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Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
Category: Classics | Series: Alma Junior Classics Ser.
The orphan girl Pollyanna moves in with her miserable aunt in New England. Despite being unwanted, Pollyanna's exuberance and positivity affect everyone who meets her, and she spreads joy and love wherever she goes. But when tragedy strikes, Pollyanna finds her optimistic attitude tested and she must le ...Show more
Prophecies by Leonardo da Vinci; J. G. Nichols (Translator)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
Found in the Codex Atlanticus of Leonardo da Vinci 's writings and drawings, The Prophecies ' are a collection of enigmatic divinatory pronouncements, some punning and playful, others dire and ominous. While the author 's intentions behind these utterances are unclear, they clearly attest to the artist ...Show more
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Alma Junior Classics Ser.
Daniel Defoe's first novel "Robinson Crusoe", published in 1719, is considered by many to be the first novel in English, and its success was so enormous that by the end of the 19th century it had spawned more translations and versions than any other English book. Its central importance to the canon lies ...Show more
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Alma Classics Evergreens Ser.
Sons and LoversD.H. Lawrence
Tales from Shakespeare: Deluxe Edition with illustrations by Arthur Rackham by Sir Charles; Rackham Mary; Lamb Lamb
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Alma Junior Classics Ser.
This retelling in prose of twenty of Shakespeare's thirty-seven plays was originally published just for children. Keeping Shakespeare's own words whenever possible but making the plots and language easily understandable, this very listenable collection has entertained and informed generations of adults ...Show more
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi; Peter Bailey (Illustrator); Stephen Parkin (Translator)
Category: Children's | Series: Alma Junior Classics Ser.
A revelatory new annotated edition of the most translated Italian book in the world--the basis for two new major motion pictures: a Netflix animated version co-directed and co-written by Guillermo del Toro and voiced by Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, and Tilda Swinton, and a Disney Plus live-action vers ...Show more
The Adventures of Pipi the Pink Monkey by Carlo Collodi
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Alma Junior Classics Ser.
Pipi isn't like his four brothers or the other young monkeys living in the forest of Hullabaloo: he has bright-pink fur, a mischievous character and a rebellious streak that lands him into all sorts of scrapes. In this story, an expanded version of Collodi's original tale, we see him lose his tail to an ...Show more
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Category: Fiction | Series: Alma Junior Classics Ser.
The address of 221-B Baker Street in London became almost as well known as the mental marvel who lived there. That, of course, was the remarkable genius Sherlock Holmes. This is the final collection of a half dozen adventures by the intrepid detective and his faithful companion, Dr. Watson, as they exam ...Show more
The Duel by J. G. Nichols (Translator)
Category: History | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
The notorious adventurer and seducer Giacomo Casanova tells of his travels on the run from the authorities of his native Venice around northern Europe, poking fun at the ruling classes he encounters there, before focusing on a pivotal incident that occurs in Warsaw. Insulted by a Polish count over an It ...Show more
The Four Little Girls and Desire Caught by the Tail by Pablo Picasso; Roland Penrose (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
In the 1940s, Picasso wrote two plays in French: the first, Desire Caught by the Tail, was conceived during the German occupation of Paris and features a cast of grotesque allegorical characters such as the Onion, Silence or Fat Anxiety discussing the crucial wartime themes of hunger, cold and love; the ...Show more
The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins
Category: Fiction | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
The Frozen DeepBy Wilkie CollinsThe date is between twenty and thirty years ago. The place is an English sea-port. The time is night. And the business of the moment is-dancing. The Mayor and Corporation of the town are giving a grand ball, in celebration of the departure of an Arctic expedition from the ...Show more
The Jew's Beech by Annette Von Droste-Hulshoff; Lionel Thomas (Translator); Doris Thomas (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
Based on a true story, The Jew's Beech centres on two brutal murders in rural Westphalia - the first of a local forester and the second of a Jewish moneylender near a beech tree - and the impact these events have on the life of Friedrich Mergel, a local herdsman with a turbulent family history. A proto ...Show more