There is an old house near the ramparts of Copenhagen. From its window, an old maid looks down on the children playing, who know nothing of the history of this place.Hans...
Puchku loves to read. But one day she discovers that she has read every book in the library. To her delight, she sees a bookshelf she’s never seen before, and it’s full of...
“The Revolt of the Angels” is one of the most successful and profound novels by Anatole France. It follows the life of Arcade, an angel that watches over Maurice...
One of Anthony Trollope’s later tales, ‘Is He Popenjoy?’ is a comic novel which deals with themes of inheritance and illegitimacy. The novel centres around the contested...
Genies don’t always grant three wishes, as a fisherman discovers when his nets drag up a small yellow pot sealed with lead. Opening the seal frees a genie, but unlike the one...
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson; Merry and Pippin; Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy...great duos often help to make great literature. So when two soon-to-be luminaries of the English...
‘The Serapion Brethren’ is the name of a literary and social circle created in Berlin in 1818 by the German romantic writer E. T. A. Hoffmann and his friends. ‘The Serapion...
Help your children explore new words with ‘Mealtime’, an English language-learning book in the ‘Hello English’ collection. With colourful illustrations, a useful English...
Looking for a great love story? You have found it! This novel is told as both a sentimental romance and a humorous piece of historical fiction.Taking place in Rhode Island the...
It isn't always easy being a demon.As Luci, the demon in Matt Groening's Netflix series 'Disenchantment' will agree, not everybody is easy to tempt.Leo Tolstoy's 'The First...