John GalsworthyFollowing her marriage to Michael Mont, Fleur Forsyte throws herself into the Roaring 20s with the rest of London and takes life as it comes. But her marriage is...

John Van De RuitAs Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: when dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite...

Daniel DefoeThe Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (aka Moll Flanders) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true account...

The Correspondence of John Cheever and John D Weaver, 1945 - 1982Edited by John D WeaverA personal view of the life of John Cheever, featuring the correspondence, spanning 40 years,...

Harry BowlingWaggoner's Way is a small back street in Bermondsey, home to a close-knit community of predominantly railway folk and their families. The Brennans and Kellys are among those who...

Harry BowlingThe classic novel from the much-loved King of Cockney sagasIronmonger Street in 1920 is one of the most unsightly turnings in Bermondsey, its residents hardened to the grim poverty...

JD Wyss and Daniel DefoeThe Swiss Family Robinson is an adventure novel co-authored by Johann David Wyss and Johann Rudolf Wyss. It has a plot that exemplifies family ideals and...

James Joyce   "Don't you think there is a certain resemblance between the mystery of the Mass and what I am trying to do? To give people some kind of...

L Frank BaumThe Emerald City is built all of beautiful marbles in which are set a profusion of emeralds, every one exquisitely cut and of very great size. There are...

Helen DunmoreIn her prize-winning first novel, Zennor in Darkness, Helen Dunmore reimagines the plight of D.H. Lawrence and his German wife hiding out in Cornwall during the First World War....

Graham GreeneInto the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force' As his naïve optimism starts to cause...

Tom WolfeThe Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New...