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  The Two Noble Kinsmen

  William Shakespeare, Pierre...

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  Palamon and Arcite, cousins and bosom friends, are taken prisoner by Duke Theseus of Athens. While in captivity, they spy the beautiful Emilia. Both fall instantly in love with her, and their attachment to each other turns to hate.  
  This dark-edged tragicomedy is now widely regarded as having been written by Shakespeare in collaboration with John Fletcher. Composed sometime in 1613–14, The Two Noble Kinsmen is the final play in Shakespeare's dramatic career.  
  Jonathan Firth plays Palamon, Nigel Cooke is Arcite, and Emilia is played by Helen Schlesinger.

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  HorrorBabble's PICKMAN'S MODEL -...

  Ian Gordon, H. P. Lovecraft

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  This is a dramatic adaptation of Lovecraft's classic tale of the macabre, "Pickman's Model". First published in 1927, the story is recounted by Thurber, an art enthusiast, who describes his unsettling experiences with the reclusive artist Richard Upton Pickman. Known for his disturbingly lifelike paintings of grotesque creatures, Pickman’s work goes beyond imagination, hinting at something horrifyingly real.

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  Laura - From their pens to your...

  Saki Saki

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  Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral. 
  When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a strict, puritanical household near Barnstaple, Devon. Educated by governesses Saki used many of these women as character models for his later writing. 
  At 17 his father retried and returned to England and then embarked on a series of European travels with Saki and his siblings. 
  After a short stint working in Burma with the Indian Imperial Police Saki decided to move to London to make a living as a writer. Initially he wrote as a journalist for a number of newspapers and magazines before attempting an historical study, ‘The Rise of the Russian Empire’, whose real value lay in directing him to writing short stories instead, the first of which, ‘Dogged’, he published in 1899. 
  From here it was a short stab of the pen to writing political satire before in 1902 he became the foreign correspondent for The Morning Post, first in the Balkans, then Russia, Paris and back to London in 1908, where 'the agreeable life of a man of letters with a brilliant reputation awaited him.'  
  Collections of his short stories full of witty, mischievous and often macabre stories that satirized Edwardian society and two novels now appeared in the years up to the Great War.  At its’ outbreak he was 43 but managed to join as an ordinary trooper. More than once he returned to the battlefield when officially too sick or injured.  
  On 14th November 1916 Hector Hugh Munro was sheltering in crater during the Battle of the Ancre, when he was shot and killed by a German sniper. According to several sources, his last words were "Put that bloody cigarette out!"

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  David Swan - From their pens to...

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on 4th July 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, a town synonymous with the earlier Salem Witch Trials. It was instrumental in Hawthorne’s later use of American Gothic and dark romanticism in his writing. 
  He was a mere four years old when his father died and his mother took him and his two sisters to live with her family and then on to their own home in Raymond, Maine. The young Hawthorne had a passion for fiction and poetry and voraciously read the works of Ann Radcliffe, Henry Fielding and Lord Byron.  
  He was sent to college at his maternal uncle’s insistence. During these years he met and befriended Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and future U S president Franklin Pierce. These friendships were lifelong and to have a crucial impact on his writings and career.  
  At college Hawthorne had made attempts at writing short stories and essays but without opportunities to publish. It was only in 1828 that he finally published his novel ‘Franshawe’ to little success and so he began work as editor for the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge.  
  Hawthorne’s short stories were first published in magazines but in 1837 were collected and published as ‘Twice-Told Tales’. A steady literary career still did not come his way and so he worked in a good position at Salem’s port and married the love of his life Sophia Peabody. They moved to live in ‘The Old Manse’ at Concord, Massachusetts.   
  Finally. in 1850 came spectacular literary and commercial success with ‘The Scarlet Letter’ followed by ‘The House of the Seven Gables’ the following year.  
  In 1852, Hawthorne published a biography of presidential candidate Franklin Pierce. After Pierce’s victory he was appointed consul in Liverpool, a position that offered prestige, money and fame. At the end of this appointment he returned several times to Europe before settling in Massachusetts and resuming writing and publication. 
  During the early 1860’s his health declined and on 19th May 1864 during a trip to Plymouth, New Hampshire. He was 59 and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts.

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  Black Beauty

  Anna Sewell

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  "Black Beauty" is a classic work of children's literature penned by Anna Sewell in 1877. Told from the perspective of a horse named Black Beauty, the novel offers insights into the treatment of animals and the bond between humans and their animal companions. Black Beauty recounts his life's journey, from his carefree days as a foal in the English countryside to the harsher times he faced as a working horse in the bustling city of London. The narrative touches on issues of animal cruelty, kindness, and morality and promotes empathy and proper care for all living creatures.

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  Love and Mr Lewisham

  H. G. Wells

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  Love and Mr. Lewisham is a compelling and intimate portrait of ambition, romance, and inner conflict from one of the early masters of modern fiction, H. G. Wells. Set in late Victorian England, the novel follows the life of Ewart Lewisham, a young, intelligent schoolteacher driven by an intense desire for self-improvement, social advancement, and intellectual success.
  
  Lewisham lives by carefully constructed plans and rigid principles, believing that discipline and reason are the surest paths to achievement. His future, as he imagines it, leaves little room for emotional entanglements. However, his orderly ambitions are thrown into turmoil when he unexpectedly falls in love with Ethel Henderson, a young woman whose warmth, vulnerability, and circumstances challenge both his ideals and his sense of duty.
  
  As Lewisham struggles to reconcile love with ambition, Wells explores timeless questions about the cost of success, the power of emotion, and the tension between personal happiness and societal expectations. The novel offers sharp psychological insight, social realism, and subtle criticism of the class system and educational culture of the time.
  
  More than a simple love story, Love and Mr. Lewisham is a thoughtful examination of human aspiration and moral compromise. With emotional depth and intellectual clarity, Wells captures the universal struggle between the life we plan and the life that ultimately claims us.

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