Category Archives: MODERN FICTION

Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore without a command until his friend, Stephen Maturin, arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope, under a Commodore’s pennant. But the difficulties of carrying out his … Continue reading →

When Timothy Bright”s stockbroking career goes wrong he turns to gambling to regain his financial losses. Gaining more debts, Timothy is persuaded into a touch of villainy where an encounter with an Australian substance known as Toad precipitates Timothy into … Continue reading →

Chris Napier is shocked by the unexpected appearance of his boyhood friend, Mark Sheldon, at a wedding party at the Napier’s house in Cornwall. When Mark hangs himself in the garden, the mysterious and dark pasts of their respective families … Continue reading →

Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother”s factory they try to craft a childhood for … Continue reading →

A soldier wounded in the Civil War, Inman turns his back on the carnage of the battlefield and begins the treacherous journey to Cold Mountain, and to Ada, the woman he loved before the war began. Whilst Ada struggles to … Continue reading →

Summoning up more than 20 years of Japan’s most dramatic history, the geisha’s story uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. It moves from a small fishing village in 1929 to the glamorous and decadent Kyoto … Continue reading →

Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday are former lovers of the recently-deceased Molly Lane. They make a pact following her funeral, which both tests their friendship to the limits and has consequences neither has foreseen. This is the 1998 Booker Prize … Continue reading →

Tells the story of Charles Smithson’s infatuation with the unusual Sarah Woodruff, whilst being engaged to a young lady of a good family and a considerable dowry. The author re-creates the feel of a Victorian novel. He also wrote “The … Continue reading →

Aimed at both children and adults, this treasury has sections on different aspects of Narnian life and customs, on the people who travelled to Narnia, on its rulers, wise or evil, and on the books themselves. There are many early … Continue reading →

This is the first volume of Doris Lessing’s “Collected African Stories”. She portrays the helpless collisions and alienations of the races in South Africa.Author : This Was the Old Chief’s Country by Doris May LessingPublished by : HarperCollins PublishersISBN Number … Continue reading →