The Bostonians

Henry James; Richard Lansdown (Introduction by)

Published in 1886, The Bostonians begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, a young Mississippi lawyer in search of a career. Through his cousin, Olive Chancellor, Ransom comes to meet Verena, the beautiful daughter of a charlatan faith-healer and showman. When they hear Verena talk, Olive hope...

The Imitation of the Rose

Clarice Lispector

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.  Thirteen short tales from one of the most blistering and innovative writers of the twentieth century. The small inciden...