820 English and Old English literatures

Who ever thought they would one day be able to read Malcolm Lowry’s fabled novel of the 1930s and 40s, In Ballast to the White Sea? Lord knows, I didn’t’ – Michael Hofmann, TLS This book breaks new ground in studies of the British novelist Malcolm…

Two fifths of Britain’s leading people were educated privately: that’s five times the amount as in the population as a whole, with almost a quarter graduating from Oxford or Cambridge. Eight private schools send more pupils to Oxbridge than the…

Mr. Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock.
The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and
Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate
the terrible…

"This concise and highly accessible textbook outlines the principles and techniques of storytelling. It is intended as a high-school and college-level introduction to the central concepts of narrative theory – concepts that will aid students in…