The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories

Nikolai Leskov

Leskov's short stories exploded the traditions of 19th-century Russian fiction. Innovative in form and playful in language, these 17 tales are peopled by outsized characters that include serfs, princes, military officers, Gypsy girls, wayward monks, horse dealers, nomadic Tartars, and garrulous storytel...

Late in the Day: The classic Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of Free Love

Tessa Hadley

THE SUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLER Alexandr and Christine and Zachary and Lydia have been close friends since they first met in their twenties. Thirty years later Alex and Christine are spending a leisurely summer evening at home when they receive a call from a distraught Lydia. Zach is dead. In the wake of thi...