Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a “mudlark,” he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He’s being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a …
While trying to deal with her mini-terror 2-year-old, financially strapped Becky Brandon attempts to plan a surprise party on a budget for her husband, Luke, and starts to come apart at the seams a…
A black teacher from British Guiana describes how he overcame the hostility and prejudices of his students in a London slum.
Michael Henchard is a wealthy and respected man, but he has a terrible secret. Twenty years ago, when he was unemployed and penniless, he sold his wife to a sailor. Now she id looking for him again…
A breathtaking adventure story, set in reimagined eighteenth-century England. As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of cival war and tyranny, a twelve-year-old orphan and h…
Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, clever, and rich. She likes to arrange marriages between her friends and neighbors in the village of Highbury. However, Emma makes a lot of mistakes and causes more pro…
Mrs Dashwood and her two daughters must leave their family home and move to a small house in another part of the country. They don't have much money now and must live quietly. Marianne and Elinor f…