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Mrs. Wiggs copes with poverty and many problems with a valiant spirit and a loving heart. In the accompanying piece, Lovey Mary learns much from Mrs. Wiggs' outlook on life.

In A Child's Garden of Verses, Stevenson catches the spirit of childhood in such charming poems as "At the Seaside", "Foreign Lands", "Bed In Summer", "The Land of Counterpane", and many more. Recipient of a 1983 Parents Choice Award.

This treasure trove includes "Peter Rabbit", "The Tailor of Gloucester", "Squirrel Nutkin", "Two Bad Mice", "Mrs. Tiggy Winkle", "Benjamin Bunny", "Jeremy Fisher", "Jemimah Puddleduck", "The Flopsy Bunnies", "Ginger and Pickles", and "Mr. Toad".

Haunting memories of the sins of the father and Oswald's heredity are the moving themes of this drama

Chris' "shell shock" blocks out fifteen years of his life as he returns home to his wife, only to remember and revisit Margaret, the earlier love of his life. The plot of this book takes place during World War I, but the consequences of battle are just as devastating today.

This brilliant novel depicts cultural clashes between a middle-class English family and a penniless Italian. His marriage to a young widow from Sawston leads to a tumultuous situation within the family.

In Miss Austen's delightful spoof on the Gothic novel, a young girl attempts to improve her life with her lively imagination.

In the grand finale to the Barchester novels, the proud curate Mr. Crawley is accused of theft, and many familiar characters take sides. Bishop and Mrs. Proudie, Archdeacon and Mrs. Grantly, Reverend Harding, the Thornes, the Greshams, Lady Lufton, Johnny Eames, and Lily Dale are among those involved in this tale of pathos, intrigue, and love, which frequently leads to laughter.

This charming novel, one of Trollope's most popular, is full of love and laughter. Will Frank Gresham, heir to an impoverished estate, marry penniless Mary Thorne despite the protests of all of his family? Should Doctor Thorne divulge a secret that may make all of the difference?

In this great tragedy, Macbeth's ambition to fulfill the three witches' prophecy that he will become King of Scotland spurs him and his wife to assassinate King Duncan. But for persistant ghosts, Lady Macbeth's conscience, and the vengeance of Duncan's son, they might have gotten away with murder!

In this, Willa Cather's first novel, a successful bridge builder is torn between his beloved, charming wife and a beautiful Irish actress who had been his first love and has now returned to enchant and disrupt his life.

This classic satirical novel portrays Babbitt as a materialistic, hypocritical, and self-important middle-aged realtor. His brief romantic encounter and an attempt at liberalism are curbed by fear of criticism, forcing him to conform to the wills of his fellow citizens and club members.

The themes of man's inhumanity to man, as well as man pitted against the violence of nature, are vividly exposed in this sampling of Jack London's short stories. The titles included in this collection are "Love of Life", "Batard", "The House of Mapuhi", and "Mauki".

At the turn of the century, the short story form gained enormous popularity. As readers looked for diversion and entertainment, they found the attraction of a good tale irresistible—especially when the action was packed into a few pages instead of a hundred. Here are three timeless stories...

Sometimes humorous, sometimes ironic and sometimes terrifying, the stories in this collection include: "The Lumber Room", "The Interlopers", "Shock Tactics", "Down Pens", "Mrs. Packletide's Tiger", "Laura", "The Seven Cream Jugs", "The Bag", "Srendi Vashtar", "The Lull", "Dusk", "The Boar-Pig", "The Phantom Luncheon", "The Hen" and "Tobermory".

The kindly vicar's idyllic life in a country parsonage is suddenly devastated by many misfortunes. Even when jailed, however, he keeps his faith uppermost. This and his nobility of spirit help to bring justice to himself, his wife, and his children.

An orphan, reared in a workhouse, runs away to London where he is captured by a gang of thieves. The leering Artful Dodger, the murderous Bill Sikes and the master thief Fagin are just some of the unforgettable characters in thsi heart-rendering tale.

The book The Language of Flowers, an uncle who writes about magic and a wonderful garden combine to create spells and wonders in the lives of four very imaginative children.

The mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel's daring rescues of French nobility from the threat of the guillotine and the evil Chauvelin's efforts to track him down are all part of the intrigue in this swashbuckling adventure.

These are the valiant and lyrically descriptive letters, written in 1873, by Isabella Bird, a courageous and spirited Englishwoman, telling her sister of her adventures on horseback over 800 miles of American wilderness.