Narrative theme: Social issues

Louisa May Alcott wrote passionate, fiery novels and sensational stories under the nom de plume A.

The book tells the story of Kirk Winfield, his marriage to Ruth, and their child called Bill.

Being unwed, Belinda is sent to live with Lady Delacour, whom Belinda considers fascinating and charming.

This is SILENCE OF THE LAMBS meets Karen Rose.

With Her in Ourland is the third book in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's utopian trilogy which begins where Moving the Mountain and Herland left off.

THE GRIPPING NEW PAGE-TURNER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ADORED, MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER, THE ISLAND'A beautiful, moving and thought provoking story, The Figurine is a stunning read .

There is nothing as powerful as a mother's love.

The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England.

A Passage to India' is set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s.

"e;The Sound and the Fury"e; by William Faulkner is a classic novel that explores the decline of a Southern aristocratic family through four different narratives.

Powerful and poignant, a masterpiece.

Published in two volumes a decade apart, 'Don Quixote of La Mancha' is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon.

'Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady' tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world; Elias Canetti described it as "e;one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination written during this century.

There was a man named Webster who lived in a town of twenty-five thousand people in the state of Wisconsin.

"e;The Gift of the Magi"e; is a short story, about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.

'Is this book as good [as Fleishman]?

With Her in Ourland is the third book in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's utopian trilogy which begins where Moving the Mountain and Herland left off.

Isabel Archer, from New York, is invited by her rich family to visit their estate, near London.

**Now adapted for the stage by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti as a Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Birmingham Rep co-production running 22nd May 21st June 2025**SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD AND LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZEFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOY WITH THE TOPKNOT AND EMPIRELAND'Enormously enjoyable' SUNDAY TIMES'A satirical masterpiece' TELEGRAPH'Sanghera's tender and funny book is a cracking and pacy read' OBSERVER'A stunning novel .

Barnstaple, a burnt out journalist, decides to go on holiday and leave the rat race behind.

This novel explores slavery's destructive effects on African-American families, the difficult lives of American mulattoes or mixed-race people, and the "e;degraded and immoral condition of the relation of master and slave in the United States of America.

This novel introduces Natty Bumppo as "e;Deerslayer"e;, a young frontiersman in early 18th-century New York.

Bertie Wooster's life is in disarray.

Four of our most-loved saga authors invite you to join them on a journey through motherhood in this collection of heart-warming short stories.

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players.

The BRAND NEW historical novel from Lynette Rees - a boy down on his luck finding his way in a cruel Victorian world.

Part One of an addictive eight-part serial novel for devotees of Fifty Shades of Grey and the Crossfire series.

Includes The Americans in the First World War Illustration Pack - 57 photos/illustrations and 10 mapsIN THE ROAD TO ST.

Babbitt is professionally successful as a realtor.

Eugene Irtenev is left a large inheritance after the death of his father.

The Age of Innocence won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize.

'Cousin Betty' was Balzac's last great novel, and in it he explores power, lust, deception, and revenge.

The Conjure Woman is the title of an 1899 collection of seven stories by Charles W.

You can't fight what you can't see.

'The Scarlet Letter' is Nathaniel Hawthorne's crowning achievement, a masterpiece that has stood the time.

*Cannery Row: A Timeless Classic of American Literature*Set in the 1930s, John Steinbeck's iconic novel "e;Cannery Row"e; is a poignant and humorous tale of friendship, love, and the American Dream.

'An Enemy of the People' addresses the irrational tendencies of the masses, and the hypocritical and corrupt nature of the political system that they support.

Just before coming of age, Lord Colambre, the sensitive hero of the novel, finds that his mother Lady Clonbrony's attempts to buy her way into the high society of London are only ridiculed, while his father, Lord Clonbrony, is in serious debt as a result of his wife's lifestyle.

The BRAND NEW pulse-pounding, psychological thriller, from the international top ten bestselling author of The Sleepover and The Summer House How well do you really know your husband?

Moving the Mountain is the first book in Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman's well known trilogy.

'If you're a fan of the TV series Succession, you'll love this gripping story.

This riveting novel tells of the seduction of a British schoolgirl by a dashing soldier, John Montraville, who brings her to America and there abandons her, pregnant and ill.

'Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady' tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is one of the longest novels in the English language.

The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident.

The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton.

'A Doll's House' is Henrik Ibsen's best-known play.

'Every single woman out there needs to read this, because you either know this man, or you know a woman who knows this man' - @bookwormescapes'Razor-sharp, spine-tinglingly convincing and unputdownable' - Lisa Jewell, author of None of This is True'This book will hook you from the first page' - Alice Feeney, author of Beautiful Ugly* * *Cole is the perfect husband: a romantic, supportive of his wife, Mel's career, keen to be a hands-on dad, not a big drinker.

In The Duchesse of Langeais, Honore De Balzac tells us the story of an ill-fated love affair between a Parisian socialite and a Napoleonic war hero.

In Manalive we follow the madcap adventure of Innocent Smith.