Louis Couperus 
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First published in 1975, this book places Elizabeth Gaskell amongst the major novelists of the nineteenth-century. It considers how she has sometimes been overlooked, or admired for very few of her w …

In the early and mid-nineteenth century, Marguerite Blessington, who had been born in Ireland but spent most of her life in London, became a famous salonnière; she was generally regarded as an import …

A collection of five erotic stories with BDSM themes from Xcite Books, winner of ETO”s Best Erotic Book Brand 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Disciplinary Action by Felicity Brandon An unexpected memo su …

The contributors to this volume were born in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong; they have been immigrants, foreign students, settlers, permanent residents, citizens, and-above all-‘travelers.’ They ar …

Here are a dozen tales of passion, revenge, greed, and murder-the final adventures of the great detective, as recounted by the master storyteller himself. …

"Our Village" by Mary Russell Mitford offers charming sketches depicting rural life in the English countryside. Through vivid portrayals of village life, Mitford introduces a colorful array …

Winner of a PEN Translates Award 2021Kurdistan + 100 poses a question to contemporary Kurdish writers: Might the Kurds one day have a country to call their own? With 13 stories all set in the year 20 …

First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. …

Born Alice Clarke, the daughter of Oxford university”s ”first director of printing”, Alicia D”Anvers” poetry demonstrates an intimate familiarity with Oxford and especially with the workings of …

Originally published in 1990, this book contains the full text and translation of razos and troubadour songs. The coupling of the razos and songs in this edition is based on the conviction that thoug …