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Enchanting stories
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items Enchanting tales filled with whimsy, romance, and the timeless allure of old-world charm. These stories whisk you away to magical realms where fairytales come to life, where love feels grand, and every page is touched with a sense of wonder and nosta...
Sleeping beauty with magical, evocative prose.
Spindle's End
A lesser-known sequel of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Such a stellar tale. A desert adventure, talking horses and a mysterious protagonist. This novel also gives readers insight into what Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy were like as grown-up k...
The Horse and His Boy: Full Color Edition
Regency England + magic + two wonderfully colourful heroines = a decadent story of wonder and mystery.
Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot
A charming old-fashioned fairytale about a manor house in the English countryside, a unicorn, a lion, a prophecy and so many wonderful characters.
The Little White Horse
A magical tale that pre-dates Harry Potter, where a train platform is the window into another realm. Magic and mystery and a colourful cast of characters. Pure joy!
The Secret of Platform 13
An evocative and romantic tale about an Austrian Jew in need of help to get to safety as the Nazi soldiers close ranks. A marriage of convenience, misunderstandings and discovery.
The Morning Gift
A young girl who is kept under guard by her stuffy and miserly guardians in Cambridge, England decides to embark on an adventure to South America to perform with a travelling Ballet company. Truly magical.
A Company of Swans
A countess gets a job as a maid in an old English home. There, she is mistreated, even though, once upon a time she had more wealth, class and style than any of them put together.
A Countess Below Stairs
An enchanting collection of short stories.
A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories
Named after the opera by Mozart, meet a heroine whose passion for life and music takes her into the heart of the viennese opera. She might be a princess in disguise. And, this might be her chance of a different life.
Magic Flutes
Witty, charming and provocative. Wilde certainly knows how to criticise pretentious English society with his tongue firmly in his cheek.
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
A ghost story with a twist? May seem like an odd edition to this list, but I think this tale is delightful. Wilde uses all the typical tropes of a ghost who is unhappy with the new occupants of his home. However, the ghost's attempts to get rid of th...
The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories
A beautiful retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a well-rounded heroine and elegant, old fashioned prose.
Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast
A retelling of the 12 Dancing Princesses with whimsy and charm and a bit of a dark romantic edge. The fae and Transylvanian setting create an atmosphere of dark romanticism that's compelling.
Wildwood Dancing
#2 about the Larkins. The Larkins decide to go holidaying in France, only to be met with disaster.
A Breath of French Air
This beautiful edition of all the stories of Anne, Green Gables and Prince Edward Island is sure to be adored by any established fan. Rediscover the beloved characters, the funny and heart-warming adventures and everything in between.
The Anne of Green Gables Collection (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla of Ingleside|Hardcover
Old-fashioned British charm with cheeky characters and a whole bunch of goings-on. When the tax-man comes calling, cheeky and sly Mr. Larkin manages to get him to completely forget his errand and fall in love with his daughter. You'll fall in love with the Larkins and their simply way of life. It's perfick!
The Darling Buds of May | Paperback
A retelling of the ballet ‘Swan Lake’. A wonderous tale upon a midnight glade and a still lake. Iridescent prose which evokes Tchaikovsky's spellbinding score.
Upon a Frosted Star | Hardcover
A stunning retelling of the ballet 'The Nutcracker. Full of mystique, magic and sparkle. A joyful, cosy read for cold, autumnal nights.
Midnight in Everwood|Paperback
Follow the story of a young, red-headed orphan girl who finds a new life on the picturesque Prince Edward Island. From her school years, to her appointment as a teacher, to the sweet beginnings of her love story. Anne's adventures are sure to charm a...
The Anne of Green Gables Treasury: Deluxe 4-Book Hardcover Boxed Set|Hardcover
A sunny char lady who cleans the houses of the rich comes across one of the most beautiful things she's ever seen in her life, whilst setting to rights a lady's wardrobe. A Dior dress. She scrimps and saves for three whole years before taking herself... to Paris.
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York|Paperback