The Fairy Books, or Coloured Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour.

The Fairy Books, or Coloured Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour.

H. G. Wells' A Modern Utopia is a fusion of fiction and philosophy.

If the reading of this little book encourages any on their pilgrim way; if it arouses them to greater diligence.

H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world.

Catherine, a seventeen year old girl, travels with her family to Bath and makes many new acquaintance, including two young men who pursue her.

Lady Susan is the only full novel written by Jane Austen that was not published in her lifetime.

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.

Death consists in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing.

Knut Hamsun's novel The Growth of the Soil won the Norwegian writer a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.

Dead Souls is a socially critical black comedy.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a novel in three parts, written as a letter from Gilbert Markham to his brother-in-Law.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz chronicles the adventure of Dorothea in the land of Oz.

Jules Verne's classic science fiction story Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Ozma of Oz is the fourth book in Baum's Oz series.

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood retells the legends of the English outlaw Robin Hood, adapting the old ballads to be read by children.

The Professor was the first novel Charlotte Bronte wrote, but was only published posthumously.

Doctor Dolittle takes on an apprentice, Tommy Stubbins, as they set out to find Long Arrow, the world's greatest naturalist.

Darwin consolidated a lifetime of work in On the Origin of Species, compiling his discoveries from the voyage of the Beagle, his experiments, research and correspondence.

You, my love, will be poor, so as to be more like all other women. In order for us to live together I shall work all day and so be your servant.