Emily knows she\"s going to be a great writer. She also knows that she and her childhood sweetheart, Teddy Kent, will conquer the world together. But when Teddy leaves home to pursue his goal to become an artist at the School of Design in Montreal, Emily\"s world collapses. With Teddy gone, Emily agrees to marry a man she doesn\"t love. ....

The fifth book in the Anne Shirley series. \"They belonged to each other; and, no matter what life might hold for them, it could never alter that. Their happiness was in each other\"s keeping and both were unafraid.\" There has never been a wedding at Green Gables - that is, until now....

The sixth book in the Anne Shirley series. \"It\"s been lovely to be Anne of Green Gables again for a week, but it\"s a hundred times lovelier to come back and be Anne of Ingleside\" There\"s never a dull moment at Ingleside, Anne\"s lively home: Anne is now the mother of five children - with a sixth baby on the way....

The third book in the Anne Shirley series. Anne leaves childhood behind as she moves from Green Gables to attend Richmond College. Her new life brings both adventures and tragedy, as well as new friends, including the handsome Roy Gardner....

Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe are at last engaged, but still they are apart: for three years Gilbert will be away at medical school, while Anne has a new job as principal of Summerside High School. Absence couldn\"t make their hearts any fonder, though, and they share all their love and news in letters....

The Forums are a musical family, and one child, Sebastian, shines out as a prodigy. He is a brilliant violinist and when his talent is recognised, he is wanted the world over....

The second book in the Anne Shirley series. \"Having adventures comes natural to some people,\" said Anne serenely. \"You just have a gift for them or you haven\"t.\" Five years ago, Anne arrived at Avonlea a skinny orphan without a friend in the world; now it would be impossible to imagine Green Gables without her....

One of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie\"s War is a modern classic. Published for the first time as a Virago Modern Classic, with a new foreword by Michael Morpurgo. One of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie\"s War is a modern classic....

Little Women is one of the most beloved novels in children\"s literature. A perennial classic with fans the world over. 2018 marks the book\"s 150th anniversary. \"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship....

The \"What Katy Did\" trilogy was first published in the late 1800s, but was there ever such a modern girl as wild, irrepressible Katy? One of the first realistic portraits of a child in literature, the character was groundbreaking and the book is as enjoyable today as when it was first published....

\"There was a little unfailing spring, always icy cold and crystal pure, in a certain birch-screened hollow of Rainbow Valley in the lower corner near the marsh. Not a great many people knew of its existence. The manse and Ingleside children knew, of course . . ....

A timeless Cinderella story, A Little Princess is one of the best-loved children\"s classics of all time. A heartwarming tale that champions the power of imagination. \"It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it....

\"She put her hand in her pocket, drew out the key, and found it fitted the keyhole... she held back the swinging curtain of ivy and pushed back the door which opened slowly. Then she slipped through it, looking about her and breathing quite fast with excitement and wonder and delight....

Joan Aiken, classic author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, wrote the Armitage family stories all throughout her life - from when she was a teenager onwards. This is the first time the stories have been collected together in our market. \"I wish we\"ll have two children called Mark and Harriet....

\"D\"ya want a peppermint pig, Mrs Greengrass?\" Poll looked at the milkman, thinking of sweets, but there was a real pig poking its snout out of the milkman\"s coat pocket. It was the tiniest pig she had ever seen. \"What\"s a peppermint pig?\" \"Runt of the litter. Too small for the sow to raise. He\"d only get trampled in in the rush....