Lambert Strether undertakes a seemingly straightfoward ambassadorial task on behalf of his wealthy fiancee and benefactress Mrs. Newsome : to go to Europe and exhort her long-absent son Chad to ret…
Two American classics here together in one volume, Little Men and Jo's Boys, are worthy sequel to Little Women, one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, and its continuation, Good Wive…
Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a cha…
Carved by old Gepetto, Pinocchio has an enormous nose which grows even longer whenever he tells a lie. Pinocchio is such a scamp that he gets into all sorts of mischief. He runs away to join a pupp…
What Katy did at school and what Katy did next continue the story of the high-spirited and rebellious American girl, Katy Carr, and her family, who first appeared in what Katy did. What Katy did…
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children. But at Christmas, three ghosts come to visit him, scare him into mending his ways, and he finds, as he celebrate…
The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants and dwarfs, of fabulous animals and dark de…
'Hello, I'm Raggedy Ann. Welcome to my world. I'm going to tell you about myself and this book. Some grown-ups think I'm just another rag doll with floppy arms and legs who has been nibbled by the …
The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship…
IN these deligtful tales, Oscar Wilde employs all his grace, artistry and wit. The Happy Prince tells of the statue of a once pleasure-loving Prince which, with the help of a selfless swallow, help…