19

The Comfort of Home

By Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre returns to Thornfield Hall and Mr Rochester, and even the thought of Blanche Ingram cannot rob her of happiness.

20

‘Kings in Our Own Right’

By Rudyard Kipling

Two former soldiers in India find British bureaucracy cramps their style, so they set off to become kings of their own land.

21

Tom Pinch Goes Up to London

By Charles Dickens

Tom Pinch, who has seen at last what kind of man his apprentice-master Seth Pecksniff is, leaves Salisbury to seek a new life in London.

22

The Woman in White

By Wilkie Collins

Walter Hartright tried to help a distressed woman find her way into London, but the incident has left him with nagging doubts.

23

‘I Shall Keep This for Aunt Jane’

By James Edward Austen-Leigh

James Edward Austen-Leigh tells us what it was that made his aunt, the celebrated novelist Jane Austen, so remarkable.

24

Snake Eyes

By Rudyard Kipling

Rikki-tikki-tavi had never met a cobra before, but when the first thrill of fear had passed he knew what he must do.