Controversial Russian novelist, regarded as the most original prose writer of the twentieth century. Writings include: Lolita. Volume covers the period 1941-1977. Extras: Chronological table of Nabokov’s life and works.

First published in 1973, this work provides a study of a topic that lies on the frontiers of literature and linguistics - the nature and function of fictional dialogue and…

First published in 1972, Norman Page’s seminal study of The Language of Jane Austen seeks to demonstrate both the exceptional nature and the degree of subtlety of Jane Austen’s use…

Drawing on much contemporary material, including Auden’s fascinating unpublished diary, this book presents portraits of figures, often fascinating in their own right, with whom Auden and Isherwood came into contact…

Providing details of Wilde’s life and work in an easily accessible profile, this biography makes use of surviving letters, notebooks, diaries and documents, as well as other researched biographies. Other…

Fifty-Two illustrated memoirs and spiritual insights,

from a veterinary surgeon who came to see that

Christ was ultimately ‘in all and through all’.

This is a book to inspire a…

With only sparse Biblical clues to follow, this fictitious account gives a creative reader an enthralling glimpse into the saga of the people and places that became the century one…