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Great Ghost Stories (Dover Thrift Editions: Gothic/Horror)
By John Grafton. 1992
Aficionados of supernatural fiction will take perverse pleasure in the hair-raising horrors recounted in these outstanding examples of the genre.…
Featuring a gallery of ghostly characters, forbidding landscapes, gloomy country manors, and occult occurrences, this spine-tingling collection features works by such masters of the macabre as Bram Stoker (the creator of Dracula), J. S. LeFanu, Ambrose Bierce, and M. R. James.The ten classics included in this volume are: "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, E. G. Swain's "Bone to His Bone," "The Rose Garden" by M. R. James, Dickens's "To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt," LeFanu's "Dickon the Devil," Stoker's "The Judge's Salt," "The Moonlit Road" by Ambrose Bierce, Amelia B. Edwards's "The Phantom Coach," "A Ghost Story" by Jerome K. Jerome, and E. F. Benson's "The Confession of Charles Linkworth."The Scarlet Pimpernel
By Otto Penzler, Baroness Orczy.
The breathtaking debut of the one man brave enough to stand up to the Reign of TerrorThe Revolution has begun,…
and the streets of Paris run red with blood. Every aristocrat has been declared a traitor; the guillotine awaits them all. At the city’s West Gate, the tyrannical Sergeant Bibot toys with desperate families, allowing them to think for a moment that escape is a possibility. It is not. Every last member of the nobility—man, woman, and child—will pay the ultimate price. Only one man stands in the way of the ruthless mobs. The Scarlet Pimpernel, his name taken from the flower he leaves as a calling card, has infiltrated Paris to bring as many innocent nobles to safety across the English Channel as he can. Savior of the aristocracy, scourge of the executioner, the Pimpernel is a hero like no other. But who is he? Marguerite Blakeney, whose dandy of a British husband has been nothing but a disappointment, would love to find out. This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.Ethan Frome: A novella
By Edith Wharton.
A grim tale of one man’s search for simple happiness, and the harsh realities that intrude upon his path. The…
novel’s narrator, an unnamed man, is spending a winter in the New England town of Starkfield, where he encounters Ethan Frome, a mysterious long-time resident of the town. Though none of his fellow townsfolk are willing or able to shed much light on Frome’s background, the narrator is determined. He eventually finds himself a guest of Frome’s while seeking shelter from a winter storm, and his host begins to reveal parts of his complicated and fraught history.The Moonstone
By Wilkie Collins. 2001
Suspense, humor, and romance abound in this 1868 mystery, in which a gem stolen from a Hindu shrine resurfaces in…
an English country home -- with a trio of watchful Brahmins hot on its trail.Sense and Sensibility
By Jane Austen. 2014
Love, for a high class woman in regency England, is a complicated affair, where money, propriety, honour, and family intermix…
with love and affection. It is no different for the Dashwood sisters, recently arrived in Devonshire, who must learn how to balance Sense and Sensibility in their pursuit of happy marriages.Jane Austen's first novel, it has been adapted for the screen multiple times, including a film starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet.Random House of Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in ebook form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.The Custom of the Country
By Edith Wharton.
A brilliant and incisive look at social class and ambition. Undine Spragg does not come from wealth, but she is…
enamoured by it. Her family has made some money through financial affairs of questionable legitimacy, and she is determined to parlay that into an aristocratic, expensive lifestyle. But when a quick marriage to a man from a family that is upper class, though presently without significant means, fails to provide Undine with the life she is looking for, things quickly begin to unravel.Decline and Fall
By Evelyn Waugh.
A brilliant satire of 1920s British culture. Poor Paul Pennyfeather. One night of drunken shenanigans, and a spot of public…
pantslessness and he finds himself expelled from Oxford and disinherited by default. What ever will he do? A teaching job at a small school in Wales should be nice and peaceful, right? Perhaps not so much…Tarzan of the Apes
By Edgar Rice Burroughs. 2008
The first and greatest adventure of Tarzan and the inspiration for a new feature film starring Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie,…
and Samuel L. Jackson. Born to English aristocrats marooned in the dense West African wilderness, John Clayton, only heir to the Greystoke estate, is orphaned soon after his first birthday. Adopted by the she-ape Kala, he is given the name Tarzan, or White-Skin, and grows up among the apes, swinging from tree to tree and fighting the great beasts of the jungle. He has no memory of civilization, but discovers, in the books his parents left behind, the key to his strange appearance, and to his past. When a party of white explorers arrives, Tarzan finds himself drawn to them—in particular, to the American Jane Porter. For years he has been torn between two identities, human and ape, and after saving Jane’s life he follows her to Paris and then to America, experiencing the unfamiliar world of his birthright before the call of the jungle brings them both back to Africa. Originally published in 1912 in the pulp magazine All-Story, Tarzan of the Apes introduced to the world one of literature’s most iconic characters. The star of twenty-four books written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as countless film, television, and comic book adaptations, Tarzan forever remains the Lord of the Jungle. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.Corruption City
By Horace McCoy.
Who better to clean up a city than a twenty-nine-year-old law professor? John Conroy is an unlikely choice to face…
off against Nemo Crespi and his widespread organized crime ring, but the governor needs someone free of political ties and ambitions, and Conroy fits the bill. The young law professor is willing to take on the gangster – after all, it will let him take his theory that all power corrupts out of the classroom and into the real world. And his father, a chief investigator for the police, has a connection in the syndicate feeding him information. That must be an upside … right? Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.Rainbow Valley
By L. M. Montgomery. 1947
Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert and now is the mother of six mischievous children. These…
boys and girls discover a special place on their own, but they never dream of what will happen when the strangest family moves into an old nearby mansion.A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
By James Joyce. 2011
James Joyce’s first novel, hailed as one of the greatest works of the twentieth century, about a young Irishman’s growth…
into artistic adulthood A semiautobiographical story mirroring Joyce’s own coming of age, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man begins when Stephen Dedalus is still a young boy. Living with his family in Dublin, Stephen’s first brush with the larger world occurs at boarding school, an unhappy time that he is eager to leave behind. Once home, however, life takes on a somber new tone as his father descends into alcoholism and his family’s finances dwindle. Joyce details young Stephen’s encounters with the Catholic Church, Irish politics, sexual experimentation, and coming-of-age in the twentieth century. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.Don Quixote of the Mancha
By Miguel De Cervantes, Judge Judge Parry. 1999
The story of the Spanish knight whose devotion to tales of chivalry leads him and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza,…
into a series of bizarre adventures blends fantasy, comedy, and drama in a way that has gripped the world's imagination for centuries. This edition has been abridged and adapted for children, and enhanced by the delightful illustrations of Walter Crane.Mary Poppins Comes Back
By P. L. Travers, Mary Shepard. 1935
By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the upcoming movie Saving Mr. Banks. From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at…
Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. This classic series tells the story of the world's most beloved nanny, who brings enchantment and excitement with her everywhere she goes. Featuring the charming original cover art by Mary Shepard, these new editions are sure to delight readers of all ages. Pulled down from the clouds at the end of a kite string, Mary Poppins is back. In Mary's care, the Banks children meet the King of the Castle and the Dirty Rascal, visit the upside-down world of Mr. Turvy and his bride, Miss Topsy, and spend a breathless afternoon above the park, dangling from a clutch of balloons. Surprises are sure to pop up when Mary Poppins is around!The Jungle Book
By Rudyard Kipling, Minalima Ltd.. 2016
Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of fables gets reimagined in this deluxe four-color collectible volume, featuring stunning new artwork and nine…
interactive elements crafted by MinaLima Design, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise and the illustrated classic Peter Pan.Since its publication in 1894, Rudyard Kipling's beloved masterpiece The Jungle Book has been celebrated by generations of readers. Composed of seven tales, each one accompanied by a poem, The Jungle Book introduces a lush, colorful world full of adventure and danger. The first three tales include some of the most charming and unforgettable characters in literature--the man-cub Mowgli, the black panther Bagheera, the wise brown bear Baloo, and the ruthless tiger Shere Khan. The other four tales each tell the story of a different animal, such as the travels of the white seal Kotick; the battle between the courageous mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the deadly cobra Nag; Toomai and the elephant dance; and the camp animals of the queen's guard.The second volume in Harper Design's newest series of deluxe reimagined children's classics, this beautiful unabridged edition takes readers deep into the heart of the Indian jungle with specially commissioned four-color illustrations and nine exclusive interactive features that will delight readers, including a map of the lost Indian city where Mowgli is taken by the monkeys; a trifold detailing the Laws of the Jungle; a spinning dial of the elephant dance; and a map of Kotick's route to find a new home.Beautifully designed, this keepsake illustrated edition will be treasured by readers of all ages.The Trial
By Franz Kafka. 1998
Written in 1914, The Trial is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century: the terrifying tale of…
Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, Kafka's nightmare has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers. This new edition is based upon the work of an international team of experts who have restored the text, the sequence of chapters, and their division to create a version that is as close as possible to the way the author left it.In his brilliant translation, Breon Mitchell masterfully reproduces the distinctive poetics of Kafka's prose, revealing a novel that is as full of energy and power as it was when it was first written.The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
By Washington Irving, Elizabeth L. Bradley. 2014
The timeless collection that introduced Rip Van Winkle, Ichabod Crane, and the Headless HorsemanPerhaps the marker of a true mythos…
is when the stories themselves overshadow their creator. Originally published under a pseudonym as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories gave America its own haunted mythology. This collection of larger-than-life tales contains Washington Irving's best-known literary inventions--Ichabod Crane, the Headless Horseman, and Rip Van Winkle--that continue to capture our imaginations today.False Entry: A Novel
By Hortense Calisher. 1961
In the vein of Eudora Welty and Charles Dickens, Hortense Calisher's astounding first novel examines a young man's detachment from…
the world--and his struggle to rejoin it Pierre Goodman enjoys an idyllic childhood as the son of a widowed dressmaker in post-World War I England. But paradise is ripped from him at age ten when he and his mother immigrate to a small town in Alabama. Yearning to regain peace within his own mind and aided by his photographic memory, he begins falsely but completely enveloping himself in the lives of others. He yearns to become not merely a listener to the world, but also a singer in its chorus. In doing so, Pierre's life becomes an extraordinary document of his time and place as he finds himself a part of history over and over again. He testifies against the Klan in the Deep South, joins the navy during World War II, experiences love, and eventually finds his way back to England as an entirely changed man.The Complete Novels
By Jane Austen, Karen Joy Fowler. 2006
Now in Penguin Classics Deluxe: a treasure trove of Jane Austen's novelsFew novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of…
their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. Here in one volume are her seven great novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Lady Susan. Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, Austen vividly portrays English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close and the nineteenth century began. Each of the novels is a love story and a story about marriage--marriage for love, for financial security, for social status. But they are not romances; ironic, comic, and wise, they are masterly evocations of the society Jane Austen observed. This beautiful volume covers the literary career of one of England's finest prose stylists of any century. * A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps and luxurious packaging * Features the definitive Penguin Classics texts recommended by the Jane Austen Society * New introduction by bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club Karen Joy FowlerFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.From the Trade Paperback edition.Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare. 1960
Shakespeare's timeless tragedy of conspiracy and betrayal tells the story of the murder of Julius Caesar and the gruesome aftermath…
as Rome descends into a violent mob. This edition includes: An overview of Shakespeare's life, canon, and dramaturgy An introduction to the play by Barbara Rosen and William Rosen of the University of Connecticut Selections from Plutarch's Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans, the source from which Shakespeare derived the play Also included are the following commentaries: Maynard Mack: The Modernity of Julius Caesar Coppelia Kahn: A Voluntary Wound Roy Walker: From Unto Caesar: A Review of Recent Productions Richard David: A Review of Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare, 1972) Ralph Berry: On Directing Shakespeare: An Interview with Trevor Nunn, Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peggy Goodman Endel: Julio Cesar: The 1986 Florida Shakespeare Festival Sylvan Barnet: Julius Caesar on the Stage and ScreenSecret Lives
By Berthe Amoss. 1979
Set in 1930's New Orleans, twelve-year-old Addie Agnew struggles to uncover the mystery of her mother's death. Living with her…
spinster aunts, Addie was told her mother was perfect and she was swept out to sea in a tidal wave. In this classic story about family secrets and growing up, Addie will stop at nothing to discover the truth.