Michael Henchard, an unemployed farmhand, gets drunk and sells his wife and baby daughter, but nineteen years later, when he is the Mayor of Casterbridge, his past is brought back to haunt him, when they return, and his success is undone.
After Arkady returns home with his cynical friend Bazarov, Arkady's father and uncle, already angry over the peasant uprising, become more and more angry at Bazarov's outspoken nihilism.
Collects two novels by Herbert George Wells, and features "The Time Machine, " in which a scientist invents a machine that transports him into the future; and "The Invisible Man, " which describes the experiences of a man who watches as his body slowly becomes invisible.
Contains nearly three hundred of Aesop's moral tales, including "The Hare and the Tortoise, " "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, " and "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.".