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

When Theodore Gumbril hits upon the notion of designing a type of pneumatic trouser to ease the discomfort of a sedentary life, he decides the time has come to leave his position as housemaster in a boys' public school and seek his fortune in the metropolis.

Step into a world of scandal, intrigue, and enthralling passion as New York Times best-selling author Mary Balogh sweeps us into the lives of an extraordinary family - the fiery and passionate Huxtables.

Franky never had a chance. Taken into care aged four with his twin sisters after one 'accident' too many, he's adopted by a childless couple in Devon. It should be a fresh start, but his new father has other ideas. Abused and miserable, Frankie finally finds freedom - but at a price. And it doesn...

Sophie Chesterton has been living the high life of glamorous parties, men and new clothes, never thinking about tomorrow. But after one shocking evening, she comes back down to Earth with the cruellest of bumps. Facing up to life in the real world for the first time, Sophie must now work her way ...

'The Importance of Being Kennedy' is set in wartime London and follows Kick Kennedy, sister of future US President JFK, as she takes London society by storm.

From the prestigious dormitories of Westfield to the socialite scene of present-day London: everywhere Allegra McCorquodale goes, scandal follows her. And in Allegra's shadow are her closest friends since school, the Midnight Girls. Greed, tragedy and sinister passions will threaten the girls' so...

This novel explores the hidden springs of thought and action in one day of a woman's life. Virginia Woolf is direct and vivid in her account of the details of Clarissa Dalloway's preparation for a party.

Harry Fabian has a dream to become the top wrestling promoter, but he needs 100 by the end of the week. Hunting for victims to blackmail & con out of money, Fabian moves through the clubs of 1930s London, dragging himself into the depths of depravity.

Lev is on his way to Britain to seek work, so that he can send money back to eastern Europe to support his mother and little daughter. He struggles with the mysterious rituals of 'Englishness', and the fashions and fads of the London scene. We see the road Lev travels through his eyes, and we sha...