Children's Classics

“No class of man is altogether bad, but each has its own faults and virtues.” Set during the background of the Jacobite Scot rebellion in the 18th...

The Happy Prince and Other Stories* is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde and contains five stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nigh...

Little Women chronicles the lives, loves and tribulations of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. As they progress towards womanh...

When Mole decides he has had enough tiresome spring-cleaning for one day, the scrappy nonesuch throws down his broom and bolts out of his house loo...

Pollyanna is the story of an orphan who is sent to live with her wealthy but stern Aunt Polly. But Pollyanna doesn’t seem to notice how strict her ...

“Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.” Rising from the ashes of tragedy and depression, Frances Hodgson Burnett penned some of he...

“She is not fashioned for a life among strangers.” Johanna Spyri’s Heidi paints the events in the life of an orphan girl, Heidi, who is raised by h...

“If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way.”A well-known author of children lit...

Silas Marner, the linen weaver of Raveloe, lives in a village on the brink of industrialization. Once he was a respected member of a narrow congreg...

A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”*Pride** and Prejudice *beautifully caric...

“You are in every line I have ever read.” First published serially in Dickens' weekly periodical All Year Round, Great Expectations is the thirtee...

By all accounts Tales from Shakespeare has remained the best introduction to the Bard, not only for young people but also for readers of all ages. ...

“Those who beg in silence starve in silence...” A prominent writer of his age, Rudyard Kipling’s works are known for their realistic portrayal of ...

“Love, genuine passionate love, was his for the first time.” An inspirational tale of resilience and exploration, The Call of the Wild revolves ar...

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.” Most interesting of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma is the most flawed, the most infuriating a...