Charles Dickens was an English short story writer, dramatist, essayist, and the most popular novelist to come out of the Victorian era. Many of his novels, with their frequent concern for social reform, were first published in magazines in serial form under the pseudonym, Boz. Unlike authors who completed entire novels before serialization, Dickens often created the episodes as they were being serialized. The continuing popularity of his novels and...

From master author R. F. Delderfield, the first in the beloved classic God Is an Englishman series. The first novel in the epic God Is an Englishman series, this book is a stirring saga of England in the 19th century, as the Industrial Revolution takes hold, forever changing the landscape of England and her people. Adam Swann, scion of an army family, returns home in 1858 after service with Her Majesty's army in the Crimea and India, determined to...

Celia de Witt leaves her family, still struggling with the loss of her brother in the Great War, and moves to London, where she embraces life in the Roaring Twenties.

Sixteen-year-old Tom Cavanagh--a survivor of past trauma who suffers from anxiety--befriends Alice, a new girl at his school and the former inhabitant of his home, hoping to rescue her from the secrets she seems to be concealing. Tom's family have moved into their dream home, but soon he notices that something is very wrong: there are strange messages written on the wall and locks on the bedroom doors. On the outside. The previous owners have moved...

When mummies go missing all over London, eleven-year-old Theodosia puts aside her fight against the Serpents of Chaos to save her father, who is suspected in the thefts, all the while avoiding a string of new governesses.

"In early nineteenth-century England, Elizabeth Bennet and her four sisters are expected to secure their future by a suitable marriage. The family's modest assets, however, make that a challenging prospect. Though the new neighbor Mr. Bingley would be a good match, his haughty friend Mr. Darcy does not hold the Bennets in high regard. Societal expectations and romantic aspirations collide and make finding an appropriate spouse a dramatic endeavor"--Back...

Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can't help but feel she's right back where she started. Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the...

"When their father is taken away suddenly, Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis are forced to leave London for a simple life in the country. They make new friends and discover the thrill of the railway, eventually unravelling the mystery of his disappearance." --Page 4 of cover.

As Christmas approaches, eleven-year-old Rose, the youngest member of the eccentric Casson family, discovers that life is filled with both catastrophic problems and wonderful surprises.