Emma tries to reconcile her father to the unaccountable tastes of his nearest and dearest.

In Charles Dickens’s tale set around Mugby Junction, a man sees his life flash by like a ghostly train.

Sir Walter Scott warned that schoolchildren must not expect to be entertained all the time.

Sherlock Holmes has been engaged to find a missing thoroughbred, but seems more interested in some lame sheep and an idle dog.

Monsieur St Aubert falls seriously ill on a walking tour with his daughter Emily, and before the end asks an unexpected favour.

Andre-Louis Moreau lives for vengeance on the master swordsman who killed his friend.