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The House - Turn of the century writer that supported feminism pacifisim and labour reform

W L George

The Rynard Hold Reef Company - 19th century writer that was rewarded with a knighthood for his literary contributions

Walter Besant

The Episode in Room 222 - Short tale from the Staffordshire born literary great

Arnold Bennett

The True Story of a Vampire - Pioneering Vampire story written in 1894

Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock

The Venetian Silk-Mercere - A glimpse into 18th Century Venice

Carlo Gozzi

Etude de Femme (Study of a Woman) - A brief character study with mistaken identity mixed with romance

Honoré de Balzac

The Third Drug - A dark tale of a twisted doctor

Edith Nesbit

A Busman's Holiday - Underrated story from a classic Welsh author

Francis Brett Young

Will - A twisted couples tale of love hatred and death

Vincent O'Sullican

A Long Ago Affair - Memories of an affair and secrecy are brought back

Galsworthy John

The Treasure in the Forest - Two adventurers search for buried treasure

H G Wells

The Chronic Argonauts - One of the earliest time travel stories ever written

H G Wells

The Pit in the Garden - When you hear the author's name is Burrage fear immediately springs to mind

A M Burrage

Narcissus - A tale of redemption exploring vanity and beauty

Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock

Seeing People Off - Social conventions are brilliantly unpacked by one of our greatest writers

Max Beerbohm

How He Cut His Stick - An unearthed gem of detective fiction

Q C M McD Bodkin

Philanthropy - Known more for his epic works on the Forsythe family his short stories glimmer with brilliance

Galsworthy John

The Mystery of a Midsummer Night - Early 20th century story about a detectives dogged pursuit of a child murderer

George R Sims

A Sense of the Future - Pioneering Sci Fi story written in 1924

Martin Swayne

The Message on the Sun-Dial - In this whodunit the real question is how

J Bell

Thrift - In this story George examines what some people will give up in the pursuit of something

W L George

Top 10 Poets – England The - The South East - Five poems each from poets born in the English South East

James Weldon Johnson, Georgia Douglas Johnson, John Gould Fletcher, George Moses Horton, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Sidney Lanier, Willa Cather, John Bannister Tabb, George Marion McClellan, Abram Joseph Ryan

Top 10 Poets – England The - The North West - Five poems each from poets born in the English North West

William Wordsworth, Lewis Carroll, Francis Thompson, Susanna Blamire, Arthur Hugh Clough, Winifred M Letts, Richard Le Gallienne, Laurence Binyon, Robert Anderson, John Oxenham

The Top 10 Poets – The Clergy - Five poems each from some of the best poets to have been members of the clergy

John Donne, Gerard Manley Hopkins, George Herbert, Jonathan Swift, Robert Herrick, Thomas Traherne, Henry Alford, John Keble, William Lisle Bowles, Henry van Dyke

Top 10 Poets – England The - The East - Five poems each from poets born in the English East

William Cowper, Amelia Opie, Robert Southwell, Margaret Cavendish, Sir John Suckling, Matilda Betham Edwards, Sarah Fuller Adams, Sir Richard Fanshawe, Aurelian Townsend, Thomas Shadwell

A Haunted Villa - From their pens to your ears genius in every story

Ömer Seyfettin

A Haunted Villa - From their pens to your ears genius in every story

Ömer Seyfettin

The Top 10 Poets – Playwrights - Five poems each from some of the best poets to have been playwrights

William Shakespeare, W B Yeats, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Oscar Wilde, Frederico Garcia Lorca, Alexander Pushkin, Christopher Marlowe, Aphra Behn, Ben Jonson, Margaret Cavendish

Top 10 Poets The - Metaphysical - Five poems each from some of the best Metaphysical poets

John Donne, John Milton, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Henry Vaughan, Katherine Phillips, Thomas Traherne, Thomas Carew, Abraham Cowley, Edmund Waller

Top 10 Poets The - Restoration - Five poems each from some of the best Restoration era poets

John Milton, John Dryden, Andrew Marvell, Thomas Traherne, Katherine Phillips, Abraham Cowley, Aphra Behn, William Davenant, William Congreve, John Bunyan