简介:A modern man experiences through his dreams the harsh and savage life of an ancestor from a time when our species was only beginning to rise above its animal origins. London's powerful writing conjures not only the sights, smells and sounds...
简介:Anne of Green Gables is a story about a little orphan girl. Anne is a nine year old girl with wild red hair and a spunky personality. Her wild imagination gets her into trouble even if she intends to do the right thing. Marilia, her legal m...
简介:A Daughter of the Snows (1902) is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie [1] who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her for...
简介:An Old-Fashioned Girl is a novel by Louisa May Alcott. It was first serialised in the Merry's Museum magazine between July and August in 1869 and consisted of only six chapters. For the finished product, however, Alcott continued the story...
简介:In this abridgement of Sewell's classic story, McKinley has managed nicely to retain Beauty's unique voice as well as the most-remembered stories, while making the text more accessible to younger readers. Jeffers's fine ink illustrations wil...
简介:Based on an HBO animated series, these condensations emphasize the dramatic content of some of Shakespeare's best known works. As abridged by Garfield in consultation with a panel of scholars, the books on the whole retain the magic of Shake...