Canterbury Classics

This classic British tale tells the story of Sara Crewe, a young girl who grows up at a boarding school run by the unkindly Miss Minchin. Frances Hodgson Burnett?s A Little Princess tells the story...

This collection of twelve stories includes many of the most memorable escapades of the world's greatest detective. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of twelve short stories by Scottish...

This collection of charming and enduring stories conveys morals to young and old alike. Aesop was a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece around 620-564 BCE. No writings by him exist (if...

All the "muchness" of Wonderland is captured in one book! Follow Alice down the rabbit hole to Wonderland and enjoy tea with the Mad Hatter, find your way with the Cheshire Cat, and play croquet with...

Anne of Green Gables has been one of the world's most charming coming-of-age stories for more than a century. Best-selling Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published the first book in her...

A classic tale of adventure from renowned French author Jules Verne. Originally published in 1872, Around the World in Eighty Days imagined for readers the possibility of circumnavigating the world...

The Art of War, the world's oldest treatise on warfare, has been studied by leaders for centuries. Dated to about fifth century BCE, The Art of War is considered the oldest treatise on war in the...

"Where we saw people who loved their neighbors, and were kind to man and beast, we might know that was God's mark." --Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Anna Sewell's 1877 classic, Black Beauty, is considered...

Classic fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm with a creatively embroidered cover. This creatively designed edition of Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales includes cherished favorites such as ?Sleeping...

This collection of stories from the Brothers Grimm includes old favorites and hidden treasures to be discovered. They are the stories of characters we've known since childhood: Snow White, Hansel and...

An easily understood reference guide to the deities of Greek and Roman mythology. Stories of Gods and Heroes, originally published in 1855, is the first of three works that make up Bulfinch's...

Curl up with this collection of classic scary stories from the masters of the genre. With dozens of stories of the macabre, fantastic, and supernatural, Classic Horror Tales is sure to keep readers...

Classic works of speculative fiction from the earliest masters of the genre. Classic Science Fiction includes nine stories from masters of early science fiction: H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, H. P...

Spine-tingling tales that will keep you on the edge of your seat! This chilling collection of scary stories will keep you awake for hours! Psychological horrors, disturbing dramas, and gruesome...

This classic novel has it all: murder, suspense, passion, struggle, and redemption. Originally published in 1866, Crime and Punishment is a psychological thriller that deals with issues of morality,...

This quintessential vampire story helped to reshape the world of horror fiction. Irish author Bram Stoker introduced the character of Count Dracula and provided much of the basis of modern vampire...

No library's complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects some of the most influential stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was a master of tales...

Horror. Romance. Science. A classic tale that would be a fright to miss! The idea for the story came to the author, Mary Shelley, in a dream she had about a scientist who had created life and was...

This leather-bound version of the original 1858 first edition of Gray's Anatomy is ideal for students and those with a keen interest in medicine. In 1858, Dr. Henry Gray published the first edition...

The complete Cthulhu Mythos by master horror writer H. P. Lovecraft in one volume. The Cthulhu Mythos is a collection of 23 loosely connected short stories by H. P. Lovecraft, one of the earliest...

This classic novel by Charlotte Bront?'s mixes romance and suspense to create a thrilling read. When Jane Eyre was first published in 1847, it became an instant bestseller, so popular that the...

Les Mis?rables is widely considered to be one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. First published in France in 1862, Les Mis?rables is Victor Hugo's greatest achievement--the ultimate...

Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women tells the story of the four March sisters as they come of age in 1860s New England. When Little Women was first published in 1868, it became an instant...

"...for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men."--Herman Melville, Moby-Dick "Call me Ishmael" is the iconic opening line of Herman...

Virginia Woolf?s 1925 novel of feminism, existentialism, and self-realization is an essential read for all lovers of classic literature. Virgina Woolf?s classic novel centers around Clarissa...

Travel to the Old West with Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather. Willa Cather's novels brought the life of American settlers on the Great Plains to the forefront of the nation's consciousness during...

A young woman comes of age and realizes that life is not a Gothic novel. A timeless classic, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is both a coming-of-age story and a parody of the Gothic novels of the...

These pages include the final edition of Charles Darwin?s groundbreaking work that introduced the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. First published in 1859, Charles Darwin?s On the...

Jane Austen's beloved novel of romance in the Regency era has long been a reader favorite. First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice is one of the most popular and beloved British novels of...

No library's complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects the greatest works of Robert Louis Stevenson, whose stories of excitement and adventure will never be...