The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry

Jonathan Wordsworth

The Romanticism that emerged after the American and French revolutions of 1776 and 1789 represented a new flowering of the imagination and the spirit, and a celebration of the soul of humanity with its capacity for love. This extraordinary collection sets the acknowledged genius of poems such as Blake's...

Great Novels: The World's Most Remarkable Fiction Explored and Explained

DK

A beautifully illustrated guide to the greatest novels ever writtenDiscover everything you ever wanted to know about the world's greatest novels.From medieval romances and tales of chivalry through the realist novels of the 19th century to experimental modernist works and today's explorations of the sel...

Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld

Curtis Sittenfeld's most popular novel yet, her breakout new Sunday Times bestseller and reader favourite, THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Reese's Book Club Pick A TV script writer thinks she's done with romance, until an unlikely love interest upends all her assumptions- a humorous, s...