Literary
Lavinia
The setting and characters of this novel all stem from Virgil’s poem the Aeneid. In the poem, the character of…
Shanghai Girls
Editors' choice
Pearl and May are two sisters born in Shanghai, China, in the early 20th century. Raised in luxury with traditional…
Loving Mr. Darcy
My idea of good company is that of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation. But, I…
My Cousin Caroline
This is, before you rush out and buy it, book six in a ten-book series following on from the events…
The Children’s Book
Editors' choice
This long-awaited novel, A.S. Byatt’s first since 2001, is extraordinarily difficult to encapsulate and to do full justice within the…
McNaughten
It is 1843, a time of intense agitation about the Corn Laws. Sir Robert Peel’s Private Secretary is shot and…
American Adulterer
This novel is unputdownable. Much of what makes it compulsive reading, however, is its voyeuristic quality. Although written in prose…
Under this Unbroken Sky
Editors' choice
Lured by promises of prosperity and fertile land for farming, Theo Mykolayenko and his family immigrated to Canada to escape…
The Burnt-out Town of Miracles
When his village is evacuated by the Finnish army, Timo Vatanen, a village idiot who makes his living as a…
Strange Business
Strange Business is a collection of short stories written about the people of Cedar, Oklahoma, focusing on specific events between…
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