Classic Fiction Collection

The PPL has preserved a rare and unique collection of classic English fiction, dating from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. From Robinson Crusoe to Jane Eyre, Dr Jekyll to Anna of the Five Towns – all your favourite characters are here, on the shelves, ready to be discovered and rediscovered. Side by side with the ‘great names’ like Dickens, Brontë and Hardy are once best-selling writers such as Ethel M Dell, M E Braddon, Sheridan le Fanu and Charlotte M Yonge – all of whose work is now being given the serious attention and respect it deserves.

This outstanding collection represents the very finest examples of English fiction through the centuries, so come and enjoy some of the best writing in the world!