"The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1911, is a classic children's novel set in England. It follows Mary Lennox, a lonely and spoiled girl, sent to live with her reclusive uncle af...
Pollyanna is a classic children's novel written by Eleanor H. Porter and first published in 1913. It tells the story of an optimistic young girl named Pollyanna Whittier, who, after the death of her parents, is se...
The Enchanted Castle follows three children—Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathy—who discover a magical country estate during their school holidays. There, they encounter Mabel, the housekeeper's niece, who pr...
E. Nesbit's novel The Railway Children narrates the story of Roberta, Phyllis and Peter after their mother moves them and their father disappears to a poor cottage next to the railway. The children's infatuati...
Robinson Crusoe is a pioneering work of fiction that combines adventure, survival, and philosophical reflection. Through Crusoe’s journey of self-discovery and perseverance on a desert island, Daniel Defoe creates a...
The Tales of Mother Goose is a timeless collection of classic French fairy tales by Charles Perrault, featuring some of the most beloved stories in Western literature. Iconic tales such as "Cinderella," "Little Red R...
Tales from Shakespeare is a classic children's book written by Charles and Mary Lamb. It serves as an accessible introduction to William Shakespeare's plays, retelling a selection of his comedies and tragedies...
The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home" is a charming novella that reflects Dickens's deep belief in the value of home, family, and love, with an emphasis on the redemptive qualities of reconciliation and...
Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens is a collection of Dickens’ lesser-known works focused on crime and investigation. This volume features stories with intricate plots, complex characters, and mo...
My satire is against those who see figures and averages, and nothing else,” proclaimed Charles Dickens in explaining the theme of this classic novel. Published in 1854, the story concerns one Thomas Gradgrind, a “...
Great expectations revolves around the life of an orphan nicknamed Pip. The novel, set in the 19th century, traces the psychological growth of Pip in three stages: his childhood in the marshes of Kent, his journey fro...
David Copperfield lives happily with his mother until she decides to marry the tyrannical Edward Murdstone. Abused and ill-treated by his stepfather, David is sent to the Salem House, a boarding school where he makes ...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.The year was 1775 and Lucie Manette, a young self- sacrificing orphan, realised she had been living a lie. H...
Charles Dickens’ second novel, Oliver twist, or the parish boy’s progress, was first published as a serial in the magazine bentley’s miscellany from February 1837 to April 1839. The novel was inspired by Robert ...
"A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!” cried a cheerful voice.“Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”In the city of London, on the night of Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge—a bitter, cold-hearted old miser—refu...
Pinocchio, the iconic character created by Italian writer Carlo Collodi, remains a beloved figure in children's literature and beyond. Carved by Geppetto, a woodcarver in a Tuscan village, Pinocchio starts his exi...
Aesop's Fables is a collection of moral stories attributed to Aesop, a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These fables are short narratives featuring animals that typi...