CLASSIC TASTES
A series of slim ChapBooks for busy readers who are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of
classical literature, yet who want to rediscover the esteemed authors for themselves.
Now they can read, regard, appreciate and prize the cherished works of the great authors
in as many days.
Any ChapBook from any category for £4-95
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British Classics
J. A. Barry - 'Selected Sea Tales'
Stories by probably the most highly regarded writer of maritime fiction, bringing to
life not only the creaking yardarms of the great sailing ships, but also the men who
sailed them.
Rupert Brooke - 'Selected Poems'
The voice of Our Glorious Dead - spoken through the words of a young, sensitive, charming,
handsome, young man who became the spirit of his generation.
Lewis Carroll - 'Alice in Wonderland'
The classic children's story which stretches the imagination, as seen through the eyes
of a somewhat bewildered, innocent, little Victorian schoolgirl.
Wilkie Collins - 'Selected Stories'
Created by the 'Father of the English Detective Novel' these stories are full of mystery
and suspense.
Charles Dickens - 'A Christmas Carol'
This is a perennial ghost story of the spirit of Christmas, vividly set against the
background of cruel, harsh Victorian England.
Thomas Hardy - 'Two Wessex Tales'
The beautiful southwest of England is the setting for Thomas Hardy's frank rural stories
of country life.
E. W. Hornung - 'Raffles'
The adventures of an ex-public school, cricket-playing, gentleman burglar, as told by
Bunny, his admiring assistant and ex-fag.
William Shakespeare - 'Venus & Adonis'
This epic poem, probably Shakespeare's most popular work in his day, is a sensuous account
of the courting of the handsome youth, Adonis, by the Goddess of Love herself.
Saki - 'Selected Short Stories'
Sixteen revealing Saki stories told with clever, enlightening English humour at its best,
written with natural ease and charm.
Robert Louis Stevenson - 'Jekyll & Mr. Hyde'
The master story-teller's tale of love/hate, good/evil, beauty and horror which mirrors the
dual personalities which reside in us all.
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American Classics
Bayard Taylor - 'Two Tales'
In these two contrasting but rivetting tales, we see what is probably the best American
example of all-round literary craftsmanship.
Mark Twain - 'Tom Sawyer, Detective'
A humorous tale of folk wisdom in the early days of the United States, portrayed through
the eyes of characters so real that even today they seem surprisingly fresh and modern.
Stephen Crane - 'Maggie - A Girl of the Streets'
A harshly realistic short novel by an early American author shows a tough, warm-hearted,
red-blooded people with a yearning for individual freedom, evolving in the poverty stricken
tenements of New York.
Richard Harding Davis - 'The King's Jackal'
This rattling good adventure story could have only been written by one who has travelled
extensively, like Richard Harding Davis, the American war correspondent.
O. Henry - 'Selected Short Stories'
Twelve stories by America's best-known short story writer, consisting of a rich mixture of
semi-realism, sentiment and surprise endings.
Jack London - 'Selected Stories'
In these 'Call of the Wild' stories set in raw nature, we see man and woman stripped of
the veneer of civilisation, and in their behaviour, we see our primitive selves.
A comprehensive Volume of short American Classics
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