the character in Dante's Inferno. P…
Sartor Resartus
This work is a peculiar discussion of the philosophy of clothing, purported to be based on a work by a mysterious German professor of "…
The Rape of Lucrece
A tale in verse recounting Tarquin's subterfuge and sexual assault of the wife of his best friend and comrade-in-arms Collatine, leading to …
Reginald
A collection of humorous anecdotes centred on Reginald, a smug, self-centred and cynical young man, who never admits to being older than twe…
Ketchup
The Bittings have written a number of books on canning and home preparation of food. This short volume includes a brief description of the p…
Something Wrong
A small collection of Edith Nesbit's short stories; the pleasures and troubles of life laid out in a few pages.Note: The title of the third …