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Aesop's Fables by Aesop
Category: Classics | Series: Fall River Classics
For more than 2,000 years, the fables of the Greek slave known as Aesop have entertained readers with their wise reflections on human nature and their insightful, often witty 'morals'. This beautiful edition features more than 300 selections passed down through the ages, drawn from the classic compilati ...Show more
Classic Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Category: Classics | Series: Fall River Classics
Inseparably associated with a point in history he claimed to despise, F. Scott Fitzgerald is both the quintessential Jazz-Age writer and perhaps the era s harshest critic. Included in this book are: The Beautiful and Damned (novel), a cautionary tale of reckless ambition and squandered talent set amid t ...Show more
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allen Poe
Category: Classics | Series: Fall River Classics Ser.
The life of American writer Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by a dramatic series of successes and failures, breakdowns and recoveries, personal gains and hopes dashed through, despite which he created some of the finest literature the world has ever known. Over time his works have influenced such majo ...Show more
Grimm's Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm
Category: Classics | Series: Fall River Classics
From 'Cinderella' to 'Rumpelstiltskin', the stories gathered by the Brothers Grimm have enchanted children and adults for centuries. This attractive gift edition, with a charming foil-stamped cover, brings together more than 40 of their most-loved fairy tales, all accompanied by the magical illustration ...Show more
Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror by Various
Category: Classics | Series: Fall River Classics
Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror is an anthology of twenty tales of horror and the supernatural published in the nineteenth century. In addition to works by Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Wilkie Collins!, and other well-known writers, it features several sensationalized re ...Show more
Rivals of Sherlock Holmes by Various Authors
Category: Classics | Series: Fall River Classics
This volume collects more than forty detective tales published in the same years that Sherlock Holmes earned his formidable reputation as the Great Detective. It includes stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others that broke ground for the detective story, as well as ...Show more
The Custom of the Country and Other Classic Novels by Edith Wharton
Category: Classics | Series: Fall River Classics
This book is a bindup of three novels by Edith Wharton: "The Custom of the Country", "The House of Mirth", and "The Age of Innocence". It is part of the Fall River Classics line of jacketed hardbacks, being brought out to coincide with an 8-part mini-series adaptation of the title novel featuring Scarle ...Show more
The Iliad And the Odyssey by Homer
Category: Classics | Series: Fall River Classics Ser.
Two of the greatest adventure stories of all time, these timeless epics of war, duty, honour and revenge are filled with magic, mystery and an assortment of gods and goddesses who meddle freely in the affairs of men. The Iliad recounts the war between the Trojans and Achaeans and the personal and tragic ...Show more
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving
Category: Classics | Series: Fall River Classics
Time hasn't dulled the suspense and humour of Irving's chilling tale. The story of the Headless Horseman and his effect on Ichabod Crane is enhanced by brooding, fitting folk-art illustrations.
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