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1	Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Dickens's tender and comic tale of the Cratchit family, Tiny Tim, and Ebenezer Scrooge, has been a favorite since it was written in 1843. Badly in need of money, Dickens produced A CHRISTMAS CAROL in six weeks; the first printing of 6,000 copies sold out instantly. In Dickens's original version, Tiny Tim was Tiny Fred, and ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
2	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Written in 1816 when she was only 19, for a horror-writing contest suggested by Byron, Mary Shelley's novel of "the modern Prometheus" chillingly dramatized the dangerous potential of life created in the laboratory. A frightening creation myth for our own time, "Frankenstein" remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written, and an ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
3	Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie Tommy and Tuppence Beresford look into the case of a woman who has been missing for five years. see all copies from $6.99! first editions
4	Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Though the Plebeians support Julius Caesar and celebrate his return from Rome as the play opens, Caesar is famously warned to "Beware the ides of March," by the Soothsayer. Meanwhile, Caesar's popularity is such that the other Roman aristocrats, who rule as a body along with Caesar, fear that his popularity will cause the Plebeians to name him ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
5	Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie Mrs. Inglethorp has lived peacefully at her home in Styles Court after her husband's death, but when she decides to marry a man 20 years her junior, it doesn't bode well. When Mrs. Inglethorp dies from strychnine poisoning, suspects and motives abound. However, with Hercule Poirot involved in the investigation, the red herrings quickly swim away. ... see all copies from $4.95! first editions
6	Treasure Island by R Stevenson Jim Hawkins, who narrates Stevenson's classic tale, is rewarded for his assistance to an old pirate, Billy Bones, with a map showing the way to buried treasure. He and his associates set sail for the island on a ship manned by a band of pirates--a fact they discover en route. The pirate king is the notorious one-legged cook Long John Silver, one ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
7	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame This charming classic, first published in 1908, is set in an idyllic, fantasy Edwardian England, in which some animals can talk and interact with humans. The story chronicles the adventures of four friends who make their home in the lush countryside, the busy riverbank, and the mysterious woods: good-hearted Mole, clever Water Rat, wise reclusive ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
8	Dracula by Bram Stoker Bram Stoker's classic novel of suspense and horror was a bestseller in Britain when it was published in 1897. A late 20th-century biographer of Stoker has suggested that famed Victorian actor Henry Irving, for whom Stoker worked for many years, was an inspiration for some of Count Dracula's characteristics. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
9	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Twain spent seven years writing HUCKLEBERRY FINN--the book Hemingway claimed is the basis for all American fiction. The story of Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom on a raft on the Mississippi provides a panoramic view of Southern society, which Twain saw as beset by greed, violence, and coldhearted brutality in the guise of virtue. At the end of ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
10	Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery This is the classic and immensely popular first novel in the series about Anne Shirley, an irrepressible red-headed orphan. The Cuthberts decide to adopt an orphan--a strong, hardworking boy to help with the farm chores. Anne is sent to live with them by mistake. Talkative, romantic and imaginative, Anne must convince the Cuthberts to keep her. ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
11 view cover	Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore An illustrated version of the classic Christmas poem about a visit from St. Nick. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Charlotte Brontë's first novel, published in 1847, was based in part on the author's own days in a brutal boarding school where two of her sisters died of tuberculosis; her characterization of the place in her first published work was an act of revenge. The novel's heroine is a plain, impoverished, but spirited young governess who not only wins ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen It's hard to believe that Jane Austen wrote the sophisticated and acerbic PRIDE AND PREJUDICE when she was only 21 years old, in 1797. Originally entitled FIRST IMPRESSIONS, the novel was rejected, revised, retitled, and finally published--anonymously--in 1813, only four years before Austen's untimely death. In PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Austen calls on ... see all copies from $4.95! signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde's classic work is about a man who sells his soul for eternal youth: only his portrait ages, while he remains forever handsome and young. Wilde's allegory, first published in 1890, provides an interesting take on the Faust myth and also a probing examination of human values. Wilde himself described it as the story of "an idea that is ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare Confusions of the heart reign in Athens, where everyone is pining away for the wrong person except Theseus, the Duke and his fiancée, Hippolyta, whose wedding day is fast approaching. Hermia, the Duke's daughter, is intent on marrying Lysander, although her father disapproves and threatens to make her a nun if she refuses to marry his choice for ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Drawing on the Gothic tradition, Emily Bronte's WUTHERING HEIGHTS is the tale of Catherine Earnshaw, a wilfull and romantic girl brought up to be a lady, and Heathcliff, the mysterious gypsy orphan. Bronte's use of a series of unreliable narrators to unfold their story heightens the mythic quality of the passionate attachment that is at the heart ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett This is a classic about spoiled 9-year-old Mary Lennox, who finds herself suddenly orphaned and sent to live with her self-absorbed uncle on his huge estate in Yorkshire. She meets the cheerful Dickon, a boy who can charm wild animals, and Colin, the invalid son of her uncle, who is just as spoiled as Mary. After Mary discovers a walled garden ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18 view cover	A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka, Kevin Blahut (Translator) This volume of 14 short stories includes "Before the Law," "Eleven Sons," "A Fratricide," and "A Dream." see all copies from $10.35! first editions
19 view cover	Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne This is part of a series called "Bloom's ReViews", which are college-level study guides prepared under the aegis of Harold Bloom, distinguished Yale professor and author of "The Western Canon". Each guide includes an introductory essay by Bloom as well as extracts from renowned scholars on key topics in the work. Good for independent study and ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Though TOM SAWYER, Twain's "other" coming-of-age tale, has much in common with HUCKLEBERRY FINN, including some of the characters, its hero is not the maverick iconoclast that Huck Finn is. As Twain traces the comic adventures of the inventive young Tom, he effectively and lovingly recreates the pastoral world of his own Hannibal, Missouri, ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Little women by Louisa M. Alcott This story of the four March sisters is based on the author's own childhood. The novel is divided into two parts. "Book One" focuses on the sisters' struggles with poverty while growing up in New England during the Civil War. As their father, a minister, serves in the war, the girls are raised by their loving and wise mother, Marmee. "Book Two" ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Black Beauty by Anna Sewell A picture book adaptation of the classic story. Black Beauty, a horse living in 19th century England, shares his life story and his experiences with both good and evil owners. The illustrations were created using fine-line pen with color ink and dyes. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Macbeth by W Shakespeare Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when three prophesying witches conspire to meet with Macbeth. Obliging his fate, he indeed encounters these "Weird Sisters," who mysteriously refer to him by the title Thane of Cawdor, and moreover, as the future king. Macbeth's companion Banquo is told that his descendants will inherit the throne. ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift In Jonathan Swift's bitter, witty, and utterly brilliant satire of the state of England in the early 18th century, his hero, Lemuel Gulliver (the epitome of the average man), becomes, as he travels, increasingly frustrated by the corruption and irrationality of the human race. His sea voyage takes him first to Lilliput, where he is first exploited ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Dickens's one serious, un-comic novel, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, is set during the French Revolution and tells a story of unselfish devotion. The beautiful Lucy Manette marries Charles Darnay, the descendant of an aristocratic French family denounced by the revolutionaries, among whom are the memorably evil fanatic Mme. Defarge. When Darnay is ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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