Category Archives: MODERN FICTION

Dylan Thomas tells stories of his childhood in Wales, piling on the sights and smells and sounds experienced by one rough-and-tumble Welsh lad with a miraculous sense of wonder. This collection also includes “Reminiscences of Childhood”, “A Visit to Grandpa’s” … Continue reading →

The general view in the village of Pitcombe was that Alice Jordan was extraordinarily blessed among mortals – lovely house, nice husband, dear little children and more than enough money. Why then, did Alice herself feel there was something missing?Author … Continue reading →

Set amidst Russia’s revolutionary upheaval in the early years of the 20th century, this novel (abridged for this reading) tells of Zhivago, doctor and poet, as he endeavours to come to terms with the momentous changes overtaking society.Author : Doctor … Continue reading →

Joss is an adopted child who never knew her real mother. Now a wife and mother herself, Joss decides to trace her natural mother. She discovers she has inherited a beautiful house, and slowly, she begins to understand the house’s … Continue reading →

Jo Clifford, a successful journalist, is all set to debunk hypnosis and nonsense of past-life regression in her next magazine series, until she submits to a simple hypnotic session and finds herself reliving the experiences of Matilda, Lady of Hay, … Continue reading →

One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mailbox: who are you and where do you come from? This is the start of Sophie’s adventure in philosophy – from the Greeks to Descartes, from Spinoza … Continue reading →

Unfolds the story of Marlow”s search for Mr Kurtz, the company agent. Marlow”s adventure involves him in a crucial reappraisal of his own values. It is Kurtz, however, who attains to a vision of the inexpressible, terrifying reality of the … Continue reading →

The sequel to “Porterhouse Blue”. With a new master, Scullion, now in charge and doubts still surrounding the death of the late Master, more unspeakably awful goings-on are inevitable at Cambridge’s most disreputable college.Author : Grantchester Grind by Tom Sharpe, … Continue reading →

Kommandant van Heerden of the South African Police Force takes to hanging around golf clubs, in the misguided belief that he is English to the core. But he takes things too far when he holidays in the colonial heartland, where … Continue reading →

Right at the moment Nate Starbuck begins to doubt his own courage, the Faulconer Legion is spitefully stripped from him and he is given command of the Yellowlegs – a battalion of cowards, malingerers, stragglers, skulkers and convicts led by … Continue reading →