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A distraught Johanna Oakley wanders the streets of London seeking news of her missing fiance, Mark Ingestrie. She is befriended by Colonel Jeffrey, who is searching for his lost friend Thornhill, last seen in Sweeney Todd"s Fleet Street barber-shop. Todd"s apprentice, Tobias Ragg, is...

"The Last Man" is Mary Shelley"s apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilization. Set in the late twenty-first century, the novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with her futuristic theme, Mary Shelley...

An immediate best-seller on publication, Ben Hur remains a dazzling achievement by any standards. A thoroughly exhilarating tale of betrayal, revenge and salvation, it is the only novel that ranks with Uncle Tom"s Cabin as a genuine American folk possession. Wallace writes with a freshness and...

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Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame`s classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger, and the preposterous Mr. Toad (with his `Poop-poop-poop` road-hogging new motor-car), have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures...

"The Owl and the Pussy-Cat", "Calico Pie" and "The Pobble Who Has No Toes", together with Edward Lear"s crazy limericks, have entertained adults and children alike for over 100 years.This edition, illustrated by the author, contains all the verses and stories of...

When Jerry, Jimmy and Cathy discover a tunnel that leads to a castle, they pretend that it is enchanted. But when they discover a Sleeping Princess at the centre of a maze, astonishing things begin to happen.Amongst a horde of jewels they discover a ring that grants wishes. But wishes granted are...

"The Phoenix and the Carpet" is E.Nesbit"s second fantasy novel and is the sequel to Five Children and It. From Robert, Anthea, Jane and Cyril"s new nursery carpet there falls a mysterious egg which is hatched in the fire to reveal a benevolent, resourceful and ingenious Phoenix...

"The Swiss Family Robinson" is a story of the happy discovery of the wonders of natural history by a family shipwrecked on a desert island, who remain united through all the adversities that they encounter. Inspired by "Robinson Crusoe", this joyful narrative by a Swiss pastor...

1348. The Black Death is sweeping through Europe. In Florence, plague has carried off one hundred thousand people. In their Tuscan villas, seven young women and three young men tell tales to recreate the world they have lost, weaving a rich tapestry of comedy, tragedy, ribaldry and farce...

"What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth". So wrote the Romantic poet John Keats in 1817.This collection contains all of his poetry: the early work, which is often undervalued even today, the poems on which his reputation rests including the Odes and the two versions of the...