Noah Brown is a man hollowed out by the weight of leadership. Desperate to escape the crushing expectations of the corporate world, he flees to the iron gates of WillowCreek, the estate of the notorious and exacting Lady Mia. He doesn't come for a vacation; he comes for a sentence. He begs her to strip him of his choices, his name, and his very will.

Trees of the World: A Celebration of the Beauty and Diversity of Species Across Continents profiles 380 tree species from every continent with vivid full-color photographs highlighting key identification traits such as shape, bark, leaves, flowers, and fruit. Each entry includes detailed descriptions of natural habitats, ecological roles, and distribution maps. The guide also explores taxonomy, cultural significance, and history for each species. Organized geographically by contin...

Beginning with Victoria's enthronement and an exploration of sensationalist accounts of attacks on the Queen, and ending with the notorious case of a fin-de-siècle killer, Victorian Crime, Madness and Sensation throws new light on nineteenth-century attitudes toward crime and 'deviance'. The essays, which draw on both canonical and liminal texts, examine the Victorian fascination with criminal psychology and pathology, engaging with real life cases alongside fictional accounts by writers a...

Explore Charlotte Bronte's world full of shocking secrets, captivating characters, and dark romance in *Jane Eyre.Jane Eyre* is the heart-wrenching story of a young girl saddled with both a cruel aunt and a bitter upbringing at Lowood School. Despite the terrible circumstances life has given Jane, her soul not broken from these encounters, and she becomes governess to the children of the handsome Mr. Rochester.Jane falls deeply in love with...

This collection will draw attention to new ideas in both Victorian studies and in the emerging area of literature and the environment. Adopting a broad interpretation of the term ‘environment’ the work aims to draw together new approaches to Victorian texts and cultures that conceptualise and are influenced by environments ranging from rural to urban, British to Antipodean, and from the terrestrial to the aquatic.With the pressures of industrialism and the clustering of workers in urban ce...

The first volume devoted to literary pirates in the nineteenth century, this collection examines changes in the representation of the pirate from the beginning of the nineteenth century through the late Victorian period. Gone were the dangerous ruffians of the eighteenth-century novel and in their place emerged a set of brooding and lovable rogues, as exemplified by Byron's Corsair. As the contributors engage with acts of piracy by men and women in the literary marketplace as well as on th...

These stories are based on episodes and materials from my personal life, and are widely varied. Most are set in Montreal, between 1967 and 2012, while a few are set in Newfoundland, and 1 is set in Africa. They are about women, men, children, politics and community, and the conflicts, as well as the harmony, that arise from all of these.

An inquiry into the history of adoption, the internal motivations that make people want to adopt and the ethics and issues behind the practice.

This book introduces students to the Victorian novel and its contexts, teaching strategies for reading and researching nineteenth-century literature. Combining close reading with background information and analysis it considers the Victorian novel as a product of the industrial age by focusing on popular texts including Dickens's Oliver Twist, Gaskell's North and South and Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.The Victorian Novel in Context examines ...

Dickens and Empire offers a reevaluation of Charles Dickens's imaginative engagement with the British Empire throughout his career. Employing postcolonial theory alongside readings of Dickens's novels, journalism and personal correspondence, it explores his engagement with Britain's imperial holdings as imaginative spaces onto which he offloaded a number of pressing domestic and personal problems, thus creating an entangled discourse between race and class. Drawing upon a wealth of primary...

Enjoy the classic tale of adolescence, growth, and loyalty, all set in Victorian London.What this cautionary tale of a young man raised high above his station by a mysterious benefactor lacks in length, it more than makes up for in its remarkable characters and compelling story.Charles Dickens' Great Expectations begins with young orphaned Philip Pirrip--Pip--running afoul of an escaped convict in a cemetery. This terrifying personage bullies Pip i...

This superb collection of classic Victorian literature features the most notable works of Charles Dickens, including Oliver Twist (1839), A Christmas Carol (1843), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), and Great Expectations (1861).Considered the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, Dickens was especially known for his unusual characters, incisive social commentary, and carefully constructed plots. Over the last two ce...