London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Lev is on his way to Britain to seek work, so he can send money back to eastern Europe to support his mother and daughter. He struggles with the mysterious rituals of 'Englishness', and the fashions and fads of the London scene.

This is a carefully modernised version of Fielding's classic work, based on his amended fourth edition text. The introduction uses the latest scholarship to examine how Tom Jones exemplifies the role of the novel in 18th century public life.

As German bombs wreak havoc on West London, residents have little choice but to carry on with their daily lives, and for Morgan's Dairy it's business as usual. But when Megan Stubbs' father, Dai, is killed in an air raid, she is devastated. Coping with her loss, Megan is determined to continue th...

On the dark, rough streets of Bermondsey, can one girl find the courage to open the door to her destiny? Bermondsey, London, 1913, Little Rose Webster's life has never been easy. Born in the slums of Bermondsey she has longed to escape her poor upbringing and violent step-father. Yet these depriv...