Essays, Feuilleton, Literaire kritiek

Rare and previously unpublished essays and letters showcasing “Durrell’s wit, elegance, philosophy, joie de vivre and flaming intelligence” (The Irish Times). “The proverb says that whoever sees the …

"In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by way of a Devious Traveller" by Matilda Betham-Edwards is a charming collection of tour sketches that takes readers on a delightful journey …

‘We are not short of good playwrights in Britain, but I know of none with Nichols” power to put modern Britain on the stage and send the spectators away feeling more like members of the human race’ …

A unique combination of the activist and the academic, Feminist Review has an acclaimed place within women”s studies courses and the women”s movement. Feminist Review is produced by a London-based …

Includes the full German text, accompanied by German-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. …

Lonely Planet: The world”s leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldo …

Delicious entertainments of the soule is a translation of a collection of conferences which Francis de Sales held for the Order of the Sisters of the Visitation. This order took the form of an instit …

A translation of a classic 11th-century Persian text on behaviour and conduct in government, written between 1086 and 1091 by Nizam al-Mulk, who for over 30 years was Chief Minister of two successive …

First published in 1965, this reissued work by Wendy Craik provides a thorough and extensive study of Jane Austen”s six complete novels: Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, …

Elizabeth Major was inspired to write Honey on the Rod (1656) as a result of lameness brought on by a bout of fever in her mid-twenties. The experience left her fiercely devoted to her Christian reli …