Charles Dickens is known not only for his novels, but also for his short stories, particularly "A Christmas Carol."

In a rich and riveting narrative, Jane Dunn reveals the extraordinary rivalry between regal cousins....

The House of the Seven Gables was Hawthorne's follow-up to The Scarlet Letter. The book tells the story of an evil house, cursed by a man who was hanged centuries before for witchcraft. The house is haunted by the ghosts of its past, and wrapped in the fear of the living.

One of Ireland's best current novelists provides a thumbnail sketch of Ireland's greatest writer....

Young Cedric Errol lives in poverty in New York with his mother. When his father, who was disinherited for marrying an American, dies, Cedric is summoned to his grandfather's English estate.

The story of a woman who, after marriage, found herself unhappy with rural, genteel existence, longs for love and excitement. Her aspirations and desires lead her in a tragic downward spiral.

Fraser's lavish and engaging portrait of Marie Antoinette, one of the most recognizable women in European history, excites compassion and regard for all aspects of her subject, immersing the listener not only in the coming-of-age of a graceful woman, but also in the unraveling of an era.

Northanger Abbey was written in 1798, but it was not published until after Jane Austen’s death.

Follow Wendy, Michael, and John Darling as they embark on an adventure with Peter Pan, the boy who...

Peter Pan, the boy who refuses to grow up, flies into the home of a proper middle-class family to look for his shadow.

This collection will demonstrate just why Washington Irving is widely recognized as the "Father of American Literature”.

A patriot and a mystic, an unruly activist plagued by self-doubt, a pampered intellectual with a credo of manual labor, and an ascetic who craved sensuous beauty....

Through the Looking Glass is a sequel of sorts to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published seven years after in 1872. Alice, now slightly older, walks through a mirror into the Looking-Glass House and immediately becomes involved in a strange game of chess.