Lancelot, Perceval, Yvain, ces noms de chevaliers de la Table Ronde ont passé les siècles. Mais tant d’autres, imaginés au Moyen Âge, ont été oubliés. Qui se souvient en effet que l’on a pu en compter plus de 150 ? Un manuscrit du XVe siècle, unique en son genre, a entrepris de les rassembler et de fixer pour la postérité leurs destins, leurs portraits, ainsi que leurs blasons. Magnifiquement illustré, il condense tout l’univers du roi Arthur et du Graal, en présentant ses valeurs et ses lois. On y lit également les serments qui commandaient l'action des chevaliers aussi bien que les règles des tournois arthuriens. Car les aventures de ces figures romanesques n’ont pas seulement nourri les imaginaires : elles inspiraient la noblesse médiévale qui arborait fièrement les écus de l’angélique Galaad ou du beau Tristan. Cette « encyclopédie arthurienne », inédite jusqu’à ce jour, retrouve enfin la lumière grâce au travail du chercheur Emanuele Arioli, artisan de la résurrection du chevalier Ségurant. Il s’agit là d’une formidable porte d’entrée pour découvrir la légende du roi Arthur et le monde des chevaliers de la Table Ronde. Le Brun sans Joie, Radouin le Perse, Solinan du Bois, Lupin des Croix et tous les autres retrouvent ici une identité et surtout un nom.

An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There’s only one problem—she’s not married. She’s never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they’ve been together for years. As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can’t remember meeting, Michael goes to the attic to change a lightbulb and abruptly disappears. In his place, a new man emerges, and a new, slightly altered life re-forms around her. Realizing that her attic is creating an infinite supply of husbands, Lauren confronts the question: If swapping lives is as easy as changing a lightbulb, how do you know you’ve taken the right path? When do you stop trying to do better and start actually living?

Gilbert Markham is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, a beautiful and secretive young woman who has moved into nearby Wildfell Hall with her young son. He is quick to offer Helen his friendship, but when her reclusive behaviour becomes the subject of local gossip and speculation, Gilbert begins to wonder whether his trust in her has been misplaced. It is only when she allows Gilbert to read her diary that the truth is revealed and the shocking details of the disastrous marriage she has left behind emerge. Told with great immediacy, combined with wit and irony, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a powerful depiction of a woman's fight for domestic independence and creative freedom.

Alternate editions can be found here and here. A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics. Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret, forcing her to make a choice. Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions - even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre dazzled readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.