Penguin classics

An anthology of more than forty primary documents from the antislavery and abolitionist movements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including speeches, lectures, and essays.

Presents thirty short stories by nineteenth-century French author Guy de Maupassant in translation, covering subjects such as murder, adultery, war, and everyday activities such as eating and drinking.

The life of Maggie, a beautiful tenement girl, takes a downward spin when she becomes involved with Pete. Includes twelve additional stories of New York written between 1892 and 1896.

Forced by a storm to spend the night at the home of Heathcliff, Mr. Lockwood uncovers a tale of terror and hatred on the Yorkshire moors.

Six-year-old Rufus experiences the reactions of his family after the accidental death of his father who is returning home following time spent with his own dying father.

Describes the resultant physical and mental depletion after a student in St. Petersburg murders an old woman, a money lender, and her sister.

Presents a translation of the holy scripture of Islam, translated from the Arabic, revealing the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, delivered between A.D. 622 and A.D. 632.

Young Catherine Morland's entry into nineteenth-century English society is attended by the collapse of many romantic illusions.