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Aesop's Fables (Collins Classics) HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.'Living in Ancient Greece in the 5th Century BC, Aesop was said to be a slave and story-teller. His...

WUTHERING HEIGHTS (COLLINS CLASSICS)   HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil?’ Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at...

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘The wolf thought to himself, "What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful – she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both."’ This collection of...

Bath Classics: Arabian Nights   Treacherous enchanters, exquisite maidens, intrepid adventurers and exotic lands-the tales of the Arabian Nights have them all. A collection of Middle Eastern folk tales which probably date back to between the tenth and fourteenth centuries, the stories...

Bath Classics: Black Beauty   Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes...

Bath Classics: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales   The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen have been part of our cultural heritage for over one hundred and fifty years. From the poignant beauty of 'The Little Mermaid' to the wry humour of 'The Emperor's New Clothes', Andersen's...

Bath Classics: The Swiss Family Robinson   The Swiss Family Robinson  is a story of the happy discovery of the wonders of natural history by a family shipwrecked on a desert island, who remain united through all the adversities they encounter.   Inspired by  Robinson Crusoe,...

Les Miserables (Leather Bound) “The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.” So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use,' says Victor Hugo in the preface of his famous...

The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes (Collins Classics) HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Featuring the last 12 stories ever written about the infamous detective, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains some of Conan Doyle's most...

Word Cloud Classics: The Secret Garden The classic children's story, now available in a new package! A classic piece of children's literature first published as a novel in 1911, Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden is a story of transformation and renewal. Unwanted by...

Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales (Leather Bound Classics)   Classic tales of fairies and princesses, ducklings and dancing shoes from the master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.   All the best-loved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, including...

A LITTLE PRINCESS HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Whatever comes,' she said, 'cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside.' 'A Little Princess' tells the story of Sara Crewe, beloved...

Bath Classics: Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped is at once a rollicking adventure story and an earnest political allegory.  Orphaned and penniless, David Balfour sets out to find his last living relative, miserly and reclusive Uncle Ebenezer....

Word Cloud Classics: The Call of the Wild and Other Stories Powerful stories about the will to survive. In Call of the Wild, Buck, a domesticated dog, is stolen from his home in California and sold into sled dog slavery during the 1890s Klondike gold rush in Alaska. Forced to...

Word Cloud Classics: The Brothers Grimm Volume II - 110 Grimmer Fairy Tales Terrifying tales and frightening fables at their finest! We all know the stories - or do we? We know who Snow White is, but what about Rose Red? And what happens to an all-too willful child? Learn more...

Word Cloud Classics: Hans Christian Andersen Tales "It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!' - Hans Christian Andersen, "The Ugly Duckling.' Fairy tales are timeless treasures passed from generation to generation, and few...

Word Cloud Classics: The Three Musketeers The Three Musketeers, by French writer Alexandre Dumas, was first released in serial form in 1844, a year before Dumas' publication of The Count of Monte Cristo . The story was an instant success, largely due to Dumas' transformation of the...

Dracula (Word Clound Classics) No home library is complete without the classics! Dracula is a keepsake to be read and treasured. 2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Winner in Cover Design - Small Format (Fiction) Irish author Bram...