Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy, 1865

Acclaimed by many as the world's greatest novel, Anna Kareninaprovides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. In it Tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in literature. Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences. Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author's own views and convictions.

Throughout, Tolstoy points no moral, merely inviting us not to judge but to watch. As Rosemary Edmonds comments, 'He leaves the shifting patterns of the kaleidoscope to bring home the meaning of the brooding words following the title, 'Vengeance is mine, and I will repay. 

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Andersen’s Fairy Tales

Andersen’s Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Andersen, 1835

Originally published in 1991, this collection of classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen has been illustrated by internationally acclaimed artist Arthur Szyk. Bright illustrated endpapers, ten full page color illustrations and numerous black and white.

Stories included:
"The Garden of Paradise"
"Little Tiny"
"The Fir Tree"
"The Storks"
"Little Ida's Flowers"
"The Red Shoes"
"The Ugly Duckling"
"The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf"
"The Bottle Neck"
"The Snow Queen"
"The Marsh King's Daughter"
"The Wild Swans"
"Great Claus and Little Claus"
"The Shepherdess and the Sweep"
"The Bell"
"The Angel"
"The Nightengale"
"Holger the Dane"
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier"
"The Little Match Girl"
"The Swineherd"
"Elder-Tree Mother"
"Hans Clodhopper"
"The Princess and the Pea"
"What the Good Man Does Is Always Right"
"The Roses and the Sparrows"
"The Old Street Lamp"
"The Tinder Box" 

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Caroll, 1865

After a tumble down the rabbit hole, Alice finds herself far away from home in the absurd world of Wonderland. As mind-bending as it is delightful, Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel is pure magic for young and old alike.

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Agnes Grey

Agnes Grey - Anne Brontë, 1847

At age 19 Anne Brontë left home and worked as a governess for a few years before becoming a writer. Agnes Grey was an 1847 novel based on her experience as a governess. Bronte depicts the precarious position of a governess and how that can affect a young woman. Agnes was the daughter of a minister whose family was in financial difficulty. She has only a few choices for employment. Agnes experiences the difficulty of reining in spoiled children and how wealth can corrupt morals. 
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Aesop’s Fables

Aesop’s Fables - Aesop, Circa 600 BC

Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620-560 BC), a slave and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving anthropomorphic animals. Many stories included in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" was derived), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are well-known throughout the world
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

- Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer is sure to find trouble wherever the river leads him…

On the banks of the Mississippi River, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night in the graveyard they witness a murder. The boys make a blood oath never to reveal the secret, and they run away to be pirates in search of hidden treasure. But when Tom gets trapped in a cave with scary Injun Joe, can he escape unharmed?

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain, 1884

A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for Tom.

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