Search

Presents a series of stories featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes, including "A Study in Scarlet," "The Sign of Four," "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes," and "The Hound of the Baskervilles.

In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters; and includes a short essay comparing Austen's Elizabeth and Mr.

A story of two sisters - Elinor, who has sense and Marianne who has sensibility.

A young Gascon nobleman, d'Artagnan, sets off for Paris in hopes of joining the Musketeers.

Alexandra came from a hardy pioneer clan. Over the protests of her traditionally minded brothers, their dying father wills her, not them, the family homestead.

In three parts, first, the text of the novel which portrays a new type of hero, a "nihilist," who would represent the values of the younger generation, revealing the full breadth of 19th century Russia, second, a selection of Turgenev's letters, and third, sixteen critical essays on the novel.

Collects two novels by Herbert George Wells, and features "The Time Machine, " in which a scientist invents a machine that transports him into the future; and "The Invisible Man, " which describes the experiences of a man who watches as his body slowly becomes invisible.

An English translation of sixth-century philosopher Sun Tzu's thoughts on war, in which he discusses the laying of plans, the actual waging of war, and the value of negotiation.

A charming, young English woman is at war with the snobbery of her class and her own conflicting desires when she finds herself attracted to someone socially unsuitable and is forced to choose between convention and passion.

"John Milton's Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the clash between God and his fallen angel, Satan, is a profound meditation on fate, free will, and divinity, and one of the most, beautiful works in world literature.

Haunting readers since its first publication in 1911, the classic story of the disfigured Erik who haunts the Paris Opera House and secretly trains singer Christine Daa, leading to an obsessive love and pattern of fear and violence, remains a riveting journey into the darkest regions of the human heart.

A verse translation of the thirteenth-century poem about a man who is taken on a tour of Hell, presented in side-by-side Italian and English; also includes Dante's most significant text sources, including works by Virgil and Saint Thomas Aquinas.

George Amberson Minafer, the spoiled and arrogant grandson of the founder of the Amberson family fortune, sets the wealthy society clan on the path to financial ruin in the late nineteenth century.

Action, adventure, and excitement spill from the pages of Rudyard Kipling?s best-loved collections of stories, The Jungle Books.

Presents two classics by Jack London: "The Call of the Wild," in which a dog in the Klondike reverts to wilderness life and becomes the leader of a pack of wolves; and "White Fang," in which a wolf-dog trained to be a vicious fighter struggles to live in both the world of dogs and that of the "gods," or humans.