The only question which hangs over the life of Sir Richard Wyndham, notable whip, dandy & Corinthian, is one of marriage. On the eve of making the most momentous decision of his life, he is on his way home, a little worse for drink, when he chances upon a beautiful young fugitive climbing out of a window by means of knotted sheets
- & so finds a perfect opportunity for his own escape.
...

The only question which hangs over the life of Sir Richard Wyndham, notable whip, dandy & Corinthian, is one of marriage. On the eve of making the most momentous decision of his life, he is on his way home, a little worse for drink, when he chances upon a beautiful young fugitive climbing out of a window by means of knotted sheets
- & so finds a perfect opportunity for his own escape.
...

Innocent orphan Sophia joins the House of Rodings, a maid's training school deep in the Essex countryside, where she meets a cast of submissive & dominant females, all adoring or envious of her voluptuous bottom. Sophia thrives amidst the complex ranks, rules & punishments of her House's heirarchy until, saved once from poverty & penury, she willingly embraces degradation of a different sort. ...

A brilliant short novel based on Tolstoy's early life as a soldier in the Caucusus, THE COSSACKS has all the energy & poetry of youth while at the same time foreshadowing the great themes of Tolstoy's later years. A young officer finds himself living among tribesmen on the borders of southern Russia. In depicting his experience, Tolstoy explores the birth & death of love, the transience of life, the love of honour & the pain of war, all portrayed amidst the wild & magnificent landscape of the mountains & described in exquisite detail. ...