allegories

"In The Farmer and His Sons, Aesop and his troupe teach their audience about the value of a hard days work. They learn that hard work is its own reward."--Provided by publisher.

Dr. Jekyll, a genteel, respectable London physician is transformed into Mr. Hyde, a foul-tempered, uncouth degenerate.

Hate, violence, and death climax the struggle for power between a patient in a mental institution and the head nurse.

When overweight Billy Halleck accidentally hits a gypsy woman as she is crossing the street, he senses a curse upon him as he begins to lose weight and it continues until he fears for his life.

In this allegory, the author's reaction to the Holocaust, the animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, by the Terrible Things, not realizing that if perhaps they would all stick together and not look the other way, such terrible things might not happen.

A political satire in which the animals take over running the farm, but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.

In the Great Field, bounded on three sides by a broad bend in a river, on the other side by wilderness, there are many tents, and inside those tents are people hoping for the promise of great days in the future. However, with the arrival of more people setting up camp in the lush pastures, resources becomes scarce, emotions run high, and change threatens the delectate balance of the Great Field.

A political satire in which the animals take over running the farm, but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.

Illustrates man's struggle against bureaucracy through the story of K, a land-surveyor who is obsessed with reaching the castle.

An illustrated translation of Renaissance poet Dante Alighieri's story of a man who makes his way through the torment of Hell in search of Paradise.