Anatole France (1844-1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers.
Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie Française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature “in recognition of his... [click here for more]
This book is a compilation of several other works, pulled together under the umbrella title of The Childen's Christmas Story MEGAPACK®.
It includes the complete text of "The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories," selected and edited by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner (originally published in 1913) to which we have added "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,"... [click here for more]
The Horatio Alger MEGAPACK® presents 70 Classic Works by the great 19th century author. Here are:
ADVENTURES OF A TELEGRAPH BOY
DIGGING FOR GOLD
MARK THE MATCH BOY
BOB BURTON
ANDY GORDON
THE BACKWOODS BOY
A BOY'S FORTUNE
A DEBT OF HONOR
BERNARD BROOKS' ADVENTURES
WAIT AND HOPE
MARK MASON'S VICTORY
ROBERT COVERDALE'S STRUGGLE
BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY
RUFUS AND ROSE
THE YOUNG ADVENTURER
THE... [click here for more]
Jane Austen (1775—1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. This collection assembles all of her classics, as well as a... [click here for more]
The Third Macabre Megapack continues the great series with another volume of rare tales of horror and the macabre. Included this time are: THE WALTZ, by Morris W. Gowen THREE AT TABLE, by W.W. Jacobs VERA, by Villiers de L'Isle-Adam A LOST DAY, by Edgar Fawcett METZENGERSTEIN, by Edgar Allan Poe A TRAGEDY OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES, by Brainard Gardner Smith THE LEGEND OF TCHI-NIU, by Lafcadio Hearn THE OUTGOING... [click here for more]