When a poor cousin, Fanny Price, comes to live at the estate of the sophisticated Bertram family, she suffers both from the condescension of her haughty relatives and from the hopeless love she bears for their youngest son.

Occasionally thoughtless, always headstrong, and constantly meddling in the affairs of her friends, Emma is a character for the ages. Hers is a story that has seamlessly translated to contemporary life. Sparkling with rare literary energy, Emma is a comedy of manners, depicting the self-contained world of 19th-century English life.

After being swept overboard from an ocean liner, fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne, spoiled son of a millionaire, is rescued by New England fishermen who put him to work on their boat.

Mowgli, adopted by wolves, learns the natural order of life through his adventures with animal friends and enemies, including Akela the wolf, Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, Shere Khan the tiger, Kaa the python, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose, and many more.

This book consists of "Paradise Lost," which tells the story of man's first disobedience and the loss of Eden, and "Paradise Regained," which tells of Jesus' triumphant resistance to Satan's temptation, regaining the Paradise lost by Adam and Eve.

When Black Beauty was born one sweet spring day, he could not have imagined the life ahead of him. Following his mother's advice to do his work with a good will, he enjoys the adventures of country and city life, makes new friends, and suffers from the cruelty and greed of his human masters. Beauty faces each challenge with bravery and kindness -- and then a chance encounter with an old friend brings him the greatest joy of all. Anna Sewell's classic...

An unabridged edition of nineteenth-century American author Louisa May Alcott's novel about four New England sisters who come of age during the Civil War, which also includes discussion questions and activity ideas for reading groups.