Bantam classic

Compare Series: 
bantamclassic

Dubliners

Presents James Joyce's vignettes of Irish life in fifteen stories on Dublin.

The deerslayer

Relates the adventures of woodsman Natty Bumppo in upper New York State at the time of the Iroquois wars.

The awakening and selected short stories

Tells of a woman's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner whom she meets on vacation. Includes a selection of short stories, including "Beyond the Bayou, " "A Respectable Woman, " and "A Pair of Silk Stockings.".

The tell-tale heart and other writings

Contains sixteen short stories, one novel, and fifteen poems.

Candide

The story of a simple, optimistic man whose travels take him from one disaster to another.

The island of Dr. Moreau

Dr. Moreau, a scientist, finds an isolated island that gives him the freedom to create hideous creatures with human intelligence.

The merchant of Venice

Shakespeare's comedy about a creditor demanding a pound of flesh in payment of a defaulted debt and a lover who must choose among three caskets in a riddle game to win the hand of a wealthy lady.

A midsummer night's dream

Complete text of the comedy of love, magic, and transformation with modern spelling and punctuation, annotated bibliography, and textual notes.

Four tragedies

Presents complete, annotated texts of four Shakespeare tragedies: "Hamlet, " "Othello, " "King Lear, " and "Macbeth, " and includes scholarly essays and annotated bibliographies for each, plus a guide to memorable lines.

The war of the worlds

After Martians land on Earth just outside of London in the late nineteenth century, an Englishman tries to find his wife while the British military and human technology fail in their efforts to stop the Martians, which have begun to kill and feed off of humans.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Bantam classic