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Do you want to listen to The Secret Garden? If so then keep reading…Mary Lennox, a sickly and contrary little girl, is orphaned to dim prospects in a gloomy English manor - her only friend is a bed-ridden boy named Colin, whose prospects may be dimmer than hers. But when Mary finds the key to a Secret Garden, the magical powers of transformation fall within her reach.The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format startin...

Do you want to listen to Persuasion? If so then keep reading…Seven years ago, Anne Elliot broke off her engagement to Captain Frederick Wentworth, convinced that marrying a man without money or status would be a grave mistake. Now, she is past her prime and single at twenty-seven. But when the estranged paramours reconnect through a couple renting the Elliot family estate, Anne discovers she may have another shot at romance—this time, on her terms.What are you waiting for, ...

Do you want to listen to The Picture of Dorian Gray? If so then keep reading…In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently paint...

Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening - and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street - visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them.

Step back in time to the era of the American Revolution with Washington Irving's classic tale, "Rip Van Winkle," brought to life by the engaging narration of Anthony Pica. This timeless story follows the adventures of Rip Van Winkle, a kind but idle man who escapes the troubles of his nagging wife by wandering into the mountains. There, he encounters mysterious figures who offer him a drink that leads to an extraordinary slumber.Rip awakens twenty years later to find that everythin...

The Railway Children is the magical children's classic that has charmed readers for over a century. Follow the adventures of three siblings as they begin a new life in the countryside and discover the wonders of the railway behind their home.After their father suddenly disappears, Bobbie, Peter, and Phyllis are forced to leave their London home and move to the countryside with their mother. Discovering the wonders of the railway behind the...

In this charming retelling of the classic picaresque story, Pinocchio is a puppet who comes to life, a rascally character who has one adventure after another. Of course, being the curious, yet naive boy that he is, all these events lead him into a series of misfortunes all of his own doing. But in the end, his last adventure redeems him, and he becomes what he has always wished to be, a real living boy with his father Geppetto.

**“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of BooksThe best-known book by Cuba’s most important twentieth-century novelist, in its first new English translation in more than sixty years and featuring a new introduction by Leonardo PaduraA Penguin Classic**Dissatisfied with his em...