Subject: Triangles (Interpersonal relations) (Keywords)

Newly engaged to Geoff, schoolteacher Thea Partington couldn't be happier. She has a career, her adored show ponies and enjoys a close-knit family life at their farm on the Wirral. But all is about to change when Irish vet Dominic joins the local practice and Thea is attracted to him.

Margaret Reynold's introduction sets out the social background to 'Adam Bede', discusses the genesis of the novel, explores changing attitudes towards it and reassesses critical perceptions of the major characters.

It may seem like an old tale: the beautiful village girl, her faithful admirer, a country squire's seduction. But seen through the eyes of any of its players, the old tale becomes one of fresh heartbreak, innocent hopes, best intentions gone awry, and better selves lost and restored. George Eliot...

Life couldn't be happier for Nicholas Lyon, a divorce lawyer and the adoring husband of Mal, a successful cookery writer who combines working from a comfortable home in Wiltshire with being mother to their three gorgeous daughters. And then Sara Kaplan, a bright young lawyer, explodes into his li...

Mary Robson is a young Yorkshire woman, married to her solid, unromantic cousin, John. Together they battle to preserve Mary's neglected inheritance, her beloved farm, Anderby Wold. This labour of love - and the benevolent tyranny of traditional Yorkshire ways - have made Mary old before her time.

Becca thought she was happy. Life is good with her husband Martin and 14-year-old daughter. Then her mother announces that she's leaving Becca's father, and suddenly everything changes. When Martin becomes too preoccupied with his marathon training to listen to her concerns, she is drawn, dangero...

Darcey and Nieve were the closest of friends, through school, as neighbours, travelling around Europe - this was a friendship for life. Until Nieve, returning from Europe a little later than her friend, stole the heart of Aidan, the boy Darcey had fallen in love with in her absence.

Darcey and Nieve were the closest and best of friends, through school, as neighbours, travelling around Europe: this was a friendship for life. Until Nieve, returning from Europe a little later than her friend, stole the heart of Aidan, the boy Darcey had fallen in love with in her absence.

Darcey and Nieve were the closest of friends, through school, as neighbours, travelling around Europe - this was a friendship for life. Until Nieve, returning from Europe a little later than her friend, stole the heart of Aidan, the boy Darcey had fallen in love with in her absence.

When David goes into partnership with his old friend Patrick, it seems as if the world of finance is theirs for the taking, but David knows nothing of Patrick's past with Candice, David's Parisian wife. With one foolish act, Patrick betrays his friend and sets in motion a series of disastrous con...