A.A. Milne's real passion lay beyond Winnie-the-Pooh, as this new prose collection reveals. Collected in full for the first time, including a number previously unpublished, here are his complete short stories and sketches for grownups. They are an epiphany. These 50 stories show Milne to have been a brilliant comic sketch and short form writer. They paint memorable scenes, from a children's birthday party, an accidental encounter with murder, and a case of blackmail - often with an unexpected twist. But they also deal in poignancy, from the girl who pulls the wool over her boyfriend's...

Chloe Marr is young, beautiful and so irresistible that countless people fall in love with her, and friends are drawn to her because of her charm and warmth. In truth nobody really knows anything about her background, and in London society, such mystique carries both allure and suspicion. But when Chloe's untimely exodus pulls her from the people around her, they soon realise nobody really knows the truth about anybody else... A.A. Milne's ability to portray society is second to none, and this classic novel of an elusive socialite delivers his signature humour and lightness of...