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In 1872 Phileas Fogg wins a bet by traveling around the world in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours, and fifty-seven minutes.

Pip is a poor young orphan, living with his sister and her husband Joe, a blacksmith.

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

Presents the classic adventure novel in which Sir Percy Blakeney defies French revolutionaries in order to save innocent men and women from being put to death in the guillotine, and includes background information, a chronology of the author's life and work, explanatory notes, critical analyses, and other study aids.

The nun's priest's tale -- The pardoner's tale -- The wife of Bath's tale -- The franklin's tale.

An abridged version of Kate Douglas Wiggin's classic story of talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.

With two sons of her own, and twelve boys at the Plumfield school, Jo March--now Jo Bhaer--couldn't be happier.

Pinocchio is a classic of children's literature and this retelling by Joy Cowley distinguishes itself through its neat ability to make the plot concise and easy for children to read.

Presents prose retellings of twenty of William Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Macbeth.

After climbing through the mirror in her room, Alice enters a world similar to a chess board where she experiences many curious adventures with its fantastic inhabitants.

Two mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in graphic novel format including "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and "The Boscombe Valley Mystery.

An adaptation of Dickens's story of the orphan forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.

Presents Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home from the Trojan War while his wife and son are forced to scheme to protect his throne; and includes an introduction, time line, outline of key themes, explanatory notes, critical analyses, and discussion questions.

The folk tales gathered by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm have been retold for every new generation of readers.

Recounts the further adventures, successes, and failures of the numerous young men of Plumfield school.