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Sherlock Holmes and Watson set out to solve the mystery of the mysterious and terrifying beast which is lurking on the desolate moor.

Hester Prynne, a young woman in colonial Boston, has an affair with a Puritan minister and bears a daughter out of wedlock. She struggles to keep the identity of her lover a secret while she is condemned to wear a scarlet A embroidered on her clothes.

A collection of twelve of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories of Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant detective, and his devoted friend, Dr. Watson. Includes "The Speckled Band," in which a woman pleads for help in investigating her sister's death, and "A Scandal in Bohemia," in which a European king is being blackmailed by his mistress.

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Dorian Gray admires his portrait so much that he wishes he could always appear so young and beautiful. When he exchanges his soul for this desire, his misdeeds age and disfigure the man in the portrait while the real Dorian Gray appears the same.

A young governess is sent to care for two beautiful orphans in a country house, but the spirits of the dead servants who had cared for the children previously, return to haunt them.

A seemingly typical man wakes up one morning to discover that he has been transformed into a gigantic insect, and must deal with the depression over his new physical alteration, as well as the rejection of his family. Includes a glossary of terms and notes for modern readers of this classic which was first published in 1915.

Features eighteen fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Red Shoes."

Follows two Dubliners' rambling lives on a typical day in the spring of 1904.

A collection of fifteen stories by James Joyce that cover childhood, adolescence, maturity, and the political chaos in Ireland around 1891.