Love and Longing: A collection of classic poetry and prose
Introduced by Jacqueline Wilson
Edited by Kate Agnew
UK £5.99,Canada $12.00,
UK Publication February 2004
ISBN 9781840465235
Paperback
Wizard is proud to introduce a collection of classic poetry and prose extracts based around the enduring themes of love and romance, with an introduction by prize-winning children's author Jacqueline Wilson.
An attractive blend of the familiar and the novel, Love and Longing will include poetry from the 'Romantics' - Hardy, Milton, Austen, Bronte - as well as Ovid, Catullus and less well-known authors. Connecting to teenagers' 'romantic streak', the anthology will also appeal to adults - teachers as well as parents - who will approve of the classic content. It is published at the same time as Fear and Trembling, a collection of classic extracts on horror, haunting and the macabre.
All royalties from these books will go to a children's charity. Further details of which charity will be available shortly.
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Jacqueline Wilson is one of Britain's best-loved children's authors and has sold over 10 million books in the UK alone, winning countless awards in the process. Four of her books made the BBC's recent Big Read Top 100 and she is the most borrowed children's author in the country's libraries. In June 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools.
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Kate Agnew has chaired the Children's Booksellers Association and has served as a judge for the Smarties Award and Whitbread Prize. She was a contributor to the Cambridge Guide to Children's Books, co-edited Children at War with Geoff Fox and has recently edited a series of short-story collections for Egmont. In 1999 she won a special British Book Award for her contribution to the National Year of Reading.
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Other editions / related titles:
Fear and Trembling: A collection of classic poetry and prose
Life and Death: A collection of classic poetry and prose
War and Peace: A collection of classic poetry and prose
