The Persephone Collection
They Were Sisters
An absorbing domestic drama about middle-class married life in 1930s Midlands.
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William - an Englishman
The classic WW1 novel by Cicely Hamilton, where an ordinary couple face the terrors of war.
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High Wages
A talented young woman rises from ‘shop girl’ to shop owner in the north of England.
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Fortnight in September
A family delight in their holiday by the sea.
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Mariana
A young woman’s take on family, friendship, romance and self-discovery in 1930s Britain.
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Despised and Rejected
Queer love triangles shift between four people as pacifists defend their cause in the First World War.
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Expendable Man
A young doctor in training must prove his innocence in a murder inquiry.
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Home-Maker
The 1924 bestseller about a couple who subvert conventional parenting roles.
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Blank Wall
A mother tries to escape a fast-moving web of blackmail in wartime America.
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