THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES is a collection of fables - THE HAPPY PRINCE had been, in life, a joyful personality. However, now, immortalised by a gold and jewel encrusted stat
Annotated anthology textbook of detective stories for American high schools, containing literary history and criticism with student exercises designed to deepen similar literary se
The adventures of Mowgli, a man-child raised by wolves in the jungle, have captured the imaginations not just of children, but of all readers, for generations.
An important early classic of fantasy/sci-fi. [Main story:] The ill effects of a soul-destroying play, to read which brings doom. A discovery that changes living flesh to stone.
"In "What For?" a Polish family suffers in the aftermath of the insurrection of 1830 to 1831, and in its suffering Tolstoy expresses his outrage at a Russian autocracy whose disast
"The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English" edited by Julian Hawthorne is a collection of classic mystery and detective stories compiled in th
Journalist Ed Malone is looking for an adventure, and that's exactly what he finds when he meets the eccentric Professor Challenger - an adventure that leads Malone and his three c
The Metamorphoses is a narrative poem penned by the Roman poet Ovid. Widely considered to be his ultimate work, comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths. The poem portrays a his
The Missing Will (also The Case of the Missing Will) is a Hercule Poirot short story by Agatha Christie, first published in 1923 and collected in Poirot Investigates. Violet Marsh
"The Plymouth Express Affair" by Agatha Christie is a crime fiction narrative written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around the famous Belgian detective Hercule
"The Queen of Spades and Other Stories" by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin is a collection of short stories written in the early 19th century. This anthology features a blend of suspe
Le premier jour de septembre, que les baings des montz Pirenees commencent entrer en leur vertu, se trouverent a ceulx de Cauderes plusieurs personnes tant de France que d'Espaigne
The Vidiot is a satirical science fiction novel by Ib Melchior, exploring the impact of television and mass media on a future society where people are addicted to visual entertainment.