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Jaffery
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William John Locke
The book follows the lives of Hilary, the narrator, and three of his friends whom he met at Cambridge. One soon dies - another (Adrian) writ…
The Wonderful Year
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William John Locke
Martin Overshaw and Corinna Hastings are leading dull and unproductive lives in Paris, having fled humdrum England. They fall in with Fortin…
The Rough Road
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William John Locke
The book tells the story of "Doggie" Trevor, who, having been wrapped in cotton wool since babyhood, becomes a snobbish rich dilet…
The Mountebank
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William John Locke
Andrew Lackaday, an English orphan, was born and brought up in a French circus. He becomes a highly skilled mimic and juggler. He plies his …
The Masquerader (Version 2)
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Katherine Cecil Thurston
In the London fog, two men bump into each other one night. They are immediately unnerved by their exact resemblance to each other. Jack Chil…
The Gambler (version 2)
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Katherine Cecil Thurston
The book follows the life of Clodagh Asshlin, an Irish girl brought up with her younger sister by her spendthrift father in the wilds of the…
The Astonishing History of Troy Town
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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
A humorous story about some of the extraordinary inhabitants of a British seaside town. - Summary by Simon Evers
Delia Blanchflower
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Mary Augusta Ward
Delia Blanchflower’s father has died, leaving her a considerable inheritance. However, she has become caught up in the militant wing of the …
The Nebuly Coat
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John Meade Falkner
Westray, a young architect, is sent to the town of Cullerne to oversee repairs to the tower of the minster there. He lodges in the town in t…
Where Love Is
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William John Locke
Norma Hardacre is a member of smart London society. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to a penniless artist named Jimmie Padgate. However…
The Glory of Clementina Wing
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William John Locke
The book follows the adventures of two main characters - Clementina Wing, a talented artist in her mid 30's with no social graces and Ephrai…
Lady Connie
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Mary Augusta Ward
Constance Bledlow is a beautiful monied 20 year old with the world at her feet. She arrives in Oxford to spend a few months with her impover…
Robert Elsmere
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Mary Augusta Ward
Essentially the book covers the life of Robert Elsmere, a boyishly intellectual clergyman. The first part covers his meeting with and eventu…
Self-Control: A Novel (version 2)
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Mary Brunton
Laura Montreville is a well-born and religious girl, brought up in Scotland by her widowed father. She is pursued by Colonel Hargrave, a lib…
The Gods and Mr Perrin
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Hugh Walpole
The book is probably better known under the title ‘Mr Perrin and Mr Traill’, later made into a well-known film in 1948. Perrin and Traill ar…
The Duchess of Wrexe
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Hugh Walpole
Rachel, a spirited young girl, has to choose between Francis Breton, her difficult cousin who has been disowned by the family, and Roddy Sed…
The Green Mirror
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Hugh Walpole
Three generations of the Trenchard family, ruled over by the indomitable Mrs Trenchard, live together in comfortable domesticity until Kathe…
The Tale of Triona
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William John Locke
Olivia is a newly orphaned young woman looking for adventure and excitement. She rents out her house to Blaise Olifant whose friend Alexis T…
The House of Baltazar
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William John Locke
Twenty years ago, John Balthazar, a notable and brilliant Cambridge mathematician, left England abruptly as he found himself falling in love…
Helen with the High Hand
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Arnold Bennett
James Ollerenshaw is a middle-aged, wealthy bachelor who lives in Bursley, one of the Five Towns. A chance encounter with Helen, his great s…