Jim was first mate on the Patna, when the ship and passengers were abandoned by the crew in the Red Sea. Accused of cowardice,...

Is anyone incorruptible? The inhabitants of Sulaco (a port in the fictional South American state of Costaguana) believe that head...

Wendy knows that all children have to grow up... all apart from the magical Peter Pan! When Peter flies through the nursery...

In this stunning tale of self-discovery and female emancipation, the young woman Edna Pontellier works to regain control over her...

On the bleak streets of Dublin, a young boy grieves over the death of an irreligious priest, a woman elopes with her lover, and a...

Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. - Amelia Earhart

This fascinating autobiography by...

I am entering on the history of a period rich in disasters, frightful in its wars, torn by civil strife, and even in peace full...

The Professor was Charlotte Bronte's first novel, completed as early as 1846. The central character is the reserved William...

Even the gods envy those who are awakened and not forgetful, who are given to meditation, who are wise, and who delight in the...

Sidney... , W...

Featuring the greatest love poems of all time, this collection brings together poets as diverse as William Shakespeare, Lord...

In this, his most influential work, the great political and social thinker John Stuart Mill examines the relationship of the...

Follow Mowgli as he embarks on a series of incredible adventures and meets a cast of unforgettable characters along the way, such...

Edith Whartons novella Ethan Frome (1911) is a classic of American literature. Mattie Silver, a young and guileless girl, is...

Black Beauty is a horse with a glossy coat and a white star on his forehead. Life in the field with his mother is idyllic, but...

In the twilight years of the British Empire in Burma, bigotry and corruption are the order of the day.

When the timber...

An impassioned and persuasive argument for the American colonies' independence from the British crown, Tom Painea€s pamphlet was...

At first glance, Nora Helmer appears to live the perfect life. She is married to the ambitious banker Torvald and is well...

A woman receives two severed ears in a cardboard box, a government-worker is found dead on the London Underground, and two men go...

Though often wrongly confused with hedonism, the Epicurean ideal of achieving true happiness was in reality an austere,...

Initially published as six articles in the Electrical Experimenter magazine, My Inventions is the autobiography of the visionary...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic tale of a little boy from another planet has delighted readers young and old for generations....

Mary Lennox is an unhappy and unloved little girl. Sent to live at her uncle's gloomy manor in Yorkshire, she is determined to...

First published as John Barleycorn, Jack London's autobiographical novel is a harrowing account of a life undermined by...

In the village of Iping, a strange man arrives at a local inn wrapped in bandages. He refuses to leave his room where he is...

In the sordid streets of 17th century London, its sink or swim, and Moll Flanders is struggling to stay afloat.

Born in...

Women in Love is D.H. Lawrence's masterful sequel to The Rainbow, revolving round the lives and loves of Gudrun and Ursula...

Everyone looks upon shy, self-effacing Fanny Price as the poor relation among her four spoiled cousins at Mansfield...

In Around the Moon, Verne describes how the gravitational force of a large asteroid can change the course of a space ship, and...

Anne Shirley returns in the second book of this charming series. She's now 16, and has delayed her dream of going to college to...

When young Jim Hawkins discovers a mysterious map in a dead man's sea-chest, he sets off on a thrilling adventure with pirates,...