An English butler is the perfect manservant who doesn't allow his own feelings to interfere with his duties, even when he falls in love with the housekeeper or when his father dies.

Lucy Honeychurch, like all proper young British ladies during the Edwardian Era, is compelled to tour Europe in the company of an older chaperone--in this instance, her spinster cousin Charlotte Bartlett. While in Italy, the ladies make the acquaintance of a wide variety of personalities; the most fascinating of their fellow tourists--at least in Lucy's eyes--is free-spirited George Emerson. Aware that her cousin is becoming too familiar with Emerson,...

A straight-laced Kansas City couple is challenged by a changing world, rebellious offspring, and free-thinking friends.

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.