A young man wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant beetle-like insect. He becomes an object of disgrace to his family and an alienated man.
An English translation of the nineteenth-century French play about Cyrano de Bergerac, a brilliant swordsman who hides his love for his cousin Roxane out of fear she will reject him because of his enormous nose.
When a man is approached by Death and told his has one day before he will stand before God to receive a reckoning of his life, he gathers together anyone who will be able to help him while he is being judged.
An anthology of classic American short stories by authors such as Edgar Allen Poe and Mark Twain. Includes reader's notes and a glossary to make the stories accessible to modern readers.
