<p>The germ of the idea for The Feast - Margaret Kennedy's ninth novel and perhaps her most ingenious, first published in 1950 - came to the author in 1937 when she and a social gathering of literary friends were discussing the Medieval Masque of the Seven Deadly Sins. The talk turned excitedly to the notion that a collection of stories might be fashioned from seven different authors, each re-imagining one of the Sins through the medium of a modern-day character. That notion fell away, but something more considerable stayed in Margaret Kennedy's mind over the next ten years, and so she conceived of a story that would gather the Sins all under the roof of a Cornish seaside hotel managed by the unhappy wife of Sloth . . . Among The Feast's entertaining cast of characters are a clergyman, a gaggle of adolescents and children, a quarter of lovers, and a clutch of frustrated husbands &amp; wives - all serving Kennedy's dark and witty moral fable, which bears out the Biblical adage that many are called but only a very few chosen.</p>

The feast

Literature & Fiction

Kennedy, Margaret

Classics

Kaye & Ward

Gordon brags and tries to prove he is faster than a high-speed train, but gets into all kinds of trouble instead, until the day a high-speed train breaks down and he is asked to help.

Gordon the high-speed engine ; (Railway series)

Awdry, Christopher

Thomas and the Evil Diesel

CHRISTOPHER AWDRY

A story about Ant and Bee's ride on Dog's back contains words in red for each letter of the alphabet

Ant and Bee: An Alphabetical Story

Children's Books

Angela Banner

Activities, Crafts & Games

An ANT AND BEE early learning title which provides a basic introduction to numbers. Illustrated in full colour throughout.

One, Two, Three with Ant and Bee: A Counting Story (Ant and Bee)

BANNER, Angela

An ANT AND BEE early learning title which provides a basic introduction to the concept of colour. Illustrated throughout in full colour.

Ant and Bee and the Rainbow: A Story About Colours

Animals

In this book, Ant and Bee help the youngest readers to tell the time. The hour and minute hands are separated in the illustrations to help overcome children's confusion often caused in teaching the small hand.

Ant and Bee Time (Ant and Bee)

Bertie the Bus and Thomas the Tank Engine: Pop-up Book (Railway)

W.Awdry

Fun with Scientific Experiments (Learning with Fun)

FREEMAN, Mae and Ira

King of the Nogs (Saga of Noggin the Nog)

Oliver Postgate

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