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A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy – Elfride finds herself caught in a battle between her heart, her mind and the expectations of her parents and society. The novel is notable for the strong parallels …

The Age of Innocence is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her twelfth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine Pictorial Review. Later that year, …

‘The Gift of the Magi’ is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each …

Jo’s Boys Louisa May Alcott – Beginning ten years after Little Men, Jos Boys revisits Plumfield, the New England school still presided over by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. Jo remains at the c …

Where Angels Fear to Tread – E. M. Forster – Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) is a novel by E. M. Forster. The title comes from a line in Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Criticism: ‘For fools rush in w …

Desperate Remedies Thomas Hardy – Desperate Remedies is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1871. Cytherea has taken a position as lady’s maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe.On discovering that th …

Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy – Thomas Hardy’s last finished novel and published in 1895, ‘Jude the Obscure’, is widely considered to be his best. Hardy explores all the big issues: class, faith, h …

The Professor – Charlotte Bronte – The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. It was originally written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, but was eventually publish …

In Search of the Unknown Robert W. Chambers – This is the second volume of writings by Shawn M. Tomlinson about Robert W. Chambers, author of The King in Yellow. The first, Robert W. Chambers: Maker …

Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and romantic misunderstandings. It is set in the fictional country village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls and Do …