"The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and singular." Wilkie Collins’s spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre–the detective mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally stolen from an Indian sh…
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…
The Princess and the Pea, " "The Little Mermaid, " and other great Andersen fairy tales have enchanted children since the first ones appeared in Danish in the 1830s and '40s. Spink's translation into English is widely recognized as the finest, and the new Everyman's Library edition is further graced by the magical pictures made in 1899 by three of Britain's most celebrated illustrators
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…
What secrets lie behind the doors at Misselthwaite Manor? Recently arrived at her uncle's estate, orphaned Mary Lennox is spoiled, sickly, and certain she won't enjoy living there.
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…