Shaw Manifold is a born forester, of hardy stock. A fatherless boy of nine, he was brought up in the rugged environment of his grandfather’s farm, a lonely youngster in the...

In Dear Enemy, Sallie McBride, the dear friend of Judy Abbot (heroine of Daddy-Long-Legs), accepts an appointment as superintendent of an orphanage and promptly embarks on a...

Mr Hoopdriver is an expert in his field — a perfect gentleman with more than a little flair behind the drapers’ counter. Yet Mr. Hoopdriver is growing tired of...

Cynthia Daventry, the heroine of the story, grows up in Argentina as the adopted daughter of Robert and Jane Daventry, an English couple. Unable to have children themselves, they...

Darkly humorous, Captain Pamphile is a thrilling adventure story, full of sea battles, mutiny, and exotic animals—all led by one of Dumas’ most intriguing creations....

A fictionalized version of the author’s 3,000-mile canoe trip by himself through Northern Alberta. It is a romantic, exciting and adventurous novel, retracing his voyage.

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing...

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Dark, mysterious and mordantly funny, Oliver Twist features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction—the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug...

No American masterpiece casts quite as awesome a shadow as Melville’s monumental Moby Dick. Mad Captain Ahab’s quest for the White Whale is a timeless epic—a...