Shop by Category
Featured Title
Popular Titles
Information
Titles: 90
Categories: 7
Prices: British Pounds
/Romantic To RegencyRomantic To Regency
The novel as a distinct literary form was fathered by Samuel Richardson in 1740 with the publication of ‘Pamela’ the first fiction of everyday life. One of Richardson’s proof readers was Oliver Goldsmith and the novel had to wait until the the coarse age of Fielding and Smollet passed before Goldsmith’s ‘Vicar of Wakefield’ was hailed as a masterpiece, expressing the ‘value of self’ and possessing qualities of romanticism. Passion and horror were emotions essential to the movement and Walpole’s ‘Castle of Otranto’ was a classic example of supernatural romance. Conan Doyle, an admirer of Jane Austen’s work, believed his historical romances were masterpieces.
 |
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole'Visions have always been my pasture. I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging the realities of life for dreams. Old castles, old pictures, old histories take one back into centuries that cannot disappoint. I waked one morning from a dream of which all I could recover … £12.99 |
|
 |
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver GoldsmithThe uplifting and heroic tale of a north country clergyman. The story is told by Dr. Charles Primrose, 'a priest, and husbandman and the father of a family'. He lives his life of quiet contentment until he loses his indepedent income. Moving to a humbler dwelling near the estate of Squire T… £20.99 |
|
 |
Rodney Stone by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleAs well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. ‘Rodney Stone’ is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox and King George III himself appear in a tale at the heart of which is, as one character says, “a p… £24.99 |
|
 |
John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah CraikThe greatest romantic narrative novel of the early 19th Century, John Halifax, Gentleman, tells the story of an orphan boy whose first words in the story are “Sir, I want work; may I earn a penny?” By hard work, diligent study and an unshakeable faith in his God John attains wealth and … £38.99 |