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  Tales From Edgar Allan Poe -...

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement.  Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre.  He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Here is a fourth collection of some of his best stories:  The Tell-Tale Heart, Eleanora, and Silence: A Fable.

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  The voyage out

  Virginia Woolf

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  "The Voyage Out" is the first novel written by Virginia Woolf. It was published in 1915 and is considered a significant work in the modernist literary movement. The novel follows the journey of Rachel Vinrace, a young woman, as she embarks on a sea voyage from England to South America. "The Voyage Out" explores themes of self-discovery, societal conventions, and the limitations imposed on women in the early 20th century. Woolf weaves a narrative that delves into the complexities of human relationships and the impact of cultural norms on individual lives. The novel is known for its introspective and psychological depth, laying the groundwork for Woolf's later, more experimental works.

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  Astrophil and Stella

  Sir Philip Sidney

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  ""Astrophil and Stella" is an enchanting English sonnet sequence composed by Sir Philip Sidney in the 1580s. This collection consists of 108 sonnets and 11 songs, each woven with poetic artistry and emotional depth.    The title itself holds a celestial allure:    Astrophil derives from the Greek words "aster" (meaning star) and "phil" (meaning lover).  Stella is the Latin word for star.  In this poetic journey, Astrophil represents the star lover, while Stella embodies the star itself. Their relationship unfolds through the sonnets and songs, capturing the complexities of love, desire, and longing."

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  Jimmy and the Desperate Woman

  D H Lawrence

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  'Jimmy and the Desperate Woman' tells the improbable story of an intellectual editor persuading a working woman to live with him. We would say now 'on the rebound' from a failed marriage but Lawrence crosses the class divide and poses questions about what makes us attracted to other people. The intellectual twists and turns of the magazine editor contrast nicely with the stark honesty of the spurned miner husband.

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  Vision of Paradise The - The...

  Dante Alighieri

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  Durante degli Alighieri, usually referred to simply as Dante was born in Italy, and lived from c. 1265 to c. 1321. He was a major poet during the Middle Ages. He wrote the famouse Divine Comedy, which was originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia). The work was later christened Divina by Boccaccio. It is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. In the late Middle Ages, the overwhelming majority of poetry was written in Latin, and therefore accessible only to affluent and educated audiences.

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  Jerome K Jerome - Six of the...

  Jerome K. Jerome

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  Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number. 
   
  Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best. 
   
  In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both rivet the attention and inspire the imagination to visit their gems in a series of six, to roam across an author’s legacy in a few short hours and gain a greater understanding of their writing and, of course, to be lavishly entertained by their ideas, their narrative and their way with words. 
   
  These stories can be surprising and sometimes at a tangent to what we expected, but each is fully formed and a marvellous adventure into the world and words of a literary master. 
   
  1 - Six of the Best - Jerome K Jerome - An Introduction 
  2 - Jerome K Jerome - An Introduction  
  3 - The Absent Minded Man by Jerome K Jerome 
  4 - The Man of Science by Jerome K Jerome 
  5 - The Man Who Went Wrong by Jerome K Jerome 
  6 - The Man Who Did Not Believe in Luck by Jerome K Jerome 
  7 - 76 - The Lesson by Jerome K Jerome 
  8 - Told After Supper - The Doctor's Story by Jerome  K Jerome

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