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This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Imagine Mrs. Burnett saying to herself: "I think I will rewrite Little Lord Fauntleroy for grown-up readers, but instead of having him the carefully nurtured son of a refined and loving mother, he shall have had the harsher training of Dick the bootblack, a product of the New York streets."...

In the first place, Miss Minchin lived in London. Her home was a large, dull, tall one, in a large, dull square, where all the houses were alike, and all the sparrows were alike, and where all the door-knockers made the same heavy sound, and on still days—and nearly all the days were still—seemed...

This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: "The Boats of the Glen Carrig" – The ship "Glen Carrig" gets lost at sea when it strikes "a hidden rock" and several survivors escape the wreck in two...

Crowning the heights on the outskirts of a certain town on the east coast is a large, iron water-tank from which an isolated row of small villas obtains its supply. The top of this tank has been cemented, and round it have been placed railings, thus making of it a splendid “look-out” for any of...

Telling the story of a dying Earth, The Night Land begins with a man from the 17th century who, mourning the death of his true love, is given a vision through the eyes his future incarnation. In that distant time Earth is only dimly lit by the remaining glow of the dead Sun. The last millions of the...

James Trip Bonham, Jr. was born rich. He grew up with his family in the swanky Holmby Hills of California. He went to college and had no idea what he wanted to be. After all, he didnt need to work; he was a trust-fund kid. In college, though, Trip found unexpected direction, and his direction was...

Ysobel è una ragazzina timida e minuta che non ha mai conosciuto i genitori e vive, assieme ai tutori Jean Braidfute e Angus Macayre, in un castello dall’aspetto austero immerso nella desolata brughiera scozzese. Fin dall’infanzia, la bambina mostra di essere dotata di un particolare “dono”...

Romanzo di formazione, nel quale la viziata Mary Lennox compirà una graduale maturazione alla scoperta dei piccoli valori e le gioie della vita nella brughiera dello Yorkshire tanto da renderla capace di ridare coraggio ed un senso alla vita del cuginetto Colin e riportando la pace nell'animo dell'enigmatico zio. Libro in lingua originale inglese con traduzione in italiano.

Romanzo che narra di Cedric Errol, un ragazzo di 7 anni, che divenuto improvvisamente erede universale delle fortune della famiglia, è costretto a lasciare l'amata New York per essere educato all'aristocrazia in Inghilterra presso il burbero nonno. Attraverso l'infinita bontà del proprio animo riuscirà...

Primi anni del Novecento. Uno degli scambi più frequenti tra le due sponde dell'Atlantico è quello tra titoli nobiliari e grandi patrimoni. Sir Nigel Anstruthers, un nobiluomo inglese ridotto in miseria, si reca a New York in cerca di ricchezza e incontra Rosalie Vanderpoel, diciannovenne ingenua,...