Michael Ward
Author
Series
Publisher
Wordsworth Classics
Publication Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Set in Wessex during the tense period of the Napoleonic Wars when England faced imminent invasion from the French, "The Trumpet Major" is a romantic tale of love. Rich in historical detail, the story is also a moving tale of comedie humaine.
4) Silas Marner
Author
Language
English
Description
Disappointed in friendship and love, and embittered by a false accusation, weaver Silas Marner retreats from the world with his loom, but soon finds his monastic existence forever changed by the arrival of an orphaned girl, whom he takes in and raises as his own daughter.
Author
Series
Publisher
Melville House
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"H. P. Lovecraft proclaimed his Dunwich Horror "so fiendish" that his editor at Weird Tales "may not dare to print it." The editor, fortunately, knew a good thing when he saw it. One of the core Cthulhu stories, The Dunwich Horror introduces us to the grim village of Dunwich, where each member of the Whateley family is more grotesque than the other. There's the grandfather, a mad old sorcerer; Lavinia, the deformed, albino woman; and Wilbur, a disgusting...
Author
Series
Publisher
Polygon
Publication Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"An effortless adventure classic spanning the void between dime shocker and quality literature, John Buchan’s “The 39 Steps” still satisfies after many reads. Richard Hannay returned to England, after making his fortune in South Africa, is unwillingly ensnared in a tortured plot to assassinate Karolides the Greek premier and so plunge Europe into war. Scudder, an American journalist turned spy has coded information relating to the plot but is...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Often referred to as a "father of science fiction", H. G. Wells was one of the first authors to write a type of speculative fiction which referenced the advancements in science of his time. Characteristic of Wells's work is their warning against the unintended consequences of technological development gone too far. First published in 1896, "The Island of Dr. Moreau" is the account of Edward Prendick, an Englishman who finds himself stranded on an...
9) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A brilliant but arrogant young physician strives to make the perfect man in a laboratory but ultimately rejects his creation, who in turn becomes a bitter monster seeking revenge on his creator and his family.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publication Date
[1976]
Language
English
Description
From the creator of pulp fiction classic Tarzan comes one of the most influential science fiction epics of all time.
Part science fiction, part western, and part romantic adventure, A Princess of Mars follows John Carter, a Civil War veteran who mysteriously finds himself transported to the dying planet Mars. Here Carter acquires a set of superhuman abilities and soon earns the respect of a tribe of giant green Martians called Tharks. When the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion
Publication Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Mary Engelbreit's New York Times bestselling Christmas favorite is now available for sharing with your family digitally!
Readers young and old are invited into the enchanting world of Mary Engelbreit in this resplendent rhyming picture book edition of Clement C. Moore's classic poem. It's the most magical evening of the year, in a house so cozy, colorful, and dusted with Christmas magic that only this beloved illustrator could have created
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Series
Language
English
Description
English literature's first and greatest superhero, Sherlock Holmes still fascinates readers more than 100 years after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the beloved detective. In this, the first collection of Holmes's stories, the detective uses his uncanny skills to rescue a king from blackmail, to capture an ingenious bank robber, and to save an innocent son accused of patricide. Though readers have good reason to believe Holmes will somehow triumph...
Author
Language
English
Description
"On board a ship bound for Natal, adventurer Allan Quatermain meets Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good. His new friends have set out to find Sir Henry's younger brother, who vanished while seeking King Solomon's legendary diamond mines in the African interior. By strange chance, Quatermain has a map to the mines, drawn in blood, and agrees to join the others on their perilous journey. The travellers face many dangers on their quest - the baking...
16) Northanger Abbey
Author
Language
English
Description
Northanger Abbey was among the last of Jane Austen's novels to be published, in 1818, but the first to be written, mostly in 1798-9. Centred on the loves and friendships of Catherine Morland, an endearing young girl extremely fond of novel-reading, it remains the most youthful and optimistic of Jane Austen's novels. During an eventful season in Bath, Catherine meets the sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney who invite her to stay at their father's...
Author
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson face a mystery on the moors in this classic caper from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The country doctor had come to 221B Baker Street, the famous lodgings of Sherlock Holmes, with an eerie tale—the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles, the devil-beast that haunted the lonely moors around the Baskervilles’ ancestral home. The tale warned the descendants of that ancient family never to venture out on the moor. But Sir...
19) Just so stories
Author
Language
English
Description
Twelve stories about animals and insects including How the Camel Got His Hump; How the First Letter was Written, and How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin.



