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The Prisoner of Zenda [Large Print]

The Prisoner of Zenda
The Complete & Unabridged Large Print Classic Edition
by Anthony Hope

The Prisoner of Zenda follows the adventures of Rudolf Rassendyll, an honorable but idle descendant of a rumored “wrong side of the blanket” lineage resulting from a dalliance between a visiting King of Ruritania and a very married English countess. Faced with the prospect of actually commencing employment as a diplomatic attache, Rudolf plans to spend time vacationing on the continent, and decides on a visit to Ruritania. A chance encounter with the Crown Prince on the eve of his coronation as king reveals that the two, while not identical, are enough alike to fool most people.

A fortunate coincidence, because political intrigue waylays the Prince, the situation demands that the coronation take place as scheduled, and Rassendyll is persuaded by the Prince’s aides to stand in for the ceremony. But the deception is immediately complicated by the kidnapping of the real king by his enemies, led by his half-brother, Prince Michael, and the romantic attachment which springs up between Rassendyll and Princess Flavia, the real king’s intended bride. Continue reading “The Prisoner of Zenda [Large Print]”

The Invisible Man [Large Print]

The Invisible Man
The Complete & Unabridged Original Classic
by H. G. Wells

The Invisible Man originally appeared in serialized form in Pearson’s Weekly in 1897 and was published as a novel the same year telling the story of “Griffin,” a former medical student and scientist who has, through research into the science of optics, invented a process to make a human body invisible. He has successfully applied the procedure to himself but finds that he is unable to reverse the effects, leading to a series of events that spiral out of control. The extent to which “runaway science,” Griffin’s personal psychological makeup, or human nature in general drive the events echoes a theme that recurs throughout Wells’ works. Continue reading “The Invisible Man [Large Print]”

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man [Large Print]

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by James Joyce

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) is the first novel by Irish writer James Joyce. Written in a modernist style, making extensive use of unconventional punctuation and a stream-of-consciousness narrative style on, it follows the religious, social and intellectual awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, Joyce’s fictional alter ego. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish conventions under which he has grown up, culminating in his self-exile from Ireland to Europe. The work employed literary techniques that Joyce developed more fully in Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Continue reading “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man [Large Print]”

The Man in Lower Ten [Large Print]

The Man in Lower Ten
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Man in Lower Ten…

“McKnight is gradually taking over the criminal end of the business. I never liked it, and since the strange case of the man in lower ten, I have been a bit squeamish. Given a case like that, where you can build up a network of clues that absolutely incriminate three entirely different people, only one of whom can be guilty, and your faith in circumstantial evidence dies of overcrowding. I never see a shivering, white-faced wretch in the prisoners’ dock that I do not hark back with shuddering horror to the strange events on the Pullman car Ontario, between Washington and Pittsburg, on the night of September ninth, last…” Continue reading “The Man in Lower Ten [Large Print]”

Moby Dick

Moby Dick
The Complete & Unabridged Original Classic
by Herman Melville

This quality edition, prepared by human editors and not machine-scanned, contains the complete and unabridged original classic version of Moby Dick, printed on heavyweight, bright white paper in a large 7.44″x9.69″ format, with a fully laminated cover. Also included is a detailed introductory essay discussing the life and work of Herman Melville and the history and significance of Moby Dick, providing the modern reader with useful background information to enhance the enjoyment of this classic. Continue reading “Moby Dick”

The Innocence of Father Brown [Large Print Edition]

The Innocence of Father Brown, Large Print Edition
Father Brown Mysteries
The Innocence of Father Brown [Large Print Edition]: The Complete & Unabridged Original Classic
by G. K. Chesterton

Mystery fans unfamiliar with Father Brown may find Chesterton’s stories a bit different. Many of the stories don’t quite fit either the standard (“Whodunit?”) or inverted (“Howcatchem?”) styles common to the mystery genre, and Father Brown is frequently less concerned with the apprehension of the wrongdoer than with getting him to understand, and admit, the error of his ways. Continue reading “The Innocence of Father Brown [Large Print Edition]”

The Wisdom of Father Brown [Large Print]

Father Brown Mysteries
The Wisdom of Father Brown, Large Print Edition  The Complete & Unabridged Original Classic
by G. K. Chesterton

This premium quality large print edition contains the complete and unabridged original classic version of The Wisdom of Father Brown, including twelve stories featuring G.K Chesterton’s mystery-solving priest, printed on heavy, bright white 60# paper in a large 7.44″x9.69″ format, with page headers and a fully laminated full-color cover featuring an original design. Continue reading “The Wisdom of Father Brown [Large Print]”

The Island of Dr. Moreau [Large Print]

The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Complete & Unabridged Original Classic
by H. G. Wells

In this 1896 science fiction classic, a shipwrecked Englishman named Edward Prendick is rescued from the sea and subsequently abandoned on a secluded island, which he soon finds is owned by a once-eminent British physiologist named Dr. Moreau. Shunned when his gruesome experiments with vivisection were exposed, Moreau continued his experiments on his island with horrific results, creating animals surgically altered to mimic human beings. Continue reading “The Island of Dr. Moreau [Large Print]”

Elmer Gantry [Large Print]

Elmer Gantry
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Sinclair Lewis

Written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 and published in 1927, Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel that presents a disparaging view of fundamentalist and evangelistic religious activity in the United States and the public attitudes of the 1920s.

The novel tells the story of Elmer Gantry, a young, narcissistic, womanizing college athlete who abandons his plan to become a lawyer and instead, after college, attends a Baptist seminary and is ordained as a minister. Able to hide certain sexual indiscretions, he is ultimately expelled before completing his Bachelor of Divinity degree for missing a scheduled preaching engagement while drunk. Continue reading “Elmer Gantry [Large Print]”

The War of the Worlds [Large Print]

The War of the Worlds
The Complete & Unabridged Original Classic
by H. G. Wells

This tale involves the theme of humanity coming into conflict with strange alien societies, in this case the invasion of the earth by hostile Martians. Wells would revisit this theme, in the context of the encounter between human explorers and the native inhabitants, in The First Men in the Moon. A common theme in the science fiction genre, these tales by Wells represent two of the earliest and most influential such stories. But unlike so many of the similar stories that have followed, Wells did not posit either the innate superiority of humanity or man’s scientific achievements as the earth’s salvation. Rather, Wells’ story portrays humanity as more or less at the mercy of forces beyond its control, reflecting an underlying fear that scientific discovery and progress might not make man the unchallenged master of the universe after all. Continue reading “The War of the Worlds [Large Print]”