HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.''I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.''Bronte''s infamous Gothic novel tells the story of orphan Jane, a child of unfortunate circumstances. Raised and treated badly by her aunt and cousins and eventually sent away to a cruel boarding school, it is not until Jane becomes a governess at Thornfield that she finds happiness. Meek, measured, but determined, Jane soon falls in love with her brooding and stormy master, Mr Rochester, but it is not long before strange and unnerving events occur in the house and Jane is forced to leave Thornfield to pursue her future.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.' In first-century Judea
LITTLE MEN is the delightful unofficial sequel to Louisa May Alcott′s LITTLE WOMEN, reprising the much-cherished characters of the March family and friends, as well as some unforgettable new ones.Jo M
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Second to the right … and then straight on till morning!’ Desperate to hear bedtime stories, Peter Pan waits
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.My Antonia is Willa Cather’s masterpiece about 19th-century Nebraskan pioneers.My Antonia depicts the pioneerin
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘It was unnecessary for all to perish, when, by the death of one, it was possible, and even probable, that the
Bianca is beautiful and demure, with a plethora of would-be suitors, but marriage is forbidden until her older sister Katherina finds a suitable match. The hitch? Fiery Katherina has sworn to deny the
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. "Vaguely she began to wonder ... which of these worldly men round her was the mysterious `Scarlet Pimpernel,'
First published in 1898, Moonfleet is a riveting adventure story full of drama, mystery, revenge, pursuit, smuggling, pirates, and romance, sharing its literary cannon with Treasure Island and Kidnapp
How did the leopard get its spots? Why do the tides ebb and flow? How did the elephant get its trunk? And how was the alphabet made?Rudyard Kipling′s classic collection of fables answers the great que
THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi, written in Florence. It is about the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette, and his poor fath
′Money′s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.′Isabel Archer is a beautiful, intelligent and independent young woman. Brought from America to England by her wealthy Aunt who seeks to
′...when the Green Dragon tore shrieking out of the mouth of its dark lair, which was the tunnel, all three children stood on the railing and waved their pocket-handkerchiefs without stopping to think
′Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!′Dramatic and tragic in mood, King Lear explores a king′s demise into madness and insanity when he is betrayed by two of his manipulative and scheming d
′The better part of valour is discretion.′King Henry IV′s son, Prince Harry is quick-witted yet idle and irresponsible and lives a roguish existence keeping dubious company. However, when the kingdom
′In fact, the fairies had turned him into a water-baby. A water-baby? You never heard of a water-baby. Perhaps not. That is the very reason why this story was written.′Poor Tom is an orphan, employed
′There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.′Considered one of the greatest medieval poems written in the common vernacular of the time, Dante′s Inferno begins on Good
