Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which circumscribe her life and position when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious,...

"Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammelled individual will, Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excrutiating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its profundity of characterization and vision, is almost unequaled in the literatures of the world. The best known of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, Crime and...

A horse tells the story of his life in nineteenth-century England, and his treatment under many different masters, from a kind country squire to all kinds of drivers when he was let out for hire.

The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas recalls the celebration of Christmas with his family and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.

An illustrated collection of stories by the well-known horror author, including "The Gold Bug," "The Tell-tale Heart," "The Fallof the House of Usher," and "The Pit and the Pendulum."

An assortment of animals introduce the letters of the alphabet.

An anthology of nursery rhymes, poetry, epics, mythology and folklore, fiction, and non-fiction for children. Appendices includenotes on storytelling, the history of children's literature, illustrators of children's books, children's book awards, graded reading lists, and biographical sketches.