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Beerbohm's first and only novel, published in 1911, is a wicked satire of undergraduate life at Oxford in which the beautiful heroine, or anti-heroine, Zuleika, leaves a trail of corpses behind as she makes her aloof but devastating way through the all-male bastion of patriarchal privilege.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Part love story, part thriller, part booklover’s fantasy—and entirely charming—Christopher Morley’s The Haunted Bookshop has something for every reader. Set in a lovingly evoked Brooklyn just after the end of...

 In this 1871 memoir— drawing from the life experiences that also produced Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn—Twain tells how he achieved his boyhood dream of navigating a steamboat along the treacherous, ever-changing banks of the great river. Written for William Dean Howells’s Atlantic magazine,...

The Story of the Normans is Jewett’s engaging history of the Normans and their conquest of England. Jewett covers the time period from the mid-ninth century to the early eleventh century with her customary eloquence. A revealing look at the people Jewett calls “the foremost people of their time,” this is a balanced and accurate history that captures the romance and adventure of the period.

After publishing three volumes of verse, Benét tried his hand at fiction in this autobiographical novel, published in 1921. It is the picaresque story of a young man who encounters God, Country, Yale, and, finally, war. 

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. In 1885, Elizabeth ("Libbie") Custer published her memoir about her marriage to General George Armstrong Custer, the most controversial military officer of the nineteenth century. Set at Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory,...

This 1910 political satire features an evil conspiracy in which a hidden puppet master manipulates the political and financial systems of England.

Hilaire Belloc’s time in Parliament left him increasingly disillusioned with politics. This satirical 1908 novel offended both sides of the aisle. “One need not know very much about politics to get a very keen joy out of it....Mr. Clutterbuck and his friends are a most lifelike set of folk...”—The New York Times.

Regarded as Gissing’s finest novel, New Grub Street tells the story of the lives and dreams of Jasper Milvain, an ambitious, cynical young writer, and Edwin Reardon, a talented novelist with limited prospects. Set in the literary and journalistic circles of 1880s London, the world that Gissing himself inhabited, this late-Victorian novel is a classic.

1887 – the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Victoria’s reign – is a year of celebration. For this story’s heroine, Nancy Lord, it is also an opportunity to experience adult society. Her unchaperoned journey through the streets of London marks the beginning of her revolt, setting in motion the wheels...

Eve Madeley, a highly educated but poor bookkeeper, arouses the interest of Maurice Hilliard, an architect and inventor, who tries to sweep her off her feet. Though he’s hardly better off financially then she, he persuades her to accompany him to Paris. Considered one of Gissing’s best, this 1895 novel explores money and marriage with unusual honesty and realism.

Young, insecure, and smart, Godwin Peake is an atheist. At odds with his poor, religious  family, whose conservatism disgusts him, he longs to be part of the wealthy class. But once the door to moneyed society opens to Godwin, he begins to lie in order to fit in—losing himself in the process, in this 1892 novel.

An ingenious satire, Buried Alive (1908) is Bennett at his most charming and wittiest. It is the story a renowned but exceedingly shy painter, Priam Farll, who assumes the identity of his dead valet, Henry Leek, as a means of avoiding press attention.   The novel was enormously successful as a play, retitled The Great Adventure,  and later as the film Holy Matrimony.

Published in 1905, Tales of the Five Towns collects a dozen stories, divided into two sections: “At Home” and “Abroad.”  The eight “At Home” tales take place in Bennett’s beloved Five Towns, a location based on the Potteries district of Staffordshire, where he spent his early years. ...