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Jane Eyre was an immediate bestseller, and most critics liked it. One reviewer wrote It is one of the most powerful domestic romances which have been published for many years.Jane Eyre is an orphan, a...

Poor orphan Jane Eyre lives an unhappy childhood. Hated by her guardian aunt and cousins, she is sent to the strict and loveless Lowood School. But life at school improves, though Jane still longs for...

"Everybody knows that it is true that any rich, single man must definitely want a wife. And, of course, all mothers think this rich, single man is the perfect partner for one or another of their daugh...

Dickens famous Christmas story shows us the difficult lives of the poor, but it is also a story of hope, where the future can be better. Ebenezer Scrooge loves only one thing - money. He has no friend...

The novellas impact is such that it has become a part of the language.Jekyll is a famous London doctor, but something unusual is happening in his house. Who is his strange young friend? Why does Jekyl...

O livro reúne três contos do norte-americano Edgar Allan Poe, mestre da literatura gótica. Os contos exploram o lado o lado obscuro da mente humana e levam o leitor a uma viagem pela loucura, obsessão...

Written 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative...

Voted America´s Best-Loved Novel in PBS´s The Great American Read Harper Lee´s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of bli...

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."In this reader you will find nine of Edgar Allan Poes most famous stories of mystery and suspense. They...

Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television...

Maya Angelou´s unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS´s American Masters. Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. ...

A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling series of murders. Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful haven for the elite. But when one of it...

After many more days and nights of study, I discovered exactly how life was created. With this knowledge I became the first man in history to have the power to create life from death.Victor Frankenste...

Jonathan Swifts best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. Gulliver is a doctor on a ship. He travels from England to many places. He meets little people and giants, he meets pe...

Crusoes father wants him to lead an ordinary honest life at home, but Crusoe wants nothing more than to travel around the world. His first voyage is a disaster but he survives and instead of returning...

One of the most widely-read books worldwide. Moby Dick is the saga of Captain Ahab and his continuous pursuit of Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed him during their last encounter.Ismael, a y...

Why do swings swing? Why do swings stop swinging? What makes things change direction? You can find the answers to these and other questions about movement in Why Do Swings Swing?

Here is the Pulitzer Prize-winning, National Book Award-winning, Oprah-anointed, #1 New York Times bestselling novel that explores America´s troubled racial past as only Colson Whitehead can--and has ...

Romeo Montague was in love with Juliet Capulet. He went over to her. I dont know who you are he said. But I know that I love you. Youre very handsome, she replied. I think I love you too. Romeo kissed...

After I had accepted the position and agreed to his condition, I had two or three very bad days. I was full of doubts, sure I had made a terrible mistake. I was in this state of mind as I sat in the u...

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick One of the most famous and beloved mysteries from The Queen of Suspense—Agatha Christie—now a Lifetime TV movie. "Ten . . ." Ten strangers are lured to an isol...

"Theres daggers in mens smiles" Act II, Sc. IIIMacbeth is a brave general, loyal to King Duncan and to Scotland. Until, that is, he meets three evil witches after a battle against King Duncans enemies...

Suddenly, in the darkness, there was a terrible, low howl and it came from the moor. "The hound!" cried Holmes.An old family document says that everyone who lives at Baskerville Hall is in danger from...

Great Expectations depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip. Pip is born poor, but one day his life mysteriously changes. He is sent to London to learn to become a gentleman....

This collection of six excerpts takes the reader through a variety of landscapes which are both challenging and exhilirating. From the desert conditions of Mexico to the frozen land of the Northern Li...

Scott Fitzgeralds third novel was published in 1925 and has justifiably become a 20th century literary classic.Topics Love, SocietyGatsby? asked Daisy urgently. What Gatsby? Could it be the same young...

´The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner´ is the story of Bree Tanner, a newborn vampire first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the world she inhabits. The novella chronicles the newborn vam...

A series of twenty non-fiction science readers which engages children in the world around them. Why do spiders live in webs? Where do otters sleep? Why do bees make hives?