Dover thrift editions

Contains a selection of more than one hundred favorite poems by American poet Emily Dickinson.

An unabridged republication of five nonfiction, satirical works by English author Jonathan Swift, written between 1697 and 1729.

Marlow comes face to face with the corruption and despair that lies at the heart of human existence when he undertakes a journey on behalf of a Belgian trading company up the Congo River in search of the tormented white ivory trader, Kurtz.

A prose translation of the Christian-pagan, classic Old English poem "Beowulf," in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them; also includes brief genealogies of the work's Danish, Geat, and Swedish royal families.

Contains the text of Shakespeare's play in which Macbeth kills Duncan, the King of Scotland, in order to seize the throne for himself.

An autobiographical account by the runaway slave Frederick Douglass that chronicles his experiences with his owners and overseers, and discusses how slavery affected both slaves and slaveholders.

A republication of the 1831 edition of the classic story about the hysteria that ensues when Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates a monster and subsequently casts it out into a horrified community.

An unabridged republication of the 1876 novel about the adventures of a young boy in nineteenth-century rural America.

A political treatise advocating the establishment of democracy and the overthrow of monarchy.