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…