Charles Dickens's 1859 historical novel set in Paris and London in the years prior to the French Revolution, in which French nobleman Charles Darnay renounces his position in order to save the life of a servant.
The voyages of an Englishman carry him to a land of people six inches high, a land of giants, an island of sorcerers, and a land where horses are masters of human-like creatures.
When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life.
Presents stories and artwork from the original Grimm's Fairy Tales, including original classics such as, "Tom Thumb, " "Hansel and Grettel, " "The Frog Prince, " and "Rumpel-Stilts-kin.".
The heroic young D'Artagnan and his noble compatriots Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are pitted against the master of intrigue, Cardinal Richelieu, and the quintessential wicked woman, Lady de Winter.
The orphaned Pip is serving as a blacksmith's apprentice when an unknown benefactor supplies the means for him to be educated in London as a gentleman of "great expectations.".
The mysterious Transylvanian Count Dracula wreaks havoc on young businessman Jonathan Harker, his fianc??e Mina, and several others, and when he is revealed to be a vampire, he must be destroyed at all costs.
