Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden are bestsellers, but the lesser-known adult novel The Making of a Marchioness remains a much-loved favorite among many. Unjustly out of print for years, this neglected classic deserves its place alongside Pride and Prejud...

"Funny and poignant. . . . This book is written with verve and exuberance."-The Sunday Telegraph

Monica Dickens, the great granddaughter of Charles Dickens, published Mariana in 1940 when she was only twenty-four years old. A bestseller in its time, Mariana is the often...

"Don't let this delightfully frothy drawing-room comedy get lost between the sofa cushions."-Salon.com

"Miss Pettigrew is irresistible, a perfect mix of wistfulness and joy, substance and froth."-Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring

"Miss Pettigrew Liv...

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“Why has it taken more than half a century for this wonderful flight of humor to be rediscovered?”—Guardian

“The sweetest grown-up book in...

"These essays are noble relics indeed, and Jekyll has the puff-pastry touch."—BookForum

“Three cheers to Persephone Books for publishing this witty, sharp writer, nos...

“[Strachey's] sharp eye, playful language and perfect comic timing will not only have you laughing, it'll leave you wondering why the rom-com formula isn't imaginatively tweaked more often.”—NPR's 'Books We Like'

“A brilliant, bittersweet upstairs-downstairs comedy.”...