Alice Thornton (1626 1707) was a middle-class woman who was best known for her autobiography describing the English Civil War and its effects on her life. She was the daughter of Christopher Wandesford (1592 1640), Lord Deputy of Ireland, and enjoyed a privileged upbringing. His death, followed by the Civil War, caused a crisis in the family, who eventually settled in Yorkshire in considerably straitened circumstances. This volume, first published in 1873 by the Surtees Society, contains the first published edition of Thornton's autobiography, which provides fascinating details of her life....

The classic tale of one man's struggle with alcoholism, this revolutionary novel remains Charles Jackson's best-known book--a daring autobiographical work that paved the way for contemporary addiction literature.

It is 1936, and on the East Side of Manhattan, a would-be writer named Don Birnam decides to have a drink. And then another, and then another, until he's in the midst of what becomes a five-day binge. The Lost Weekend moves with unstoppable speed, propelled by a heartbreaking but unflinching truth. It catapulted Charles Jackson to fame, and endures as an acute study of the...

A masterful collection of short stories exposing the seamy undercurrents of pre-war, small-town American life from Charles Jackson, celebrated author of "The Lost Weekend"
Bringing together a selection of Jackson's finest tales, "The Sunnier Side And Other Stories" explores the trials of adolescence in small town America during the tumultuous years of the early twentieth century. Set in the fictional village of Arcadia in upstate New York, the stories in this collection address the unspoken issues--homosexuality, failed marriage, suicide, and sexuality--lurking just beneath the surface of...