This beautiful and remarkable little wonder of a book includes "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". Wilde is a man remembered for "The Picture of Dorian Gray" - but in many respects, this book (and a couple others like it) are Wilde`s real treasures.
Hans Christian Andersen`s Fairy Tales are like exquisite jewels, drawing from us gasps of recognition and delight. Andersen created intriguing and unique characters — a tin soldier with only one leg but a big heart, a beetle nestled deep in a horse`s mane but harboring high aspirations. Each one of us at some time, has been touched by one of Andersen`s Fairy Tales. Here you`ll find his classic...
Oscar Wilde`s "A House of Pomegranates" is a collection of stories for children each of which is so poignant and exquisite that they are as treasured by adults as they are by children.
Gulliver`s Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the \"travellers tales\" literary sub-genre. It is swift`s best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature.
The Jungle Book is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling.The tales in the book are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle."
Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland is a novel written by English author Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale is filled with allusions to Dodgson.
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate`s fortune.
