A rewriting for young children of the stories originally by Lewis Carroll Nothing’s more magical than going down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass with Alice. There, in worlds unlike any other ever created, conventional logic is turned upside down and wrong-way round to enchanting effect. Children will love reading Carroll’s many humorous nonsense verses and meeting such unfo…
Steal Shakespeare's play Hamlet...or else. That's the order form his fearsome master. And Widge - a poor orphan with the rare ability to write a unique coded shorthand - has no choice but to follow orders. So Widge works his way into the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare's troupe rehearses and performs. The players take him in and treat him as one of their own. Afraid to disappoint his master, b…
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ' For, said he, there never was r is there one chaste woman upon the face of earth. ' A collection of Persian, Arabian and Indian tales dating from the 9th century, Sir Richard Burton's most well-kwn translation of Arabian Nights brings together ancient folklore and stories passed down from generation to generati…
A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom. This updated edition features a new introduction discussing the novel's political and magical dimensions. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities t…