Oliver Twist's simple request has stirred pity ever since its first publication. An orphan sent to the workhouse, and then lent out to an undertaker whose wife treats him badly, Oliver runs away to London where he meets ... Zobraziť viac
A summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella, and the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor, change the orphaned Pip's life forever. As he begins his new life as a gentleman, ... Zobraziť viac
Each volume in the "Collector's Library" series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a... Zobraziť viac
Part of the "Collector's Library" series, this title includes an Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further... Zobraziť viac
Part of the "Collector's Library" series, this book's Afterword is by the well-known author, writer and journalist, Ned... Zobraziť viac
Quick-witted, beautiful, headstrong and rich, Emma Woodhouse is inordinately fond of matchmaking. Yet the irony is that she is oblivious to the question of who she herself might marry... Zobraziť viac
Hawthorne's classic novel is a searing condemnation of hypocrisy and callousness in Puritan America. Roger Chillingworth, an ageing scholar, arrives in New England after two years separation from his wife Hester to find her on trial for adultery... Zobraziť viac
The latest addition ot the Charming Classic series includes a paperback edition of Little Women, the first American children's novel to become a classic, and a beautiful gold-tone cameo... Zobraziť viac
Set in medieval Paris, Victor Hugo's powerful historical romance The Hunchback of Notre-Dame has resonated with succeeding generations ever since its publication in 1837. It tells the story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned ... Zobraziť viac
Robinson Crusoe is among the first novels written in English. Thanks to its extraordinary realism and drama, it is easily the longest-enduring work of popular fiction in the language. Zobraziť viac
CRW Publishing Limited: John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania "Robert Irvine's edition of Austen's Pride and... Zobraziť viac
This timeless collection brings together three hundred of the most enduringly popular of Aesop's fables in a collection that will delight young and old readers alike. Here are all the age-old favorites-the wily fox, the vain peacock, ... Zobraziť viac
This book is an autobiographical account of five years in the childhood of naturalist Gerald Durrell when he lived with his family lived on the island of Corfu. Apart from Gerald (the youngest) and Larry ... Zobraziť viac
Presented together in one volume, these are two of the greatest and most popular animal stories ever written. Even to designate them as "animal stories" seems to undervalue them, because these tremendous works are so much ... Zobraziť viac
Swept away from their Kansas farm by a wild cyclone, Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, find themselves in a strange and magical place: the Land of Oz. A marvelous adventure begins as she makes new friends - the Scarecrow, ... Zobraziť viac
CRW Publishing Limited: Elinor, practical and conventional, is the epitome of sense; Marianne, emotional and sentimental,... Zobraziť viac
Like many of Dickens's novels, 'Nicholas Nickleby' is characterised by his criticism of cruelty and social injustice, but... Zobraziť viac
Utterson, the lawyer, is becoming increasingly anxious about the strange behavior of his friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and in particular, by Jekyll's association with an ugly, violent creature by the name of Edward Hyde... Zobraziť viac
