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Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
A fiery examination of history, literature, and political philosophy awaits readers who delve into these classic nineteenth-century critical essays.
Phantasmagoria and Other Poems
Lewis Carroll
A cold winter night, a late supper, and a shivering ghost who refuses to leave without dining on cold duck—this collection reveals Victorian verse at its most delightfully absurd.
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Across town houses, coastal resorts, and theatrical backstages, misfits and well-meaning bunglers stumble into romance, sudden heroism, and ridiculous misunderstandings. Every misstep somehow leads to an unexpectedly happy ending.
An Outcast of the Islands
Joseph Conrad
A disgraced white clerk banished to an isolated river settlement in Borneo betrayer his benefactor for the love of a native woman, precipitating a slow, inescapable descent into madness and moral ruin.
Twilight
Julia Frankau
A invalid author retreats to the English countryside, only to discover that her rest cure is haunted by the tragic lingering presence and lost manuscripts of the house's former occupant.
The poetry of Robert Browning
Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus) Brooke
A critical mind weighs two giant Victorian voices against each other, charting how one poet abandoned smooth English harmonies to dissect the complex, imperfect souls of forgotten times and far-off lands.
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
Beatrix Potter
An fastidiously clean wood-mouse spends her days scrubbing her intricate underground home, only to be overwhelmed by a succession of uninvited insect guests and a large, damp toad who turns her immaculate world upside down.
England of My Heart
Edward Hutton
To walk the ancient tracks across southern England is to discover a landscape where every valley, village, and ruin bears the quiet weight of three thousand years.
The Methodist
Evan Lloyd
When religious enthusiasm masks human frailty, satire emerges to expose how easily noble ideals curdle into hypocrisy, chaos, and self-serving deceit across a changing society.
Nonsense Songs
Edward Lear
Animals and everyday objects escape domestic routines to embark on grand, absurd journeys across uncharted oceans and fantastical lands, encountering bizarre creatures before vanishing into history or ending in sudden catastrophe.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
James Hogg
A fanatic's self-righteousness curdles into madness when a mysterious stranger convinces him that his status as one of God's chosen gives him absolute license to commit murder.
Five Children and It
E. (Edith) Nesbit
When four English children and their baby brother dig into a local sand-pit, they unearth an ancient, short-tempered creature capable of granting one magnificent wish every day—always with unforeseen, chaotic consequences.