The character of Peter Pan first came to life in the stories J. M. Barrie told to five brothers — three of whom were named Peter, John, and Michael. Peter Pan is considered one of the greatest childrens stories of all time and continues to charm readers one hundred years after its first appearance as […]
The timeless adventure From young Jim Hawkins??s first encounter with the sinister Blind Pew to the climactic battle with the most memorable villain in literature, Long John Silver,?ÿTreasure Island?ÿcontinues to thrill generations of readers.
Part wolf and part dog, orphaned White Fang relies on his instincts as well as his inborn strength and courage to survive in the Yukon wilderness—despite both animal and human predators—and eventually comes to make his peace with man.
…so rasch und leicht das Schicksal diese Frau auf die h??chsten H??hen des Gl?¬cks emporrei??t: umso rafiniert grausamer, umso langsamer l????t es sie dann fallen.” Als Erzherzogin von ??sterreich geboren, wurde die gerade einmal vierzehnj??hrige Marie Antointte an den sp??teren franz??sischen K??nig Ludwig XVI. verheiratet. Ein Leben gepr??gt von Luxus, Prunk und Verschwendung; eine Frau […]
A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to?ÿBlack Beauty?ÿthroughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewells classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if […]
At once satiric and magical, rich in philosophy and astonishing adventure, “Gullivers Travels” transports children into worlds unknown. The entire voyage is seen through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, a ships surgeon whose amazing account begins with a shipwreck on the high seas and continues as he encounters a race of miniature people known as […]
Since its publication in 1946, George Orwells fable of a workers revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingways?ÿThe Old Man and the Sea?ÿas the Shortest Serious Novel Its OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwells intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism,?ÿAnimal Farm?ÿis a […]
The battle for Stalingrad became the focus of Hitler and Stalins determination to win the gruesome, vicious war on the eastern front. The citizens of Stalingrad endured unimaginable hardship; the battle, with fierce hand-to-hand fighting in each room of each building, was brutally destructive to both armies. But the eventual victory of the Red Army, […]
Purchase one of 1st World Librarys Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG – Of Mans first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our […]
With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth century […]
Virgils great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission. The Aeneid is Virgils masterpiece. His epic poem recounts the story of Romes legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion. This optimistic vision is accompanied by and undertow of sadness at the […]
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“The Moonstone is a page-turner,” writes Carolyn Heilbrun. “It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and singular.” Wilkie Collins??s spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre??the detective mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally […]
“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buend??a was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” It is typical of Gabriel Garc??a M?rquez that it will be many pages before his narrative circles back to the ice, and many chapters before the hero of One […]
Despite its lascivious reputation, the pleasures of Lolita are as much intellectual as erogenous. It is a love story with the power to raise both chuckles and eyebrows. Humbert Humbert is a European intellectual adrift in America, haunted by memories of a lost adolescent love. When he meets his ideal nymphet in the shape of […]