Amidst the turbulent backdrop of a manufacturing town in the grips of the Industrial Revolution, Elizabeth Gaskell penned the timeless passion of Mr. Thornton and Margaret Hale. A mixing of contemporary and Victorian, this short story anthology by twelve beloved authors considers familiar scenes from new points of view or re-imagined entirely. Capturing all the poignancy, heartbreak, and romance of the original tale, Falling for Mr. Thornton is a collection you will treasure again and agai...

Modernism and the Anthropocene explores twentieth-century literature as it engages with the non-human world across a range of contexts. From familiar modernist works by D.H. Lawrence and Hart Crane to still-emergent genres like comics and speculative fiction, this volume tackles a series of related questions regarding how best to understand humanity’s increasing domination of the natural world.

She's fleeing scandal. He's given up on love. Can a proper gentlewoman and a salt-of-the-earthsingle dad embrace a second chance at forever?England, 1916. Elizabeth Edwards's humiliation is complete. Jilted by her cheating beau beforehe flew off to war, she bolts to her grandparents' house in Boston away from the luridnewspaper stories. And when her ex-fiancé tries to kidnap her, the frantic woman hops a train toNebraska to answer a charming ran...

She's still afraid. He's never stopped hurting. When they reconnect, will they take a leap of faith into each other's arms?Nebraska, 1922. Chloe Brandt relishes her freedom. Bobbing her hair and donning the latest fashions, she's been dancing her way through a big-city, flapper lifestyle after fleeing her alcoholic dad's violence. But when tragedy pulls her and an orphaned nephew back to her hometown, the oh-so-modern nurse confronts the handsome man she left behind.Reese L...

In Building Natures, Julia Daniel establishes the influence of landscape architecture, city planning, and parks management on American poetry to show how modernists engaged with the green worlds and social playgrounds created by these new professions in the early twentieth century. The modern poets who capture these parks in verse explore the aesthetic principles and often failed democratic ideals embedded in the designers’ verdant architectures. The poetry of Carl Sandburg, Walla...

She’s fleeing scandal.He’s given up on love.Can a proper gentlewoman and a salt-of-the-earth, single dad embrace a second chance at forever?England, 1916. Elizabeth Edwards’s humiliation is complete. Jilted by her cheating beau beforehe flew off to war, she bolts to her grandparents’ house in Boston away from the luridnewspaper stories. And when her ex-fiancé tries to kidnap her, the frantic woman h...

A handsome stranger ~ An unusual cottage ~ A plan for revenge ~ An unexpected loveOn a rainy day in April, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Charles Bingley stop to ask a gentleman for directions to Netherfield since the ones they have been given appear to be faulty. At the gentleman's insistence, Darcy and his friend seek refuge from the rain at a nearby cottage. The young woman who greets them captivates Darcy with both her beauty and character.Elizabeth Ben...

Sundered from her parents and sisters, a depressed Elizabeth Bennet lives with the Gardiners in London, attempting to find anything which will bring purpose to her life. When times seem most desperate, she makes a new acquaintance in Mr. Darcy, and the encounter changes her perspective entirely.With the spirit of Christmas burning within her, Elizabeth begins to recover from the hardships which have beset her life. Through service and the love of a good man, Elizabeth finds herself...

"It is by no means certain that another offer of marriage may ever be made you." Mr. Collins reiterated his words in a great bitterness of spirit, promising that no succor would be offered to any of the Bennet family when he finally obtained control of the estate of Longbourn.However, not only was the gentleman wrong about Elizabeth's marriage prospects, but he was also spectacularly incorrect, for another gentleman of much greater consequence was intent on paying his addresses. An...

A chance encounter in the streets of Meryton lead newly arrived George Wickham to suspect that Fitzwilliam Darcy feels an attraction for the enchanting Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Never one to allow an opportunity to pass, Wickham begins to plot how he can turn his hated foe's admiration to his own benefit.Elizabeth, though she originally gives credence to Mr. Wickham's words, soon learns how mistaken she is when Mr. Darcy unexpectedly opens himself to her, informing her of the potentia...

Who would have expected danger to be lurking in the sleepy town of Hunsford? Certainly not Elizabeth Bennet. After accepting an invitation to stay at Hunsford Parsonage, Elizabeth expects only a quiet stay in the company of her newly married friend.As for Fitzwilliam Darcy, he finds himself reminded of the truism that there are few things more irritating than a forceful relation who will not accept refusal. When Lady Catherine adjures him to come to Rosings Park early for his annua...

During Fitzwilliam Darcy's visit to Rosings Park, Lady Catherine de Bourgh suddenly betrays her knowledge of Georgiana Darcy's misadventure with George Wickham the previous summer, while giving Darcy a devastating demand: marry her daughter, or she will reveal the details to society.Appalled by his aunt's depravity, Darcy quits Rosings Park at once, returning to London. There, Darcy conceives a desperate gamble; if he was already married, Lady Catherine would have no claim on him.