Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus: With Supplementary Essays and Poems from the Twentieth Century by Orchises Pr $6.00
Dr. Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the charnel-houses to construct a "human" being, and then gives it life. The creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength, is revolting to look at, and frightens all who see it. Lonely and miserable, it comes to hate its creator. The monster murders Frankenstein's...
Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1 (Dodo Press) by Dodo Press $18.99
Large Format for easy reading. Volume one of his complete works in five volumes from one of the leaders of the American Romantics, best known for his poems and his tales of the macabre.
The Mouse and the Christmas Cake (ILLUSTRATED) by Uplifting Publications $0.99
Christmas
Ethics by Public Domain Books $0.00
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
Paradise Lost (Modern Library Classics) by William Kerrigan $12.00
Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. FallonJohn Milton’s Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the clash between God and his fallen angel, Satan, is a profound meditation on fate, free will, and divinity, and one of the most beautiful works in world literature. Extracted from the Modern Library’s highly acclaimed The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton, this...
Aesop's Fables Pb (A Classic Illustrated Edition) by Pavilion Childrens Books
"Aesop's Fables" was one of the first illustrated books ever published and in the subsequent five centuries literally hundreds of editions have appeared. The popular fables in this book have been selected from the many versions published in Great Britain, Europe and the United States during the past 150 years and feature interpretations by both well-known and less familiar artists. Among them are...
Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 2 (Dodo Press) by Dodo Press $13.99
Large Format for easy reading. Volume two of his complete works in five volumes from one of the leaders of the American Romantics, best known for his poems and his tales of the macabre.
The Importance of Being Earnest by Ensemble Cast $22.95
Known as one of the greatest comedies written in English, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest attacks Victorian manners and morals in what can only be described as the most maliciously delicious way. A witty satire of Victorian social hypocrisy, Wilde pulls the strings on his cast of late-Victorian characters making them appear, first and foremost, exactly as they are—superficial,...
The Raven and Other Favorite Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) by Dover Publications $2.50
Features 41 of Poe's most memorable poems — among them "The Bells," "Ulalume," "Israfel," "To Helen," "The Conqueror Worm," "Eldorado" and "Annabel Lee" — reveal the extraordinary spectrum of Poe's personality and his virtuoso command of poetic language, rhythms and figures of speech. Alphabetic lists of titles and first lines.
Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 3 (Dodo Press) by Dodo Press $20.99
Large Format for easy reading. Volume three of his complete works in five volumes from one of the leaders of the American Romantics, best known for his poems and his tales of the macabre.