Mary Barton

Elizabeth Gaskell

Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making a better life for herself and her father. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds he...

Au Bonheur des Dames (The Ladies' Delight)

Emile Zola

Au Bonheur des Dames Emile Zola publié en 1883, prépublié dès décembre 1882 dans Gil Blas, le onzième volume de la suite romanesque les Rougon-Macquart. À travers une histoire sentimentale, le roman entraîne le lecteur dans le monde des grands magasins, l'une des innovations du Second Empire (1852-1870)...

Madame Doubtfire (Puffin Modern Classics)

Anne Fine

Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and from their volatile mother, Miranda, and their out-of-work actor father, Daniel. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will look mi...

The Secret Commonwealth (#2 The Book of Dust)

Philip Pullman

From the author of the phenomenal His Dark Materials trilogy comes the next chapter in the story of Lyra Silvertongue . . . Lyra Silvertongue is now studying at St Sophia's College, Oxford, with her daemon Pantalaimon. They are not getting on. Lyra is questioning everything she once held dear. Pan misse...

Back to Sleep: from the bestselling author of No One Likes a Fart

Zoë Foster Blake

Back to Sleep is a reflection of Zoe Foster Blake's much-loved brand and profile, told with an authenticity and humour born of experience. Poor Finn is looking forward to drifting off to sleep in his cosy warm bed, when Mummy appears wanting a drink. Finn resettles her and has just fallen asleep, when ...

Bookish and the Beast

Ashley Poston

A tale as old as time is made new in Ashley Poston's fresh, geeky retelling of Beauty and the Beast--now with a bonus Starfield story In this third book of the Once Upon a Con series, Rosie Thorne is feeling stuck--on her college application essays, in her small town, and on that mysterious General Sond...