The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works.

The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works.

The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works.

Contains 10 illustrations.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a beloved and enduring classic of children's literature. First published in 1900, it tells the enchanting story of a young girl named Dorothy who finds herself transported to the magical land of Oz after a tornado sweeps her and her farmhouse away from her dreary Kansas home.Dorothy's arrival in Oz sets the stage for a fantastic adventure filled with memorable characters and captivating settin...

Within this third work of Baum's Land of Oz series, Dorothy's story is continued with her beloved companions and given further life with inventive new characters, including a talking hen named Billina and the Hungry Tiger. After being tossed from a steamship during a storm, Dorothy finds herself in the kingdom of Ev, where she becomes involved in a journey to the palace of the evil Nome King to rescue the Queen of Ev and her children. From dodging Wheelers to dangerous guessing games, Doro...

Lyman Frank Baum penned fourteen novels in his famous Oz chronology. The twelfth, The Tin Woodman of Oz, was published in 1918 and reunited the Tin Woodman with his Munchkin sweetheart. Nimmie Amee, as well as introduced th eTin Soldier, Captain Fy-ter. This volume of Original Oz Stories is formatted not only for ease of reading, but to emulate the textual structure of that original publication.

The master storyteller of pioneering life in California, Bret Harte created a diverse body of works, achieving critical acclaim from both sides of the Atlantic. This comprehensive eBook presents Harte’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Harte’s life and works* ALL the novels and shorte...

David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English writer and poet. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. Some of the issues Lawrence explores are sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct.Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his lif...

In Spain, the Just Men stalk a mysterious English doctorThe beggar limps toward the outdoor café looking for a familiar face. He finds Manfred sitting alone and tells the gentleman to follow. Only when the beggar leans close and speaks in his true voice does Manfred recognize him as Gonsalez, master of disguise and an ally in the fight against crime. When they are joined by the rakish Poiccart, the Three Just Men are together at last. Feared throughout Europe for t...

In this narrative Oliphant has beautifully created a world where the boundaries of imagination and reality cannot be distinguished. An amalgamation of super-natural and psychological this is an account of a young girls fancy that leads her to stand against the real world. This work also comments on the situation of the fair sex during the Victorian era.

The Warden house was more impressive in appearance than its neighbors. It had “grounds, ” instead of a yard or garden; it had wide pillared porches and “galleries, ” showing southern antecedents; moreover, it had a cupola, giving date to the building, and proof of the continuing ambitions of the builders.

From the bestselling pen of the pioneering undercover reporter, available for the first time in 125 years, the lost novels of Nellie Bly!Nellie Bly is rightly famous as a reporter, a skilled interviewer, and a journalist dedicated to exposing society's ills. From brutal insane asylums to corrupt politicians, she pulled back the curtain on all manner of frauds and charlatans.No one knows that she was also a novelist. The reason? Of the 12 novels Bly wrote, 1...