"Lucia's progress" first published 1935. "Trouble for Lucia" first published in 1939.

    We are shown the two Marwood girls, who are nearly grown-up, their father, the widower Major Marwood, and their aunt; then, as soon as their lives have been described, the Major proposes marriage to a woman much younger than himself - and many changes begin.

    This story of three closely related Oxfordshire communities - a hamlet, the nearby village and a small market town - is based on the author's experiences during childhood and youth. It chronicles May Day celebrations and forgotten children's games, the daily lives of farmworkers and craftsmen, friends and relations - all painted with a gaiety and freshness of observation that make this trilogy an evocative and sensitive memorial to Victorian rural England.With a new introduction by Richard Mabey

    It is goodbye to a Berlin wild, wicked, breathtaking, decadent beyond belief and already -- in the years between the wars -- welcoming death in through the door, though more with a wink than a whimper.~from the back cover

    Mrs. Miniver's adventures have charmed millions. This edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the book's orginal publication in the U.S., features a new introduction by Greer Garson, who won the Academy Award as best actress for her role as Mrs. Miniver.

    F. Benson, there are six books in total, this volume contains the fifth and sixth instalments of this wonderfully satirical look at the petty squabbling and brinkmanship in the social circles in a small English village. These two novels, originally published in 1935 and 1939, are being republished here together with a new introductory biography of the author.

    The story is built around Laura and her brother Edmund, through whose eyes are seen "old Sally," whose grandfather built the house she lived in before the enclosure of the heathland, children's games, the interaction of village and gentry, and the way in which the seasons governed life.

    Tolkien's On Fairy-stories is his most-studied and most-quoted essay, an exemplary personal statement of his own views on the role of imagination in literature, and an intellectual tour de force vital for understanding Tolkien's achievement in writing The Lord of the Rings .

    Her everywoman heroine, Sasha, must confront the loves— and losses— of her past in this mesmerizing and formally daring psychological portrait.

    

    Romantic, energetic, at times wickedly funny, it is the humorous tale of the complications of a young Englishman who is made trustee of the late Mr. Green's large estate and guardian of his quaintly old-fashioned daughter, Elma. Although young George Ferrier is none too bright by book-learning standards, he does have his share of common sense. And common sense, as well as patience, is what he needs to cope with Elma's flighty, headstrong attempts to become a "modern" woman. George's valiant efforts to protect the vulnerable girl from cads and her legacy from fortune-hunters make a frolicsome story of effervescent good nature.

    She is afraid to tell her husband lest he be disillusioned with her but goes through with the wedding although agonizing about her child. When she meets the child, she is enchanted and wants him to be part of her life but will that destroy her marriage?

      Intended by Dorothy Sayers primarily as a form of commentary on the war, on topics ranging from British life and government to foreign powers and dreams for the post-war future, it serves as a fascinating appendix to the adventures of Lord Peter Wimsey and his companions.