Discover the wisdom of our greatest writers and philosophers to help you tackle life's big questions.

Beautiful fashion plates from Regency magazine La Belle Assemblée are combined with much-loved passages from Jane Austen’s novels and juvenilia and woven together with commentary from leading Oxford academic Professor Ros Ballaster.

Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic work of children’s fiction.

Enjoy children’s stories from some of the most celebrated writers in history as well as delightful, original illustrations.

A brilliantly readable history of privacy with a simple and urgent argument: private life is a precious and sustaining resource that must be defended.

A pocket hardback of Louisa May Alcott’s timeless children’s classic.

Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist’s riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land and reveals how it became a haven for the rich and powerful.

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, decadent authors boldly decided it was time for something new.

An enchanting classic of children’s literature that never fails to delight.