Once there was a king with eleven sons and one daughter Elise. After the king marries a witch, the witch turns all of the sons into swans. Follow this fascinating tale of sacrifice and dedication by Elise to save her brothers from the spell of the evil witch.
Follow the adventures of three brothers: Nicholas, Peter and Ivan as they search for fame and fortune. The youngest son, Ivan discovers a mountain of salt on the high seas and meets a beautiful princess during the journey. What will happen to Ivan when his jealous brothers set him adrift in a small boat and steal his wealth and his princess?
This is classic from G. C. Verplanck, Editor, published in New York: Harper & Brothers. 790 pages Shakespeare - Complete Tragedies Content: Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Cymbeline, Timon of Athens, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, Titus Andronicus, Pericles
Edited by G. C. Verplanck New York: Harper & Brothers. 1847
New York Times bestseller Philip Pullman retells the world’s best-loved fairy tales on their 200th anniversary Two centuries ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children’s and Household Tales. Now Philip Pullman, one of the most accomplished authors of our time, makes us fall in love all over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm.
Fyodor Dostoevsky completed his final novel— The Brothers Karamazov—in 1880. A work of universal appeal and significance, his exploration of good and evil immediately gained an international readership and today “remains harrowingly alive in the face of our present day worries, paradoxes, and joys,” observes Dostoevsky scholar Robin Feuer Miller.
