Once Upon a Time...Grimm's Fairy Tales have brought magic and delight to millions, throughout the generations. Timeless classics such as Rapunzul, Snow White, Cinderella, Tom Thumb, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood, and many, many more.Collected here are 64 of the most popular stories by the Brothers Grimm with 55 illustrations.Highlights of this edition are:A link to 62 FREE online Grimm Tales audio files.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus is one of the most iconic works of gothic horror and science fiction literature of all time. Mary started writing the story when she was only nineteen – conceived from a nightmare about a creature produced by an unorthodox scientific experiment. It was published when she was twenty-one. Her monstrous, dark creation has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818.Highlights of this edition are:10 illu...

This kindle copy holds every published work of H. P. Lovecraft - all of his short stories and novellas. (Not including collaborations)• At the start of each story it states when it was written and published - and which publication it was first published in.• Also, after each story, there are Interesting Facts - short informational details ascertaining to each piece.Table of ContentsSHORT STORIES (62)The Call of CthulhuThe AlchemistThe...

Everyone, it seems, has a sinister side...Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug – a chemical that can turn him into something else – something sinister. Suddenly, he has the ability to set free his deepest cruellest inner demons in the appearance of the ominous Hyde, which he can bring forth at will. While transformed into his monstrous alter-ego, he starts to roam the streets of fog-bound London.He believes he controls his own fate.However, he soon discovers t...

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the greatest practitioners of Gothic and detective fiction that has ever lived, and popular culture is full with references to him.This collection is unabridged, and appears as he first intended it. (And how the editors at the time first published it).Over 2,000 Kobo pages long (2,171)With easy menu navigation.This kindle copy holds every published work of Edgar Allan Poe – all of his short stories, Poems, and his novella. (Not incl...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a 6,000-word short story, which was first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature. It shows the attitudes toward women's physical and mental health in the 19th century.Presented in the first-person perspective, the story is a collection of journal entries written by a Jane whose physician husband, John, has restricted her to the upstairs bedroom of the house he has ren...

This edition has three of the folklorist Joseph Jacobs's classic fairy tale books in one: Indian, Celtic, and English.INDIAN FAIRY TALESIndian Fairy Tales is twenty-nine stories taken from popular South Asian oral history; Indian tales carried across by crusaders, Gipsies, Mongol missionaries, traders, Jews, and travellers. Jacobs has selected the best from the Baluchi folk-tales, the Jatakas, the Bidpai, the Tales of the Sun, and the folk-tales of Kashmir.CELTIC FA...

The Old Greek Stories is a classic collection of fifteen stories of the mythological heroes, and their encounters with the Olympian Gods. Written originally for children in 1895 it is also popular with adults the world over. While each story is individual, they can also be read continuously, with one story leading perfectly to the next. Stories included the myth of Theseus, Prometheus, Perseus, Io, and Cadmus. With the stories of Icarus, the Minotaur of the Labyrinth, The Flood, Mighty Jup...

The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence – With Accompanying Facts, Free Audio Links, and Illustrations.WARNING: This book was written over two hundred years ago, so certain words, which we frown upon today, are littered throughout. Not for those easily offended.The A to Z Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is truly the Profanisaurus of the 19th century.The book was originally intended as a guide to th...

English Fairy Tales is a classic collection of 43 traditional stories that describe the fantastic adventures of witches, princes, giants, princesses, and numerous talking animals. This is not the plain, watered-down versions with happy endings; these are the darker counterparts. With classics like Jack the Giant Killer, The Three Bears, Tom Thumb, The Three Little Pigs, and Jack and the Beanstalk, as well as lesser-known stories filled with action, magic, ghosts, imps, fairies, and lost lo...

Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species is a pivotal work in scientific literature, and some scholars argue that it is the most pivotal work in evolutionary biology. Darwin introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It caused outrage when it was first released because it contradicted religious beliefs, which was the foundation of biology at the time. Darwin’s book was the culmination of evidence he had accumulated on ...