Penguin classics

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

The author describes her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her eventual escape, and emancipation, including descriptions of the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space above her grandmother's attic.

Embittered by a false accusation and disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a life alone with his loom and his gold. Fate steals his gold and replaces it with a golden-haired foundling child.

Tom Sawyer has more than his share of adventures while growing up in a small Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century.

Presents H. G. Wells' classic novel of a Martian invasion on Earth, and includes a biographical essay on the author, introduction, and texual notes.

After escaping from the island where he has been in prison, Edmond Dant?s plots his revenge on the people responsible for his imprisonment.