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Jane Austen, one of the nation''s most beloved authors, whose face adorns our currency, surely needs no introduction, but while many are familiar with her groundbreaking novels, few have come across her short burlesque work The History of England.Billed a
George Orwell set out 'to make political writing into an art', and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitari
'I have sometimes dreamt, at least, that when the Day of Judgement dawns and the great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards their crowns, their laurels, their names carved indelibly upon imperishable marble the Almighty wil
In 1928 Virginia Woolf gave two speeches at Newnham and Girton Colleges on the subject of ''Women and Fiction'' speeches which went on to become A Room of One''s Own, one of the most important feminist texts of all time. Following the success of its publ
Painting beautiful portraits of American countryside, and tapping into deep debates around humans and their relationship with nature, this extraordinary short-story collection was years ahead of its time, and is ripe for rediscovery.