Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Tess of the d'Urbervilles ,A Pure Woman Faithfully PresentedThomas Hardy"Her affection for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being; it enveloped her as a photosphere, irradiated her into forgetfulness of her past sorrows, keeping back the gloomy spectres that would persist in their attempts to t ...Show more
Heart of Darkness & other stories: & other stories (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Joseph Conrad
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to lo ...Show more
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte Brontë
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The orphaned Jane Eyre is no beauty but her plain appearance belies an indomitable spirit, sharp wit and great courage. As a child she suffers under cruel guardians, harsh schooling and a rigid social order but when she goes to Thornfield Hall to work as a governess for the mysterious Mr Rochester, the ...Show more
Gulliver's Travels (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Jonathan Swift; Henry Hitchings (Afterword by); Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
In this narrative of the gullible ship's doctor Lemuel Gulliver and his extraordinary travels, Jonathan Swift takes readers through a series of apparently child-like fantasy worlds of tiny people and giants, floating islands and talking horses. But through this fantastic journey, he also gave to literat ...Show more
Aesop's Fables by Aesop
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
This timeless collection brings together three hundred of the most enduringly popular of Aesop's fables in a volume that will delight young and old readers alike. Here are all the age-old favourites - the wily fox, the vain peacock, the predatory cat and the steady tortoise - just as endearingly vivid a ...Show more
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Lewis Carroll
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll.
The Scarlet Letter (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Jonty Claypole (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library | Reading Level: General Adult
"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true." --- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathan ...Show more
The Count of Monte Cristo (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Alexandre Dumas
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library | Reading Level: General Adult
The Count of Monte Cristo Collectors Edition!lasciviously Illustrated!Highly recommended!Makes a great gift!Imprisoned for a crime he didn' t commit, Edmond Dantès spends 14 bitter years in a dungeon. When his daring escape plan works he uses all he has learned during his incarceration to mastermind an ...Show more
Anne of Green Gables (Macmillan Collector's Library) by L. M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library | Reading Level: General Adult
Introducing a bold, bright new take on your favorite books. A collection that celebrates color and literature at once! It's hard to imagine little red-headed Anne Shirley without picturing the sprawling green pastures of Prince Edward Island . . . Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are in for a big surprise. ...Show more
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood, to his successful career as a novelist. The early scenes are particularly masterful, depicting the world as seen from the persp ...Show more
Mansfield Park (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Jane Austen
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened, impoverished family sends her at age ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle; it follows her development and concludes in early adulthood. Frances "Fanny" Price, at age ten, is sent from her family home to live ...Show more
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Persuasionby Jane AustenAnne Elliot is one of Austen's quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances. A woman of no importance, she manoeuvres in her rest ...Show more