The Gresham Library imprint: 5 books

Bookseller Eleanor Mace investigates the myths and legends of her Devon seaside town after a ghost ship is spotted on the horizon.

Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights tells the story of the ill-fated love of Catherine Earnshaw for the dark and brooding Heathcliff, and is set on the bleak Yorkshire moors where Heathcliff acts out his cruel revenge against Edgar and Isabella Linton. This book is considered by many to be the most passionate and original novel in English literature.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a direct attack upon the slavery system that existed in the Southern States. The story was first published in serial form in 1851-52. Becoming immediately famous, the novel was translated into many foreign languages and has since been published in innumerable editions. This...

‘Marley was dead to begin with.’ So begins one of the best-loved and famous Christmas stories that has been filmed, inspired musicals, and plays, and still entertains with a timeless story of transformation from meanness to generosity and kindness. A sensational success when it was published,...

A gifted scientist attempts to break new boundaries and create human life from nothing, but will his quest drive him mad, and can he control the monster he has created? Frankenstein is a masterpiece of suspense. It was written by Mary Shelley when she was only 18 as the result of a playful suggestion...