Eight years ago, Anne Elliot fell in love with poor, but ambitious, naval officer Captain Frederick Wentworth, a choice with which Anne's family was dissatisfied. Lady Russell, friend and mentor to Anne, persuaded the younger woman to break off the m...

After moving to a cottage in Devonshire, the women of the Dashwood family begin adjusting to a new life and a new social circle. Soon, Elinor is being courted by the gentlemanly Edward Ferrars and Marianne finds herself torn between two suitors, the...

This beautiful collectible edition presents three novels from one of the most loved American authors: Louisa May Alcott. It includes her most famous and cherished classic, Little Women, about the lives of four sisters in America during the Civil War,...

In a publishing career that spanned less than a decade, Jane Austen revolutionized the literary romance, using it as a stage from which to address issues of gender politics and class-consciousness rarely expressed in her day. The novels included in t...

Aesop's ancient Greek fables, short tales with simple morals, often featuring talking animals, are deeply embedded in Western culture. This 1916 translation by V. S. Vernon Jones was furnished with beautiful illustrations by Arthur Rackham – reproduc...

This book collects 17 of Andersen's incomparable stories, among them "The Little Mermaid", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Red Shoes", "The Wild Swans" and his fantasy masterpiece, "The Snow Queen". The book is illustrated in full colour by W. Heath...

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife". So begins "Pride and Prejudice", Jane Austen's classic novel of manners and mores in early nineteenth century England. As the Benn...

Hans Christian Andersen is one of the world's most popular storytellers, and his fairy tales are among the best-loved works of literature. Readers the world over know his poignant tale of "The Little Mermaid", who sacrifices everything for love, and...

As legend has it, the storyteller Aesop was a slave who lived in ancient Greece during the sixth century B.C. His memorable, recountable fables have brought amusing characters to life and driven home thought-provoking morals for generations of listen...