Classic Books Gifts

'I learned Russian to read Chekhov. He's better in English.'

Uproarious hospitality

Mr. Squeers and Mrs. Sliderskew unconscious of visitors

"I got tired of 'Moby-Dick' taunting me from my bookshelf, so I put it on my Kindle and haven't thought of it since."

"They found Charlotte's web site."

The Doomed Character

Louisa May Alcott

'Sorry, Mr. Wimble -- you've had just about enough Kafka for one day.'

'You were a book all along.'

Graham Greene.

"It's felt to be his most thought provoking work."

Warren Pease meets Jay Nayre and Howard Send.

What would Charlotte Bronte do, she thought to herself.

The ghost's walk

Alice Through the Looking Glass - Alice and the White Queen

Mr Quilp and the Dog

Little Lord Fauntleroy of the Flies

An Xmas Carol by Chuck Dickens

"Call me shallow - I like 'Good night Moon.' "

Nathaniel Hawthorne

'He likes to power nap.'

Bacchus.

Out To Lurch

Rare Books

It's Dostoevsky. It's Melville. It's Flaubert. But it doesn't dance.

Robinson decided to name him 'Casual Friday'.

Gen-Next Library

Joan Hickson

'Charlotte's Website' ('The children's book classic rewritten for the electronic era!')

'Stuck on a desert island, in the middle of the ocean, with only a palm tree for company, it's a bloody joke.'

Emotion of Mr. Kenwigs on hearing the family news from Nicholas

Sundial Time

Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, First Lord of the Admiralty HMS Pinafore

'Which wine goes best with 'the old man and the sea'?'

"It was a lot more satisfying before 'catch and release.'"