Virago modern classics
Eloise Millar looks at classics in the Virago library
A Sultry Month changed how I viewed history. It is well that it has been reissued
Susannah ClappFaber has blown the dust off Alethea Hayter’s groundbreaking biography of London’s 19th-century literati – not before time
Josephine Hart obituary
Poetry evangelist and author of Damage, the bestselling novel that was made into a film
Mary Webb: brighter and better than Thomas Hardy
Eloise Millar: The Shropshire novelist's Precious Bane shares Hardy's love of melodrama, but has a more rounded grasp of human nature
A modern classic? I'm not sure
Antonia White was the first author Virago rescued from obscurity, but whether she deserves a place in the canon is open to debate
A classic example for other publishers
The continued vitality of Virago shows that good books can still get into print, but it's always a struggle
