Volume I of Robert Bage’s
Hermsprong is published today by P-Wave Classics. A radical satire of class, gender and social hypocrisy, restored to its original three-volume form.
Read More…What did education prepare women for in the 1790s: thought, work or marriage? In
Hermsprong, Robert Bage exposes the assumptions that kept women praised in theory but constrained in practice.
Read More…Maria Fluart is not merely a strong heroine, she is a problem for polite society. In
Hermsprong, Robert Bage uses wit and humour to expose the limits placed on women in the 1790s.
Read More…P-Wave Classics are made to be read, not merely admired from a distance. Here’s why our editions use compact paperbacks, readable type, standard paperback paper and restored volume structures where appropriate.
Read More…The Coquette is published today in a new P-Wave Classics edition. Explore its themes, history and continuing relevance through our four-part essay series.
Read More… How Eliza Wharton’s story in
The Coquette has been judged and reinterpreted for over two centuries. A reflection on reputation, morality and the ongoing scrutiny of women’s lives.
Read More…Why does
Hermsprong largely ignore London? Robert Bage’s novel challenges the cultural dominance of the capital and gives voice to a growing provincial readership in late eighteenth-century Britain.
Read More…To celebrate its launch, a reflection on Charlotte Lennox’s
The Female Quixote and the enduring power of books to shape imagination, expectation and desire. Exploring Arabella’s world, where fiction and reality collide with surprising and unsettling consequences.
Read More…AI is reshaping publishing, but the debate sparked by Hachette’s withdrawn
Shy Girl shows that authorship, trust, and transparency still matter. As AI use becomes inevitable, publishers must define and defend what a genuinely human-authored book means.
Read More…Pushing the Wave 2024 by L.A. Davenport is published today, bringing together a year of essays, travel writing, and visual work. Available now in paperback and hardback from P-Wave Press.
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