Since the 1922 publication of Babbitt, its eponymous antiheroa prosperous real estate broker and relentless social climber inhabiting a Midwestern town called Zenithhas become a symbol of stultifying
Outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor comes alive in this classic epic of the Scottish borderlands. The narrative follows the adventures of Frank Osbaldistone, a businessman’s son who falls out of favor with his f
Upton Sinclair's classic revelatory novel about turn-of-the-century business and immigrant labor practices--with an afterword by Dr. Barry Sears, the New York Times bestselling author of The Zone.Jurg
As Moll Flanders struggles for survival amid the harsh social realities of seventeenth-century England, there is but one thing she is determined to avoid: the deadly snare of poverty. On the twisting
Fleeing an unhappy past in England, penniless Lucy Snowe starts life anew at a boarding school in cosmopolitan Villette, a stand-in for Brussels. The mystery, jealousy, and love that she finds there g
The latest addition ot the Charming Classic series includes a paperback edition of Little Women, the first American children’s novel to become a classic, and a beautiful gold-tone cameo. This timeless
A compendium of more of the world's classics. A splendid array of pieces that, over the years, have captured the imagination of music lovers, as well as a variety of lesser-known pieces that are no l
(Music Sales America). A compendium of the world's most beloved guitar classics. Includes 116 favorites including Greensleeves, Bach's Bouree, Tarrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Albeniz's Leyenda and
An illustrated volume of storybook and holiday songs, lullabies, marches, and rounds. Easy-to-read lyrics, piano arrangments, and guitar chords. Includes: Simple Simon * Take Me Out to the Ballgame *
THE WORLD’S GREATEST WAR NOVELHumans and gods wrestling with towering emotions. Men fighting to the death amid devastation and destruction. Perhaps the Western world’s first and best storyteller, Home
Edith Wharton's classic novel, The House of Mirth, is a brillaint expose of the pretense and greed of fashionable New York Society.In The House of Mirth, which helped to establish Edith Wharton’s lite
This chillingly prophetic examination of terrorism by the author of Heart of Darkness is the literary precursor to the espionage thrillers of Graham Greene and John Le Carre.Inspired by an actual atte
?I’ve had a most amazing time....” So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey eight hundred thousand years beyond his own era?and the story that launched H. G. Wells’
A collection of stories by the author of The Yellow Wallpaper features the complete text of "Herland" and such short stories as "Mrs. Elder's Idea" and "The Unexpected." Reissue.
Both embodiment and victim of the self-satisfied nineteenth-century French bourgeoisie, Emma Bovary lives in pursuit of something more, like the world depicted in the romance novels that have come to
?Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life.” Kate Chopin was enjoying wide popularity as a writer, mainly of short stories, w
A new edition of Henry James's classic novel featuring a new afterword. Milly Theale, an American heiress in London, is young, hungry for life, and terminally ill. There she meets the dazzling beauty
“Don Quixote, a lanky scarecrow of a man with his withered face and lantern jaw, dons his rusty armour and mounts his ramshackle steed, Rozinante. With lance couched he still rides through our lives,
The story of Victor Frankenstein and the monstrous creature he created has held readers spellbound ever since it was published almost two centuries ago. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and stea
Centering on a conflict between a self-made millionaire and an idealistic reformer in turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York, A Hazard of New Fortunes insightfully renders the complexities of the Amer
THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME—NOW WITH A NEW AFTERWORD.Homer’s Odyssey has been called “the first novel,” “the first expression of the mind in literary form,” and “the best story ever written.” W
Around the World in Eighty DaysJules VerneOn October 2, 1872, an English gentleman makes a remarkable wager: He can travel around the entire world in a mere eighty days. Thus begins Jules Verne’s clas
A gentle linen weaver is accused of a heinous crime. Exiling himself, he becomes a recluse, only to find redemption in his love for an abandoned child who mysteriously appears one day in his isolated
Emigrating from Bohemia to Black Hawk, Nebraska, with her family, Antonia discovers no white-framed farmhouse or snug barn. Instead, the cultured Shimerda family finds itself huddled in a primitive so
The timeless adventure From young Jim Hawkins's first encounter with the sinister Blind Pew to the climactic battle with the most memorable villain in literature, Long John Silver, Treasure Island con
The Rise of Silas Lapham was the first important novel to center on the American businessman and the first to treat its theme with a realism that foreshadowed the work of modern writers. In his story
One of the first great British novels, Samuel Richardson’s classic tale became a legend to his own age and remains so today. Defying her parents’ desire for her to marry a loathsome man for his wealth
A lonely island in the Pacific. The sinister scientist who rules it. And the strange beings who dwell there? This is the scenario for H. G. Wells’s haunting classic, one of his most intriguing and
Regarded as one of the greatest dramas ever written, this story of the silver-tongued soldier whose unfortunate looks drive him to woo his love by speaking for his handsome but dull-witted rival is
McTeague is the story of a poor dentist scraping by in San Francisco at the end of the 19th century, and his wife Trina, whose $5,000 lottery winning sets in motion a shocking chain of events. Few
Here is Stephen Crane's masterpiece, The Red Badge of Courage, together with four of his most famous short stories. Outstanding in their portrayal of violent emotion and quiet tension, these texts led
A compendium of classic solos for the flute. This expansive volume contains the great masterpieces of the world's foremost composers. Over 50 favorite flute solos with full piano accompaniment and a
A compendium of classic solos for the violin. This expansive volume contains the great masterpieces of the world's foremost composers. Over 50 favourite violin solos with full piano accompaniment and
Plunkitt of Tammany HallA Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical PoliticsWilliam L. RiordanNobody thinks of drawin’ the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft.”This classic work of
From Amanda Flower—who writes the national bestselling Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries as Isabella Alan—comes the first in the new Magical Bookshop Mystery series.Rushing home to sit by her ailing grandmot
The true diversity of the American experience comes to life in this superlative collection. A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682), perhaps the first American
The first of the five Leatherstocking tales recalls Natty Bumpo's adventures as a young man among the Delaware Indians of New York State where he must engage in tribal warfare, forcing him to kill the
A spiral bound collection of the world's finest ragtime and blues piano classics. This expansive volume contains the best of Scott Joplin's piano rags, as well as his masterful collaborations with Sc
