An introduction to 'Ancrene Wisse', one of the most important works in English of the 13th century. It offers a new contextualisation which engages with the history of lay piety and vernacular spirituality in the Middle Ages.

Primarily short stories, with some essays, poems, and short dramatic pieces. A collection published to raise funds for the widow and children of John Macrone, who had been the publisher of Dickens's first book.

An extremely popular anthology of prose writings by well-known authors, collected by Vicesimus Knox and first published in 1783.

This collection shows the growth and development of English prose by extracts from the principal and most characteristic writers.

This collection shows the growth and development of English prose by extracts from the principal and most characteristic writers.

One of the earliest publications of the Press was "Victoria Regia", a compilation of a variety of literary works selected and edited by fellow Circle member Adelaide Anne Procter, and issued as a strategic attempt to attract Queen Victoria ...

In your mother's apple-orchard, When the world was left behind: You were shy, so shy, Yvonne! But your eyes were calm and kind.

An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors.

This collection shows the growth and development of English prose by extracts from the principal and most characteristic writers.