British Fiction
Modern and Classic Fiction in English
The Trembling of a Leaf
By William Somerset Maugham.
152 pages. ISBN 9781595691194.
Little Stories of the South Sea Islands: Maugham's (1874-1965) trips to the Pacific established him in the popular imagination as the chronicler of the last days of colonialism. He reused elements of his Pacific diaries in "The Trembling of a Leaf" (1921).
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Tales of Space and Time
By Herbert George (H.G.) Wells.
152 pages. ISBN 9781595691200.
A Novel: A turn of the century comedy in which traditions clash with independence to remind us of how quickly social mores change, and of what dangers lurk at every new turn. Bruce Kellner has published books on such celebrated figures as Ralph Barton, Charles Demuth, Gertrude Stein, Carl Van Vechten and Donald Windham.
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The Critic as Artist:
Upon the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
By Oscar Wilde.
124 pages. ISBN 9781595690821.
Essays: "Criticism is itself an art." This is one of the singular arguments in what must be one of Oscar Wilde's most compelling critical dialogues ever published.
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Teleny or The Reverse of the Medal
Attributed to Oscar Wilde and friends.
144 pages. ISBN 9781595690364.
A Novel: Teleny is a homoerotic novel and an important antithesis to the prudish idealism of the neo-classic and neo-romantic lyric love poetry of the fin de siècle. It is a work of unmasking the cynical double moral standards of the Victorian era.
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Tim (Gay Classics Series)
By Howard Overing Sturgis.
128 pages. ISBN 9781595691309.
A Novel: A delicate portrayal of a sensitive boy's devoted affection for an older boy—a very touching story of a tender and self-forgetful character.
Howard Overing Sturgis (1855-1920), an intimate friend of Henry James, wrote only three novels: "All That Was Possible," "Tim," and "Belchamber."
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