Fiction
The King of the Golden River
Gluck and his abusive older brothers are sent on a quest to find the source of the local river. While the elder brothers fail, the younger brother succeeds because he is pure of heart. A classic fairytale written with finesse by one of England's great writers.
Summer
One of Wharton's first novels to deal frankly with a young woman's sexual awakening, Summer created a sensation when it was published in 1917.
The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains
Published in 1889, this collection of short stories comprises "The Great Stone Face", "The Ambitious Guest", "The Great Carbuncle", and "Sketches from Memory". The first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
The Ambassadors
Henry James considered this his greatest work. It is the story of Lambert Strether who is sent to Paris, from New England by his fiancee, the widowed Mrs Newsome.
The Aspern Papers
The story of a love affair in the early 19th Century between a romantic poet, Jeffrey Aspern, and a beautiful young lady whom he called Julianna. The Aspern Papers is set late in the nineteenth century after Aspern has died.
The Black Dwarf
The Black Dwarf is set in the Scottish Borders during the reign of Queen Anne (1702-14). At the centre of the story is Sir Edward Mauley, a dwarf who, having been betrayed in a love affair by his friend Mr Vere, retires in disgust to Mucklestene Muir.
The Bride of Lammermoor
The Bride of Lammermoor is set against the tempestuous backdrop of the Glorious or Bloodless Revolution of 1688-9; it recounts the tale of the Ravenswood family, which chose to remain loyal to the Stuart cause when England's last Stuart king, James II, was deposed in favour of hi
The Canterville Ghost
Although first published in 1891, this ghost story remains a classic of Wildean wit and Victorian sentimentality.
The Devoted Friend
The Devoted Friend is one of Wilde's charming children's stories, originally published in The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888).
The Figure in the Carpet
The narrator, a writer, prides himself on his astute review of Hugh Vereker's latest novel. Vereker dismisses his efforts, explaining that none of the critics have spotted the secret contained in his novel.