Timeless Four-Volume Classic Literature

This remarkable collection of classic literature includes Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, Winnie the Pooh and Other Delightful Stories, and Peter Pan. Each book has beautiful hardcover artwork painted by artist Laci Fowler, with a distinctive one-of-a-kind jacket and interior treatment. In addition to sculptured emboss on the cover, other features include gold foil title and page edges, a beautiful ribbon marker, and high-design quote pages throughout.

These novels are the perfect addition to any well-appointed library or as a classic gift for any lover of fiction. Each book can be purchased individually.

Whether you're buying this as a gift or for yourself, this remarkable edition features:

A beautiful high-end, hand-painted hardcover with gold foil title
Decorative interior pages featuring pull quotes distributed throughout
Matching ribbon marker and gold page edges

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

L. M. Montgomery

ABOUT THE BOOK

Anne of Green Gables, the beloved story of orphan Anne Shirley's adoption by an elderly brother and sister is now available in an exclusive collector's edition.

When eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley is mistakenly sent to live on a farm with siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, Anne finds herself in a real home for the first time in her life. Fiery and spirited, she certainly isn't the sturdy boy they had planned to adopt. Despite her mischief and affinity for finding trouble, the longer Anne stays at Green Gables, the harder it is for the Cuthberts to imagine life without her.

Exploring the time-honored themes of imagination versus reality, the pressures of social expectations, and the differences between true emotion and mere sentiment, this unique collector's edition presents L. M. Montgomery's beloved tale of friendship and family in a giftable new way.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian author who published 20 novels and hundreds of short stories, poems, and essays. She is best known for the Anne of Green Gables series. Montgomery was born in Clifton (now New London) on Prince Edward Island on November 30, 1874. Raised by her maternal grandparents, she grew up in relative isolation and loneliness, developing her creativity with imaginary friends and dreaming of becoming a published writer. Her first book, Anne of Green Gables, was published in 1908 and was an immediate success, establishing Montgomery's career as a writer, which she continued for the remainder of her life.

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Anne’s beauty-loving eyes lingered on it all, taking everything greedily in. She had looked on so many unlovely places in her life, poor child; but this was as lovely as anything she had ever dreamed.

THE SECRET GARDEN

Frances Hodgson Burnett

ABOUT THE BOOK

Beloved by fans across the globe, The Secret Garden explores the coming-of-age story of a little girl determined to bring a mysterious garden--and her uncle's broken heart--back to life. This time-honored classic is now available as an exclusive collector's edition.

When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house with nearly one hundred rooms, she finds it full of secrets. Her uncle keeps himself locked up, and at night Mary hears the sound of crying echoing down one of the long corridors. The gardens surrounding the large property are her only escape. Then one day Mary discovers a secret garden, surrounded by walls and a locked gate. With the help of two unexpected companions, Mary discovers a way in--and becomes determined to bring the garden back to life.

Exploring themes of magical wonder, the necessity of friendship, and the beauty of the natural world, this unique collector's edition presents Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved tale of friendship and family in a giftable new way.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849--1924) was born in Cheetham, England. After her father's death in 1852, the family found itself in dire financial straits and in 1865 immigrated to the United States, settling near Knoxville, Tennessee. Frances began writing to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines from the age of 19. While the novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) made her a well-known writer of children's fiction, her romantic adult novels were also very popular. From 1898 to 1907, Burnett resided at Great Maytham Hall, a country house in Kent, England. It was the sprawling manor's walled garden that provided the inspiration for The Secret Garden, now considered a classic of English children's literature.

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. . . even a disagreeable little girl may be lonely, and the big closed house and big bare moor and big bare gardens had made this one feel as if there was no one left in the world but herself.

WINNIE-THE-POOH AND OTHER DELIGHTFUL STORIES

A. A. Milne

ABOUT THE BOOK

Beloved by readers everywhere, Winnie-the-Pooh is the story of a bear named Pooh and his delightful animal friends. This time-honored classic is now available as an exclusive collector's edition.

Winnie-the-Pooh and his irresistibly lovable friends--Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Baby Roo, and the eternal pessimist Eeyore--gently meander through Hundred Acre Wood with their favorite human Christopher Robin, embarking on whimsical adventures and solving hilarious dilemmas. A. A. Milne's iconic characters, along with E. H. Shepard's unforgettable illustrations, have captured the hearts of generations of readers for nearly a century. This beautiful collector's edition also includes additional stories from Milne's collection A Gallery of Children, illustrated with pen-and-ink facsimiles of H. Willebeek le Mair's original full-color artwork.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne (1882--1956) was a noted English author primarily known as a poet and playwright before he found huge success with his iconic children's books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. Milne served in both World Wars and was the father of Christopher Robin Milne, upon whom the Pooh character Christopher Robin was based.

E. H. (Ernest Howard) Shepard (1879-1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrating the classic children's books The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh.

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“Because my spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. Would you write ‘A Happy Birthday’ on it for me?”

PETER PAN

J. M. Barrie

ABOUT THE BOOK

Beloved by fans around the world, Peter Pan is the story of a little boy who doesn’t want to grow up. This time-honored classic is now available as an exclusive collector's edition.

In pursuit of his lost shadow, a young boy named Peter Pan enters the bedroom of three children named Wendy, Michael, and John. After Wendy manages to reattach Peter's shadow, Peter asks the three children to come with him to Neverland, the place where they’ll never have to grow up.

When Wendy and her brothers journey with Peter to Neverland and meet his ageless band of Lost Boys, they realize Neverland isn’t as perfect as it seems when they meet the evil Captain Hook.

Exploring the time-honored themes of the magic of imagination, courage, and the beauty of parental love, this unique collector’s edition presents J. M. Barrie’s beloved tale of friendship, memory, and family in a giftable new way.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie (1860--1937) was a novelist and playwright born and educated in Scotland. After moving to London, he authored several successful novels and plays. While there, Barrie befriended the Llewelyn Davies family and its five boys, and it was this friendship that inspired him to write about a boy with magical abilities, first in his adult novel The Little White Bird and then later in Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 play. Now an iconic character of children's literature, Peter Pan first appeared in book form in the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, about the whimsical adventures of the eternal boy who could fly and his ordinary friend Wendy Darling.

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. . . henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.

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Timeless Four-Volume Classic Literature

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

L. M. Montgomery

THE SECRET GARDEN

Frances Hodgson Burnett

WINNIE-THE-POOH AND OTHER DELIGHTFUL STORIES

A. A. Milne

PETER PAN

J. M. Barrie

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