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Eight exquisite mystery stories set in London, starring Dr. Samuel Johnson, one of the greatest minds of the eighteenth century.

James Boswell and Dr. Samuel Johnson team up to solve mysteries in this collection of brilliantly baffling historical crime stories.

Literary legend Samuel Johnson and his biographer, James Boswell, solve mysteries in eighteenth-century London in this delightful story collection.

A Nebula Award winner presents tales that shaped modern science fiction and fantasy-five complete novels by Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, and more.

A tragic affair blooms between a working-class orphan and a wealthy rake in this classic novel of Victorian England. Although Ruth Hilton is kind, life does not treat her kindly in return.

The women of an English country village star in this Victorian classic that inspired a BBC series, from the author of North and South.

A tale of love, class, and murder during the era of the trade-union movement in nineteenth-century England, from the author of North and South.

A barrister becomes a detective when his friend disappears at an English manor in this classic Victorian novel.

A married aristocratic woman succumbs to desire in this nineteenth-century English novel.

A noblewoman travels from colonial Africa to revolutionary France in search of love in this nineteenth-century romantic classic.

This classic story of two nineteenth-century social climbers is the basis for countless films and TV series, and one of the UK's "Best-Loved Novels." Before the Real Housewives, there were Becky Sh

This precursor to the works of Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth takes a witty look at romance and womanhood in eighteenth-century high society.

A fascinating look'first published in 1894'at two philanthropists known as the "Prisoner's Friends" and the early history of prison reform.

Secrets and scandals steer a young woman's life as she comes of age and finds love in Victorian England.

Set behind enemy lines in Burma, this New York Times bestseller is "easily one of the best novels to come out of World War II" (Los Angeles Times).