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Treasure Island [Large Print]

Treasure Island
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island…

Peg legs, parrots, and buried treasure… with “Treasure Island” Robert Louis Stevenson indelibly marked the popular perception of pirates for future generations.

The tale that became “Treasure Island” began with a “treasure map” drawn for his 12-year-old stepson and the pirate story Stevenson spun to go along with the map. Published in serial form in 1881 and 1882 and in book form in 1883, “Treasure Island” brought him widespread popularity, launched his career as a profitable writer, and by the end of the 1880s, was one of the era’s most widely read books. Continue reading “Treasure Island [Large Print]”

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park
Unabridged Original Classic Edition
by Jane Austen

This quality unabridged classic edition is not a machine scanned or facsimile reproduction of an older edition. Edited and formatted by human editors, it is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover and 6×9 page size.

Mansfield Park was Jane Austen’s third novel, first published in 1814. Characterized by Austen’s dry wit and biting satire, its tone and discussion of religion and religious duty, propriety and morality, obedience, privacy, and adultery has resulted in its description as both the most serious and mature and the most problematic of Austen’s novels. Continue reading “Mansfield Park”

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”

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]”

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”

The Secret Garden [Large Print]

The Secret Garden
Unabridged Large Print Classic Edition
by Frances H. Burnett

Not a machine-scanned text or reproduction of an old version, this edition has been edited and formatted by human editors working from the original classic text. This premium quality large print volume includes the complete and unabridged text of The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s timeless classic tale of a spoiled, self-centered little girl unexpectedly thrust into a new life, in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. Continue reading “The Secret Garden [Large Print]”

Wuthering Heights [Large Print]

Wuthering Heights
The Complete & Unabridged Large Print Classic Edition
by Emily Bronte

This premium quality large print edition contains the complete and unabridged classic version of Wuthering Heights, printed on heavy, bright white paper in a large 7.44″x9.69″ format, with page headers and a fully laminated full-color cover featuring an original design. Also included in this edition is an original introductory essay discussing the life and work of the author, as well as commentary written by Emily’s sister, Charlotte Brontë, discussing the historical context and providing an analysis of the work, written for the 1850 second edition published after Emily’s death. Continue reading “Wuthering Heights [Large Print]”

Great Expectations: Unabridged Large Print Edition

Great Expectations
Unabridged Large Print Classic Edition
by Charles Dickens

With a large 7.44″ x 9.69″ page size, this complete and unabridged large print edition is printed on hefty bright white paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design. This edition is not a machine-scanned text or “blown-up” facsimile of an old version. It has been edited and formatted as a new large print edition by professional human editors.

Great Expectations…

Charles Dickens’ quintessential Victorian coming-of-age tale, “Great Expectations” was originally published in serial form between December 1860 and August 1861. Continue reading “Great Expectations: Unabridged Large Print Edition”