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1) "Captains courageous"

Author

Kipling, Rudyard

Series

World's classics
Signet Classic
Bantam classic

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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Harvey Cheyne, the son of a millionaire, learns lessons about life, responsibility, determination, and self-reliance when, saved from drowning by a fishing schooner, he is forced to share the life and hard work of his rescuers.

2) Arrowsmith

Author

Lewis, Sinclair

Series

Harcourt modern classics
Signet classic volume CE 2691

Language

English

3) The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

New Folger Library Shakespeare
Works
Signet classics CD169. The Signet classic Shakespeare

Language

English

Description

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This edition includes edited text based on the best early printed version of the play, with full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, and a key to famous lines and passages that make the Bard come to life for all readers.

4) The taming of the shrew

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

World's classics
New Cambridge Shakespeare
New Folger Library Shakespeare
Pelican Shakespeare
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Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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The complete text with explanations and an easy translation to help you understand the play.

5) The call of the wild: and selected stories

Author

London, Jack

Series

Signet classic

Publisher

New American Library

Pub. Date

[1960]

Physical Desc

176 pages ; 18 cm.

Language

English

6) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court

Author

Twain, Mark

Series

World's best reading
Works
Books of wonder
A Signet classic
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Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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A blow to the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D., where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom.

7) Candide, Zadig, and selected stories

Author

Voltaire

Series

Signet Classic

Language

English

Description

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An essential collection from Voltaire, a pillar of Western literature -- includes his masterpiece and best-known work Candide, as well as his novel Zadig and fourteen short stories.

8) The troll garden

Author

Cather, Willa

Series

Signet classics volume CD31

Language

English

9) Carmen, Colomba, and selected stories

Author

Mérimée, Prosper

Series

Signet classic CP180

Publisher

New American Library

Pub. Date

[1963]

Physical Desc

286 pages ; 19 cm.

Language

English

10) The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

Author

Twain, Mark

Series

A Signet classic

Publisher

New American Library

Pub. Date

[1964]

Physical Desc

175 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Language

English

11) The housewarming: and other selected writings

Author

Tagore, Rabindranath

Series

A Signet classic CT305

Publisher

New American Library

Pub. Date

[1965]

Physical Desc

318 pages : portraits ; 18 cm.

Language

English

12) Ward six and other stories

Author

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich

Series

Signet classic volume CT290

Publisher

New American Library

Pub. Date

[1965]

Physical Desc

399 pages ; 18 cm.

Language

English

13) Selected prose and poetry

Author

Leopardi, Giacomo

Series

A Signet classic

Publisher

New American Library

Pub. Date

[1967]

Physical Desc

283 pages : facsimiles, portraits ; 18 cm.

Language

English

14) The wanderer: or, The end of youth (Le grand Meaulnes)

Author

Alain-Fournier

Series

A Signet classic

Publisher

New American Library

Pub. Date

[1971]

Physical Desc

223 pages ; 18 cm.

Language

English

15) Gulliver's travels

Author

Swift, Jonathan

Series

Signet classic
Everyman's library volume 26
World's great classics
Graphic Revolve Common Core Editions
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Language

English

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The Great American Read

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eComic, Large Print

Description

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The wayward traveler -- Lemuel Gulliver -- ends up on a series of bizarrely populated islands. First he is a giant among little people, but then sees the situation reversed when he's surrounded by giants twelve times his size. Next he finds himself in the clouds, in a society of devoted but ultimately hapless mathematicians. Lastly, his journey brings him to an island where incredibly noble horses must deal with a race of uncouth, reviled ape-men:...

16) Walden, or, Life in the woods ; and, On the duty of civil disobedience

Author

Thoreau, Henry David

Series

A Signet classic volume CE 2377

Language

English

17) The misanthrope and other plays

Author

Molière

Series

Signet classic volume CE 2415

Publisher

Penguin

Pub. Date

1981.

Physical Desc

xv, 507 pages ; 18 cm.

Language

English

18) Different seasons

Author

King, Stephen

Series

[A Signet classic]

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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A collection of four tales of outlandish, commonplace, and surprising terror.

19) The house of the seven gables: a romance

Author

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Series

Oxford pocket classics
A Signet classic

Language

English

Description

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This is a classic tale of a house cursed through the centuries by a man hung for witchcraft, and haunted by the ghosts of its sinful dead.

20) The voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Author

Lofting, Hugh

Series

Sterling classics
Signet classic
Books of wonder
Doctor Dolittle
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Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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Presents the story of the good doctor who learned the language of animals and made adventurous voyages. Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the most amazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal. Told by nine-and-a-half-year-old Tommy Stubbins, crewman and future naturalist, the voyages of Doctor Dolittle and his company lead them to Spidermonkey Island. Along with his faithful friends, Polynesia the parrot and Chee-Chee the monkey,...

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1) "Captains courageous"

2) Arrowsmith

3) The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

4) The taming of the shrew

5) The call of the wild: and selected stories

6) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court

7) Candide, Zadig, and selected stories

8) The troll garden

9) Carmen, Colomba, and selected stories

10) The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

11) The housewarming: and other selected writings

12) Ward six and other stories

13) Selected prose and poetry

14) The wanderer: or, The end of youth (Le grand Meaulnes)

15) Gulliver's travels

16) Walden, or, Life in the woods ; and, On the duty of civil disobedience

17) The misanthrope and other plays

18) Different seasons

19) The house of the seven gables: a romance

20) The voyages of Doctor Dolittle

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