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The Call of the Wild

Jack London

• Paperback | Engels | American Classics
• Buck recognized the wild brother. He was whining softly, and they touched noses. A second wolf, old and battle-scarred, came forward and sniffed noses... Lees meer

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

• Paperback | Engels | Charles Dickens
• Dickens's classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale i... Lees meer

The Mill on the Floss

George Eliot

• Paperback | Engels | George Eliot
• Why was this feeling of regret so familiar to her? Why must she always wish she had done something different? Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom grow... Lees meer

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy

• Paperback | Engels | Thomas Hardy
• Michael Henchard knew he deserved the pain he felt. Henchard is a handsome farm laborer. When he gets drunk at a country fair, he sells his wife and c... Lees meer

Mahabharata

Veda Vyasa

• Paperback | Engels | Indian Classics | nr. 1
• The rivalry between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, royal cousins fighting for the throne at Hastinapura, will end in a mighty battle, but what is it t... Lees meer

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

• Paperback | Engels
• A guard had stepped back into the path of a train and been crushed beneath the wheels. He had been killed instantly. When Anna Karenina arrives at the... Lees meer

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

• Paperback | Engels | Mystery and Imagination
• Upon the ground around the body were the footprints of a gigantic hound! When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his face distorted with shock and... Lees meer

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

• Paperback | Engels | Brontë Sisters
• Jane Eyre is poor, parentless and plain. Her future looks bleak. Jane's aunt and cousin detest her. Life at Lowood School is cruel and dangerous. What... Lees meer

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

• Paperback | Engels
• Dr Livesey opened up the folded paper - it was a hand-drawn map of a small island. My heart raced as I saw the three crosses in red ink, and next to t... Lees meer

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

• Paperback | Engels | Charles Dickens
• With a hungry, timid request of 'Please, sir. I want some more', orphan Oliver Twist takes his first step on a terrifying journey. In the dark, danger... Lees meer

Mahabharata

Veda Vyasa

• Paperback | Engels | Indian Classics | nr. 2
• In the second book of this exciting three-part series a single roll of the dice reverses the fortunes of the Pandavas. The peaceful years following th... Lees meer

Sindbad the Sailor

• Paperback | Engels
• 'You should hear the remarkable story of my life, for I did not come to where I am now without suffering greatly to reach it. I worked hard in my yout... Lees meer

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

• Paperback | Engels | William Shakespeare
• Viola survives a shipwreck, but she thinks her twin brother Sebastian has died. Alone in a strange country where it isn't safe to be a single girl, Vi... Lees meer

Emma

Jane Austen

• Paperback | Engels | Jane Austen
• Following her governess's marriage, wealthy, spoilt Emma Woodhouse seeks new company and new amusement. Ignoring the warnings of her friend Mr. Knight... Lees meer

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen

• Paperback | Engels | Jane Austen
• At the tender age of ten, Fanny Price moves from her poor family home to live with her wealthy cousins at Mansfield Park. Settling into this proud fam... Lees meer

The Lost World

Arthur Conan Doyle

• Paperback | Engels | Classics of Science Fiction
• 'Dinosaurs are most certainly not extinct. I have seen them.' An incredible claim by the eccentric Professor Challenger leads to an expedition deep in... Lees meer

A Tale of Two Cities: Real Reads

Charles Dickens

• Paperback | Engels | Charles Dickens
• 'It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done.' Sydney Carton is a lawyer who has wasted his abilities and his life. Now he has to ma... Lees meer

Dr Jekyll and MR Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

• Paperback | Engels | Classics of Science Fiction
• When Dr. Henry Jekyll dares to explore the delicate balance between good and evil, he little suspects the destructive powers he will unleash. In Londo... Lees meer

Journey to the West

Wu Cheng'en

• Paperback | Engels | Chinese Classics
• In ancient China a magical monkey appears, creating chaos everywhere he goes. The only way to put his tricks and talents to good use is to make him pr... Lees meer

The Odyssey

Homer

• Paperback | Engels | Greek Classics
• After ten long years of war and the fall of Troy, the Greek hero Odysseus sets sail for his homeland. His voyage, however, is destined to take much lo... Lees meer

Aladdin and His Magic Lamp

• Paperback | Engels
• 'I am not thinking of learning any profession whatsoever.' Though Aladdin's childhood had been full of beauty, comfort and happiness, without any trac... Lees meer

Little Dorrit

Dickens

• Paperback | Engels | Charles Dickens
• 'She? That's Little Dorrit. She's nothing. She's just a whim.' Poor Little Dorrit. Her future looks as bleak as her past and her present. Born and bro... Lees meer

The Awakening

Kate Chopin

• Paperback | Engels | American Classics
• What price will Edna Pontellier pay to be free? She seems to have everything she needs - her loving husband Léonce, two beautiful children, and a wond... Lees meer

The Riddle of the Sands

Erskine Childers

• Paperback | Engels | World War I
• 'It seems pretty clear to me that sooner or later we'll be at war with Germany, whether we like it or not.' Carruthers is looking forward to a relaxin... Lees meer