Books like Memory in a house by Lucy M. Boston

A lonely orphan girl on the Yorkshire moors befriends a disabled cousin and unlocks the secrets of a hidden garden.

Caseworker Linus travels to a remote orphanage to investigate ragged kids and their enigmatic caretaker Arthur, only to discover that the island’s magical children—and his own heart—are part of something larger than he imagined.

A charming picture book in which a country house laments the growth of the surrounding city, illustrating the quiet loss of rural life as urban sprawl encroaches.

The biography of the controversial, pacifist, and feminist Vera Brittain explores her life and experiences, altering the self-portrait presented in her memoirs.

"Witty, courageous and unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She published 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'; travelled to revolutionary France and lived through the Terror and the destruction of the incipient French feminist movement; produced an illegitimate daughter; and married William Godwin before dying in childbed at the age of thirty-eight. Often embattled and bitterly disappointed, she never gave up her radical ideas or her belief that courage and honesty would triumph over convention."--Back cover.

Claire Tomalin's biographical account of the enigmatic English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, focusing on his complex legacy as a progressive thinker and his enduring impact on English literature.

Thomas slips into an eccentric old lady's house while she is out and finds a number of carved faces that lead him into a series of frightening adventures.

"John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a brilliant writer who continues to leave his imaginative imprint on the mind and hearts of readers. He was once called the "creative equivalent of a people," and for more than sixty years his Middle-earth tales have captivated and delighted readers of all ages from all over the world. The Hobbit has long been recognized as a children's fantasy classic, and the heroic romance the Lord of the Rings has been called the most influential story of all time. These stories have sold over 150 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over forty languages, and they, along with works such as the Silmarillion and the History of Middle-Earth, have convinced scores of readers and critics that Tolkien is the master writer of fantasy. Whether you've been a fan for years or you've just recently been hooked by the blockbuster Lord of the Rings movies, "I Am in Fact a Hobbit" is an excellent starting point into the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Samuel Pepys, a naval administrator and diarist, kept a private diary that captures the turbulent world of Restoration London and explores his inner life of relations with women, fears and ambitions, and political shifts.

The Small House at Allington is the fifth book in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series, set in England's fictitious county of Allington. It centers on Lily Dale, who falls in love with Adolphus Crosbie but faces betrayal when he proposes to Alexandrina instead.

All he wanted now was to see her suffer. Nick McMasters had loved Dana years ago, but he hadn't been good enough for her then. She was the daughter of a wealthy Australian grazier, and he was poor in all but ambition. Now their positions were reversed. She had lost everything and he was a millionaire, returned to New South Wales determined to take everything life had once denied him. And that, whether she liked it or not, included Dana herself....