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
John Galsworthy
The Treasure in the Forest - Two adventurers search for buried treasure
HG Wells
The Chronic Argonauts - One of the earliest time travel stories ever written
HG 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
John Galsworthy
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
Detective Stories – Volume 2 - E M Delafield to Anna Katharine Green
E M Delafield, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edith Stewart Drewery, Frank Howel Evans, Jacques Futrelle, Lettice Galbraith, John Galsworthy, Arthur Gask, Anna Katharine Green
The Fires of God - A postwar poem that counters the modern view of things
John Drinkwater
My Distant Relative - Short story from a Nobel Prize winning author
John Galsworthy
The Virgin - Story from one of the most famous or infamous British figures of the 20th Century
Aleister Crowley
Detective Stories – Volume 1 - A J Alan to Rose Champion de Crespigny
Harold Begbie, Algernon Blackwood, Ernest Bramah, A M Burrage, William E Burton, G K Chesterton, J Storer Clouston, J Connington, Elizabeth Corbett
