The metamorphosis and other stories

It is one of the most memorable first lines in all of literature: "When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into some kind of monstrous vermin." So begins Kafka's famous short story, The Metamorphosis. Kafka considered publishing it with two of the stories included here in a volume to be called Punishments. The Judgment explores an enigmatic power stru…

The woman in the window: a novel

Anna Fox lives alone—a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors. Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something s…

And still i rise

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780860687573

Collation

100 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

811 ANG s

The picture of Dorian Gray

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780141199498

Collation

240 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 WIL t

Sleeping beauty

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781783933822

Collation

32 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

Reading with phonics : Key sound long ee

Call Number

F PAG s

Three Billy goats gruff

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781783933853

Collation

32 p.; ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

Reading with phonics : Key sound oa

Call Number

F PAG t

Five children and it

When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother move to the countryside, they encounter ‘It’ – a grumpy, strange-looking Sand-fairy known as a Psammead. The Psammead can grant the children one wish every day – but whether they request to be beautiful or rich, to fly or live in a castle, it seems every wish is destined to lead the five children into a great deal of trouble . .…

Just so stories

Inspired by the bedtime stories Rudyard Kipling told his daughter that had to be recited ‘just so’, this collection includes mythical animal origin stories like ‘How the Camel got his Hump’ and ‘How the Rhinoceros got his Skin’, alongside other playful inventions, such as the reason for the ebb and flow of the tides and how the alphabet was invented. These rhythmically told, trad…

The Swiss family robinson

While travelling from Switzerland to Australia, William, Elizabeth and their four sons, Fritz, Ernest, Jack and Franz, are caught in a terrible storm. Shipwrecked on a desert island, they are left to fend for themselves, equipped with supplies salvaged from the wreckage and surrounded by an array of animals. Every day brings new challenges to overcome, and the family must use their wits to s…

The secret garden

After Mary Lennox’s parents pass away, she is sent to a large, isolated house in Yorkshire to live with an uncle she has never met. Ill-tempered, obstinate Mary dislikes her new home, but when she finds the key to a locked garden she realises there are fascinating secrets waiting to be uncovered at Misselthwaite Manor. With the help of new friends, Mary resolves to bring the neglected ga…