The Millstone
Author: Margaret Drabble
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Possession
"Literary critics make natural detectives", says Maud Bailey, heroine of a mystery where the clues lurk in university libraries, old letters and dusty journals. Together with Roland Michell, a fellow… Continue Reading Posted in: Angels & Insects, Drama, English Fiction, Movie Tie-In Fiction, Read & Listen for Less
Nights at the Circus
Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan...or all fake?Courted by the Prince of Wales and painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is an aerialiste extraordinaire and star of Colonel Kearney's… Continue Reading Posted in: Circus Performers, Historical Fiction, Novels England 2006
The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family
This biography tells the true story behind the gaiety and frivolity of the six Mitford daughters - and the facts are as sensational as a novel. There is Nancy, whose… Continue Reading Posted in: 1914 1948, Bibliography, Biographies, Biography, Mitford, Unity
Cold Comfort Farm
Winner of the 1933 Femina Vie Heureuse Prize, COLD COMFORT FARM is a wickedly funny portrait of British rural life in the 1930's. Flora Poste, a recently orphaned socialite, moves… Continue Reading Posted in: Classic Humor Fiction, Domestic Fiction, Family, Humorous Fiction, Pastoral Fiction
A Passage To India
When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape… Continue Reading Posted in: British Social Life And Customs, English Fiction, Race Relations
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