"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson "One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson "His characters are marvelous, his insights wonderful…you don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better."-Ruth Rendell The Old Curiosity Shop was initially published in a weekly serial, "Master Humphrey's Clock", between 1840 and 1841. Charles Dickens' story of the frail and innocent orphan had become such...

In 'Rilla of Ingleside,' Lucy Maud Montgomery invites readers back to the beloved world of Green Gables, albeit painted against the somber backdrop of the First World War. The novel, a portrait of growth and resilience, is imbued with Montgomery's characteristic warmth and vivid characterizations. Through Rilla Blythe's transformation from a carefree teenager to a courageous young woman, Montgomery deftly explores themes of maturation, sacrifice,...

In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.

A married woman falls blindly in love with a handsome military officer. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. States Leo Tolstoy in his great modern novel of an adulterous affair set against the backdrop of Moscow and St. Petersburg high society in the later half of the nineteenth century. A sophisticated woman who is respectably married to a government bureaucrat, Anna begins a passionate, all-consuming involvement...

A mediados del siglo XVIII, un hombre juega con la idea de la creación de la vida. Es cuando crece y va a la universidad, que lleva a cabo un experimento que helaría la sangre a cualquiera: dar vida a restos de cuerpos que alguna vez respiraron. Asustado por el monstruo que acababa de parir, Frankenstein huye y lo deja solo. La historia se divide en los relatos del creador y su deseo por olvidar su terrible experimento; y la historia del monstruo,...

Illustrations and rhyming text present ten different endangered animals.

A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the uncompleted final novel of Ernest Hemingway, which he worked on intermittently from 1946 until his death in 1961. Set on the Cte d'Azur in the 1920s, it is the story of a young American writer, David Bourne, his glamorous wife, Catherine, and the dangerous, erotic game they play when they fall in love with the same woman.

The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.

The life of ten-year-old Jess in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with newcomer Leslie, and they create the imaginary land of Terabithia where they rule as king and queen, until a terrible tragedy occurs. Includes a reader's guide with discussion questions.

Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to face new challenges teaching the Pringles and the others at Summerside High School.