england

A novel constructed of the nonlinear memories of the friends, family, and lovers of Jacob Flanders, a sensitive young man who has died in the Great War.

Draws on the list of man's seven ages found in William Shakespeare's play "As You Like It" to highlight key events in the playwright's life and explore their impact on the Bard's work.

Examines the major religious themes and contexts found in William Shakespeare's works and explores how they reflected the traditional religious beliefs of his era.

Imaginative thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis, misinterpreting a scene between her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner, the housekeeper's son, later accuses Robbie of a crime she has no proof he committed and spends years trying to atone for her actions.

Examines the life of eighteenth-century English adventurer Elizabeth Marsh and how it was shaped by world events such as the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, discussing her capture by pirates, Sultan Sidi Muhammad's attempt to make her a part of his harem, her eighteen-month tour of India, her marriage to a British merchant, their bankruptcies, and other topics.

Young Catherine Morland's entry into nineteenth-century English society is attended by the collapse of many of her romantic illusions.

An annotated version of Jane Austen's novel in which a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters. Includes historical context, citations, definitions, comments and analysis, maps, illustrations, and more.