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The delighted wonder surrounding a cat that has learned to talk quickly turns to dismay when the feline's conversation involves the scandalous remarks he's overheard. «Tobermory» abounds in the irony for which its author, Saki, is well known and admired. Along with the other short stories in this first-rate anthology, it showcases the talents of a renowned British writer.Other stories include Anthony Trollope's «The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne,» a subtle study of the psychological cost of maintaining self-esteem; Thomas Hardy's «The Fiddler of the Reels,» in which a village girl is seduced by the beguiling melodies of a diabolical musician; and M. R. James's «Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad,» the tale of a vacationing professor who conjures up the unexpected with an artifact from a ruined medieval church. «The Haunted House,» by Charles Dickens, and Rudyard Kipling's story of a golden-haired ghost, «The Phantom 'Rickshaw,» also venture into the supernatural. Additional selections include D. H. Lawrence's «The Prussian Officer,» H. G. Wells's «Under the Knife,» and Robert Louis Stevenson's «A Lodging for the Night,» plus stories by John Galsworthy, Wilkie Collins, and others.
Great Horse Stories
Readers who love horses will cherish this blue-ribbon collection of fifteen short stories by such famous authors as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Saki, and Erle Stanley Gardner. Suitable for ages 10 and older, these tales of wild and tame horses offer a thrilling blend of adventure and realism. The collection opens with an abridgment of Anna Sewell's classic Black Beauty, the moving account of a horse's working life, pulling cabs in Victorian London. Subsequent stories include «Her First Horse Show» by David Gray, «The Brogue» by Saki, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's «The Doctor's Horse,» «Carved in Sand» by Erle Stanley Gardner, and many others.
Great French Short Stories
Twelve of the finest short stories by great French writers comprise this excellent collection, with themes that range from desire and psychological intrigue to the mysteries of failure and success.Includes: «The Horla» and «The Necklace» by Guy de Maupassant; «The Attack on the Mill» by Emile Zola; «Mocromegas» by Voltaire; «The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler» by Gustave Flaubert; «Mateo Falcone» by Prosper Mérimée; «The Return of the Prodigal Son» by André Gide; «The Dark Lantern» by Jules Renard; «Emilie» by Gérard de Nerval; «The Unknown Masterpieces» by Honoré de Balzac; «The Pope's Mule» by Alphonse Daudet; and «Salomé» by Jules Laforgue.Classic explorations of passion, terror, and fate, these enduring literary gems will be invaluable to students and teachers of French literature and a joy for anyone who delights in fine writing.
Great English Essays
This collection, spanning four centuries of English wit, wisdom, and common sense, contains the thoughts of a number of renowned masters of the essay. From Francis Bacon–the English author who reputedly imported the genre from France, to literary critic, mystery writer, and social commentator G. K. Chesterton, more than twenty writers express their views on such subjects as walking, writing, traveling, sleeping, pets, friends, and childhood. Included among the literary offerings are «Sir Roger de Coverley at Spring-Garden» by Joseph Addison, «A Meditation Upon a Broomstick» by Jonathan Swift, Samuel Johnson's «Dick Minim the Critic,» as well as compositions by Oliver Goldsmith, Charles Lamb, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, George Bernard Shaw, and other noted authors.The works are presented chronologically and original publication dates are given where available.
Great Ghost Stories
Aficionados of supernatural fiction will take perverse pleasure in the hair-raising horrors recounted in these outstanding examples of the genre. Featuring a gallery of ghostly characters, forbidding landscapes, gloomy country manors, and occult occurrences, this spine-tingling collection features works by such masters of the macabre as Bram Stoker (the creator of Dracula), J. S. LeFanu, Ambrose Bierce, and M. R. James.The ten classics included in this volume are: «The Monkey's Paw» by W. W. Jacobs, E. G. Swain's «Bone to His Bone,» «The Rose Garden» by M. R. James, Dickens's «To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt,» LeFanu's «Dickon the Devil,» Stoker's «The Judge's Salt,» «The Moonlit Road» by Ambrose Bierce, Amelia B. Edwards's «The Phantom Coach,» «A Ghost Story» by Jerome K. Jerome, and E. F. Benson's «The Confession of Charles Linkworth.»
Great Short Poems
This outstanding anthology of short verse offers poetry lovers an impressive sampling of more than 150 masterpieces spanning over 400 years of English and American literary history. Although short in length (the longest are 24 lines, most 16 lines or less), these poems are long on beauty, power, imagination, and originality.Included are such memorable compositions as John Donne's «Death Be Not Proud,» Shakespeare's «When, in Disgrace with Fortune and Men's Eyes,» «On His Blindness» by John Milton, William Blake's «The Tyger,» Wordsworth's «I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,» Byron's «She Walks in Beauty,» Shelley's «Ozymandias,» as well as works by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manly Hopkins, Amy Lowell, William Butler Yeats, Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes, Dylan Thomas, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and many others.Attractive and inexpensive, this compilation of carefully chosen verse contains many of the most loved, most anthologized poems in the English language. Students, teachers, and any lover of great poetry will treasure this splendid collection. Includes «The Road Not Taken,» «Loveliest of Trees,» and «Ozymandias.»
Favorite Poems of Childhood
Superb treasury of time-honored poetic gems includes Lewis Carroll's «The Walrus and the Carpenter,» Edward Lear's «The Owl and the Pussy-Cat,» Eugene Field's «Wynken, Blynken and Nod,» Emily Dickinson's «I’m Nobody! Who are you?,» Robert Louis Stevenson's «The Swing,» many more. Printed in large, easy-to-read type.
Favorite Christmas Poems
What would Christmas be without such charming and heartwarming poems as «A Visit from St. Nicholas»? That famous poem, also known as «The Night Before Christmas,» is only one of the many sparkling highlights of this festive collection, a rich and varied compilation of yuletide verse that will enchant readers of all ages.These poems range from serious seasonal reflections by Martin Luther («From Heaven Above to Earth I Come») and John Milton («On the Morning of Christ's Nativity») to flights of fancy such as Lewis Carroll's «Christmas Greeting from a Fairy to a Child» and Kenneth Grahame's «Carol of the Field Mice» from The Wind in the Willows. Other contributors include Christina Rossetti, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Hardy, John Donne, Ben Jonson, and Sir Walter Scott. Twenty-five timeless black-and-white etchings, engravings, and drawings enhance this treasury of verse.
English Victorian Poetry
This outstanding, modestly priced anthology presents over 170 poems by the major poets of the 19th century, including Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Robert Browning; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Arthur Hugh Clough; Edward FitzGerald; Matthew Arnold; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Christina Rossetti; Coventry Patmore; George Meredith; William Ernest Henley; Algernon Charles Swinburne; Gerard Manley Hopkins; Rudyard Kipling; and many others. An introduction and brief biographical notes on the poets are included. Includes «The Jumblies» and «Jabberwocky.»
First Spanish Reader
Especially designed for the beginning student, this handy volume helps students learn Spanish by presenting simple, easy-to-read adaptations of classic Spanish stories and other material — with complete faithful English translations on the facing pages.The selections, by significant writers of the past and present (Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Juan José Milla, Eufronio Viscarra, Ricardo Palma, Lope de Rueda, Enrique Amorim, Juan José Arreola, and other noted writers), derive from the best and most genuine Hispanic tradition, and are revealing of the life and psychology of the Spanish-speaking peoples.The dual-language book will enable those readers with the most limited knowledge of the language to enjoy reading in the original Spanish from the very first day of instruction. Vocabularies and exercises are included as special aids for the student.