Timeless Classic Literature - in Paperback!

These heartwarming classic novels are now available in an affordable softcover edition featuring a striking cover and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal for classic fiction lovers, readers in high-school or college literature courses, and fans of classic literature. These books are great for holiday gifts, as well as the perfect companion while traveling.

Explore our 4-volume softcover collection including Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, and Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities.

Books can be purchased individually or as a collection.

LITTLE WOMEN

Louisa May Alcott

ABOUT THE BOOK

Little Women follows sisters Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth as they endure hardships and enjoy adventures in Civil War New England. The timeless story of the March sisters, Little Women has been adored by generations. Readers have provided the audience for the sisters' plays, rooted for neighbor Laurie's romantic pursuit, cried over little Beth's illness, and dreamed of traveling through Europe with old Aunt March and Amy. With this simple, enthralling tale, Louisa May Alcott has created four of American literature's most beloved characters.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American author most known for her celebrated novel, Little Women. In addition to her novel writing, Louisa May Alcott was an avid poet and short story writer. Following the success of Little Women, Alcott wrote, Little Men and Jo's Boys, which were equally well received. Having grown up in New England and raised by parents believing firmly in the transcendentalist movement, much of Alcott's writing was based loosely on the facts of her own life;. Louisa May Alcott was not afforded a life of luxury from an early age. Working very hard, it was known that her writing became a place of refuge, showcasing with distinct clarity the hardships she faced to make her stories both relatable and visceral to nearly all who read them.

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I remember a time when this hand was white and smooth, and your first care was to keep it so.

Detail - Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Jane Austen

ABOUT THE BOOK

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited. Darcy finds himself indifferent to Elizabeth Bennet's good looks and lively mind. And later when Elizabeth discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she dislikes him more than ever. In the comedy of misdirected manners that follows, Jane Austen shows readers the error of judging by first impressions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English author known primarily for her six major novels set among the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Considered defining works of the Regency Era and counted among the best-loved classics of English literature, Austen’s books include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. The latter two were published after her death.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Detail - Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Charles Dickens

ABOUT THE BOOK

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Dr. Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter Lucie in London. However, there he meets two very different men, connected through their love for Lucie Manette. Drawn against their will to Paris at the height of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, they all soon fall under the lethal, far-reaching shadow of "La Guillotine."

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom . . .

Detail - A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Emily Brontë

ABOUT THE BOOK

In this classic gothic story, Catherine Earnshaw is forced to choose between passionate, tortured foundling Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton. Catherine surrenders to the expectations of her class and sets off a domino effect with lasting consequences. As bitterness and vengeance at this betrayal are visited upon the next generation, Catherine and Heathcliff's innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the lovers' tortured past.

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Emily Brontë (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet known famously for her only novel, Wuthering Heights. The work was originally published in a three-volume set alongside the work of her sister Anne. Due to the politics of the time, she and her sister were given the names Ellis and Acton Bell as pseudonyms. It wasn't until 1850 that their real names were printed on their respective works. The initial reception of Wuthering Heights by the public was not favorable. Many readers were confused by the novel structure-they had not previously encountered a frame narrative (story-within-a-story) as unique as that of Wuthering Heights. Emily Brontë died from tuberculosis at age thirty, only a year after the publication of her landmark book. Alas, she didn't live long enough to revel in its legacy; the book later became an iconic work of English literature.

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I’m going to tell it—but take care not to smile at any part of it.

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Timeless Classic Literature - in Paperback!

LITTLE WOMEN

Louisa May Alcott

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Jane Austen

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Charles Dickens

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Emily Brontë

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