A Handful of Dust: Popular Penguins

Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dustis a satirical depiction of the 'sterile' generation between the wars. It tells the story of bored Lady Brenda Last, who abandons her husband's Gothic pile to conduct an affair with shallow socialite John Beaver of the Belgravia set. A Handful of Dustremains one of the fi...

The Course of Love: An unforgettable story of love and marriage from the author of bestselling novel Essays in Love

Alain de Botton

A brilliant new novel about love and marriage in the modern world - from the author the bestselling novel Essays in Love. Modern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but what comes after happily ever after? This is a love story with a difference. From dating to marriage, from...

Orwell and the Dispossessed

George Orwell; Peter Davison (Editor)

The vivid, impassioned writings collected together in this powerful volume chronicle Orwell's first-hand experiences of life among the underclass of the 'two nations' of rich and poor. Down and Out in Paris and London is the young Orwell's memoir of his time as a struggling, often penniless writer, livi...