One of the great pleasures of reading C19th literature is being able to enter into what Penelope Fitzgerald called 'the imagined past' - imagined by us now and, in some of these novels, by t... read more
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Half a dozen of the greatest novels of the last century, each highly original and, once read, never forgotten. Smiley won a Pulitzer for her transposition of King Lear to the American Mid-We... read more
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The joke is always in the telling - and here are six authors whose comic writing is beyond compare. Psmith is pure joy, and we all need to throw the occasional flower-pot while getting on wi... read more
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Snatching fearful joys: tales of murder, suspense and the deeply eerie... Sarah Moss tells her extraordinary tale of archaeologists investigating Norse remains in Greenland with customary br... read more
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A deft and witty excursion to Paris for coffee with Sartre, de Beauvoir et alia by Sarah Bakewell; a winter and spring on the shores of Lake Baikal with only a portable library and ice - and... read more
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The best of recent arrivals in fiction and non-fiction, alternating month by month for one year. Please feel free to specify any particular areas of interest and combinations – e.g. politi... read more
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Carefully tailored to age and taste: the best of new children’s books combined with beautiful editions of old favourites. A mix of paperbacks and hardbacks for middling readers to teenager... read more
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The latest and loveliest in cookery, and the oldest and best too. From Larousse to Luard, oysters to Ottolenghi, Gray to gorgonzola, an omelette and a glass of wine… Books for cooks, by co... read more
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A selection of the greatest literature from around the world, from Atwood to Zola, Alexievich to Zibaldone – fiction, non-fiction, reportage, memoir, essays, travel, reflections. Ideal f... read more
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As reviving for the jaded as one of Jeeves's pick-me-ups: Psmith; the dreadful efficient Baxter, secretary-bird to the Earl of Emsworth; Jeeves and Wooster; Uncle Fred and his mischievous be... read more
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A generous subscription which may include exhibition catalogues, an artist’s biography, books about the art world, or a fine coffee table book; perfect for amateurs of the arts, from Agar,... read more