25 Classic Novels Volume 1 (Great Expectations, Moll Flanders, Siddhartha, Age of Innocence, Ben-Hur, Far from the Madding Crowd, Frankenstein, Howards End, Jane Eyre, Tristram Shandy, Last of the Mohicans, Man in the Iron Mask, Babbitt, +)

by Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, New World Publishers, LLC

Overview

In this series of anthologies, we present 25 classic novels that have long been favorites for reading lists, book clubs, and movie remakes. You get a varied selection of well-loved books by famous authors like Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, and Daniel Defoe. Now you can start delving into all those classics that are still on your "bucket list" of books you've been meaning to read (or maybe reread a few of your old favorites). Sit back and relax with these authors on the bus, airplane, or coffee shop. This is a perfect way to start building up your NOOKbook shelf!

In this volume, you get:

The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maude Montgomery
Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis
Bartleby, the Scrivener, by Herman Melville
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, by Lew Wallace
Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling
The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story, by Horace Walpole
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, by Mark Twain
Far from the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia, by Samuel Johnson
Howards End, by E. M. Forster
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë
Joseph Andrews, by Henry Fielding
The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne
The Man in the Iron Mask, by Alexandre Dumas
Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe
Penguin Island, by Anatole France
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012235183
Publisher:	New World Publishers, LLC
Publication date:	12/23/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	85,581
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

In 1801, George Austen retired from the clergy, and Jane, Cassandra, and their parents took up residence in Bath, a fashionable town Jane liked far less than her native village. Jane seems to have written little during this period. When Mr. Austen died in 1805, the three women, Mrs. Austen and her daughters, moved first to Southampton and then, partly subsidized by Jane's brothers, occupied a house in Chawton, a village not unlike Jane's first home. There she began to work on writing and pursued publishing once more, leading to the anonymous publication of Sense and Sensibility in 1811 and Pride and Prejudice in 1813, to modestly good reviews.

Known for her cheerful, modest, and witty character, Jane Austen had a busy family and social life, but as far as we know very little direct romantic experience. There were early flirtations, a quickly retracted agreement to marry the wealthy brother of a friend, and a rumored short-lived attachment -- while she was traveling -- that has not been verified. Her last years were quiet and devoted to family, friends, and writing her final novels. In 1817 she had to interrupt work on her last and unfinished novel, Sanditon, because she fell ill. She died on July 18, 1817, in Winchester, where she had been taken for medical treatment. After her death, her novels Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published, together with a biographical notice, due to the efforts of her brother Henry. Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral.

Author biography courtesy of Barnes & Noble Books.

Date of Birth:

December 16, 1775

Date of Death:

July 18, 1817

Place of Birth:

Village of Steventon in Hampshire, England

Place of Death:

Winchester, Hampshire, England

Education:

Taught at home by her father