Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (first published in 1865
and 1871, respectively) have entertained readers young and old for more than a century. Their magical worlds, amusing characters, clever dialogue, and playfully logical illogic ...
Brother and sister Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert look forward to meeting the young orphan boy
whom they hope to give a good life to at their Avonlea farm, Green Gables. When they are accidentally sent Anne Shirley instead, they make ...
Edgar Allan Poe is credited with having pioneered the short story, having perfected the tale
of psychological horror, and having revolutionized modern poetics. The entirety of Poe's body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables, fantasies, science fiction, verse ...
On the grounds of Misselthwaite, her Uncle Archibald's estate near the Yorkshire moors, nine-year-old Mary
Lennox finds a walled-in garden that has been locked securely for years. With the help of Dickon Sowerby, a young local boy who can charm ...
When the young age Arthur pulls from the stone an embedded sword that none of
the knights of the kingdom can budge, his future as the King of England is foretold. This imaginative retelling of the classic Arthurian legends recounts the story ...
Shipwrecked on an uncharted island, the Swiss Family Robinson—mother, father, and four young boys—make the
most of their predicament, adapting to the island and turning the absence of civilization to their advantage. Through perseverance, hard work, and self-reliance, they become ...
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The haunting poems
of Edgar Allan Poe come to life in this comprehensive volume. Collected here are such American classics as The Rave, Annabel Lee, and The Bells. ...
Known today primarily as the author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald was famous
in the 1920s and 1930s as a short-story writer. The nineteen stories in this volume were so popular that hardcover collections—Flappers and Philosophers and Tales ...
