Wood Leighton - Nonsuch Classics Author:Mary Howitt First published in 1836, Wood Leighton is as much an evocative and vivid novel, by a poet of the first rank, as it is a piece of literary history. Mary Howitt, the prolific author, who together with her husband, William, wrote over 100 novels, who translated Hans Christian Anderson into English for the first time, has in Wood Leighton cra... more »fted a languid tale from an altogether different age. One of her best-loved novels, this beautifully produced volume is one to treasure.« less