Ballad written by the English poet Robert Southey. Published in 1802, it tells the story of a 14th-century attempt by the Abbot of Arbroath (“Aberbrothock”) to install a warning bell on Inchcape, a notorious sandstone reef about 11 miles (18 km) off the east coast of Scotland.
The Jilting of Jane
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1894, about an episode in the romantic life of a young maidservant who is engaged to be married.
The Ladies Mercury
First English periodical targeted specifically at women, published in 1693.
The Lady of Shalott
Oil painting by English artist John William Waterhouse; the first in his trilogy featuring The Lady of Shalott
The Laird o’ Cockpen
Song by the Scottish songwriter Carolina Nairne, Baroness Nairne (1766–1845), which she contributed anonymously to The Scottish Minstrel, a six-volume collection of traditional Scottish songs published from 1821 to 1824.
The Lancashire Witches
Novel by William Harrison Ainsworth, first published in 1848. Based on the true story of the Pendle witches, it is the only one of his forty novels that has never been out of print.
The Land Ironclads
Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1903, anticipating the impact of the tank in trench warfare.
The Lord of the Dynamos
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1894. It concerns a stoker employed at the Camberwell electric railway workshops who becomes convinced that a large dynamo is a deity, and kills his superior in a religious frenzy.
The Lost Inheritance
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1896, about the lost will left by a rich uncle.
The Love Potion
Oil painting by the English artist Evelyn de Morgan, created in 1903.
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