Stephen Gill

Paperweight: Echoes of Stardust takes readers on a captivating narrative odyssey deep into the heart of Hollywood, a realm where dreams collide with reality and the pursuit of fame comes with a price. Within the glittering facade of celebrity lies a landscape fraught with peril, desire, and the constant struggle for authenticity. At the core of this novel are three compelling characters, each grappling with their own demons amidst the chaos...

"In the figure of the half-starved Oliver in the workhouse asking for 'more', Dickens created the nineteenth century's most famous image of protest against cruelty. Yet Oliver Twist develops from a topical satire on the inhumanity of the New Poor Law into something greater. What unfolds is a powerful and violent struggle between Good and Evil, as Oliver becomes ensnared in the labyrinth of London and the nightmare world of Fagin. With its macabre...

A tale of family secrets and the damaging corruption of the British legal system from the author of Great Expectations and Oliver Twist. In Bleak House, Charles Dickens not only pries apart the stultifying and ponderous conduct and contracts of British moneyed society, but also takes specific aim at an English judicial system in desperate need of modernization and reform. Featuring the voice of Esther Summerson-Dickens's only female narrator-the story...

Collects poems by William Wordsworth, including "Lucy Gray; or, Solitude", "Tintern Abbey," and "Composed upon Westminster Bridge."