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Charles Dickens eBook Collection – Novels

Charles Dickens’ novels were initially serialised in weekly and monthly magazines, then reprinted in standard book formats.
Dickens also wrote numerous short stories of varying lengths, and several pieces of intermediate length generally considered novellas. This collection includes the works recognized as novels.

Subsequent printings have generally dropped the lengthy titles and sub-titles of most of Dickens’ work. This list provides the most common title by which the works are best known and, in most cases, the original title as first published. Continue reading “Charles Dickens eBook Collection – Novels”

The Mystery of the Clasped Hands [Large Print]

The Mystery of the Clasped Hands
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Guy Newell Boothby

From the first moment he laid eyes on her, Godfrey Henderson, promising young artist, knew that he would, he must, paint the portrait of beautiful young Teresina:

“She was tall, graceful, and so beautiful, in a statuesque way, that Henderson felt his heart thrill with pleasure at the sight of her. Here was the very woman he had been so anxious to discover. If he had hunted the Continent of Europe through, he could not have found any one better suited to the requirements of the work he had in hand…’What a perfect face!’ exclaimed Godfrey, more to himself than to his companion. ‘At any hazard, I must induce her to sit to me.’ Continue reading “The Mystery of the Clasped Hands [Large Print]”

A Room With A View [Large Print]

A Room With A View
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by E. M. Forster

This unabridged large print Edition is not an electronic scan or reproduction. The text has been formatted and edited by human editors, based on the classic original edition, and is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover.

One of Forster’s earlier works, A Room with a View (1908) has demonstrated enduring popularity arising from the vivid cast of characters, humorous dialogue, and comedic commentary on the restrained culture of Edwardian-era England. and fixation on “propriety” among the minor gentry. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. Continue reading “A Room With A View [Large Print]”

Persuasion [Large Print]

Persuasion
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Jane Austen

Persuasion is Jane Austen’s last completed novel, published six months after her death in 1817, along with Northanger Abbey.

The story follows Anne Elliot, a 27-year-old Englishwoman whose family moves and rents their home to an admiral and his wife to lower their expenses and reduce their debt. The wife’s brother, Captain Frederick Wentworth, had been engaged to Anne earlier, but Anne was persuaded by her friends and family to break the engagement because his low social status and lack of wealth made him an unsuitable match for a woman of her status. Continue reading “Persuasion [Large Print]”

Howards End [Large Print]

Howards End
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by E. M. Forster

Howards End (1910) is known as a “condition-of-England” novel about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-twentieth-century England and is considered by many to be Forster’s finest work. The story revolves around three families: the Wilcoxes, representing “new money” and global capitalism, the half-German Schlegel sisters (Margaret, Helen, and Tibby), representing the educated, cosmopolitan “New Woman” and raising questions of women’s rights and status in society, and the Basts, representing the precarious hold on life of the impoverished lower class. Continue reading “Howards End [Large Print]”

Northanger Abbey [Large Print]

Northanger Abbey
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age story and satire of the Gothic novels which became pervasive in late 18th century England. The story follows Catherine Morland, a 17-year-old who lacks life experience and is determined to see the best in people. Her fondness for Gothic novels and active imagination distort her view of the world, and while she has a good-natured personality and is observant she is also naïve, not seeing the underlying intentions in people’s actions. Continue reading “Northanger Abbey [Large Print]”

The Three Musketeers [Large Print]

The Three Musketeers
The Complete and Unabridged Original Classic Edition Large Print
by Alexandre Dumas
Translation by William Robson

One of the most widely-read and best-known historical adventure novels of all time, The Three Musketeers has delighted readers for generations since it first appeared in 1844. Filled with action and adventure, the novel depicts actual historical events more closely than most would imagine. Dumas’ wit and sense of humor is woven throughout, creating a highly entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable tale which has become a truly timeless classic with readers around the world. Continue reading “The Three Musketeers [Large Print]”

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables
The Complete & Unabridged Original Classic Edition
by L. M. Montgomery

This premium quality edition includes the complete, unabridged text of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved tale in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. With a generous 6″ x 9″ page size, this edition is printed on heavyweight 60# bright white paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design. Continue reading “Anne of Green Gables”

A Treasury of Father Brown Mysteries

A Treasury of Father Brown Mysteries
The Innocence of Father Brown & The Wisdom of Father Brown:
Two Complete & Unabridged Classic Editions
by G. K. Chesterton

This quality edition contains the complete and unabridged original classic version of The Innocence of Father Brown, including twelve stories featuring G.K Chesterton’s mystery-solving priest, and The Wisdom of Father Brown, including another twelve original Father Brown Mysteries, printed on heavy, bright white paper, with page headers and a fully laminated full-color cover featuring an original design. Continue reading “A Treasury of Father Brown Mysteries”

Dubliners [Large Print]

Dubliners
The Complete & Unabridged Large Print Classic Edition
by James Joyce

Dubliners is the first of James Joyce’s major works to be published in book form, preceded by Chamber Music, a volume of poetry which appeared in 1907.

Dubliners is not a novel, but consists of a series of fifteen short stories, which Joyce intended to accurately reflect the life of the contemporary middle class in Ireland. Continue reading “Dubliners [Large Print]”