england

Analyzes Anglo-Saxon life and attitudes through an examination of surviving prose and poetry, sculpture, jewelry, and architecture.

A 1934 satirization of a segment of English society in which all the characters have money but few other qualities to recommend them.

A satirical look at Victorian manners recounting the experiences of two finishing school graduates, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley.

When impending fatherhood changes eighteen-year-old Jonathan's comfortable school and family life as well as his plans for the future, he runs off with a friend to train a horse for the Grand National.

Fifteen-year-old Jenny's unhappy life with her poor and difficult family undergoes a dramatic change when her penniless but ever-optimistic grandfather acquires a very frightened, unpromising-looking colt and gives it to Jenny to care for.

Twelve-year-old Eva's chaotic but cheerful family life in a small English town changes when Gideon, her brain-damaged deaf older brother, gets a job opening bridges and locks for the local canalboat.

The story of the lives and emotional conflicts of two sisters. Ursula falls in love with Birkin and Gudrum has a tragic affair with Gerald, the son of the local colliery owner.

When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life.