Was Rochester a murderer? Did the Reverend Brontë carry a loaded pistol? What,precisely, does ‘Wuthering’ mean? Did the Brontës all have tiny feet? To celebrate the bicentenary of Charlotte Brontë’s birth, eminent Victorian scholar John...

An unrivalled, sumptuous voyage through the highs and lows of the human condition across literature's bejewelled past. von Sutherland, John

A "Little History" taking on a big subject, the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels. Sutherland introduces great classics, and adds a less-expected personal selection of authors and works, demonstrating the full...

'Generous, enjoyable and well informed.' Observer'500 expertly potted plots and personal comments on a wide range of pop and proper prose fiction.' The Times___________________________________________________________Ranging all the way...

More puzzles in classic fiction. A new edition of the sequel to "Is Heathcliff a Murderer?". How does Magwitch swim to shore with a great iron on his leg? Where does Fanny Hill keep her contraceptives? Whose side is Hawkeye on? And how...

"The Master of Ballantrae" und "Weir of Hermiston" sind zwei unvollendete Romane von Robert Louis Stevenson, die in einer Ausgabe der Everyman's Library Classics Series zusammengefasst wurden, mit einer Einführung von John Sutherland....