The author paints a picture as panoramic as his title promises, of the life of 1870s London, the loves of those drawn to and through the city, and the career of Augustus Melmotte.

Set in the English Midlands of farmers and village craftsmen at the turn of the eighteenth century, this book relates a story of seduction issuing in 'the inward suffering which is the worst form of Nemesis'.

Thackeray's most representative novel - a picture of society on a broad scale, with Becky Sharp, the adventuress, a principal character. Includes a famous account of the Battle of Waterloo. First published in 1848.

The protagonist of these stories is the maddening, irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger.

Magical tales of beautiful princesses, genies who emerge from bottles, and talking birds in: "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," "Sinbad the Sailor," "Noureddin and the Fair Persian," "Merchant of Bagdad," and more.

Story follows the social and romantic trials of the book's heroine, Catherine Morland.

Molly is desperately disappointed when instead of the longed-for silver bangle, her aunt Phoebe sends her a small, pumpkin-shaped pincushion for her birthday.

An illustrated collection of 52 traditional tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.

Presents Stephen Crane's novella about a Union recruit in the Civil War whose dreams of glory are shattered by the realities of battle, and includes two other stories.

The adventures of Robinson Crusoe who was marooned on a desert island for twenty years.