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Little Women (Knickerbocker Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics
Little Womenis recognized as one of the best-loved classic children?s stories, transcending the boundaries of time and age, making it as popular with adults as it is with young readers. The beloved story of the March girls is a classic American feminist novel, reflecting the tension between cultural obl ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius; Pierre Baumann (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Book in Three SentencesStoicism is as relevant today as it was when it was first recorded.Serenity and ethical certainty come from within.Detach from the things that are beyond your control and focus on your own will and perception.The Five Big IdeasEverything we see is ...Show more
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin; Amit Hagar (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to lo ...Show more
Persuasion (Knickerbocker Classic) by Jane Austen
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics
Published after Jane Austen's death in 1817, Persuasion is poignant and passionate story of love, disappointment, loss, and redemption. Twenty-seven-year-old Anne Elliot is resigned to an unhappy fate and forced to move with her family to humbler lodgings when an old, lost love reenters her life. The ha ...Show more
Peter Pan (Knickerbocker Classics) by J. M. Barrie
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Children's Classics
Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up or Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie's most famous work, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothe ...Show more
Picture of Dorian Gray (Knickerbocker Classics) by Oscar Wilde
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics | Reading Level: General Adult
Artist Basil Hallward has sent a gift. A portrait that perfectly captures young Dorian Gray's handsome features. When Lord Henry tempts Dorian with a new lifestyle of hedonism and pleasure, he realizes that he would sell his soul for an eternity of debauchery. Oscar Wilde's only published novel, The Pic ...Show more
Pride and Prejudice (Knickerbocker Classics) by Jane Austen
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics
Enjoy Jane Austen's mastery of irony, dialogue and realism in this unforgettable love story. One of the most beloved books of all time, Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen's most popular book- has been resonating with readers since it was first published in 1813 and has been adapated many times for televis ...Show more
Republic by Plato; Odysseus Makridis (Introduction by)
Category: No Category | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
The unabridged version of this definitive work is now available as a highly designed paperback with flaps with a new introduction by Odysseus Makridis. Part of the Knickerbocker Classics series, a modern design makes this timeless book a perfect travel companion. Published around 380 BCE, Plato's most f ...Show more
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
Enjoy the romance and wit of the charming Dashwood sisters in Jane Austen's classic tale Sense and Sensibility. Jane Austen's debut novel, Sense and Sensibility has been resonating with readers since it was first published in 1811 and has been made into a number of adaptations. The Dashwood sisters coul ...Show more
Tales from the Arabian Nights by Richard Burton
Category: Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics
Discover mystery and wonder in Tales from the Arabian Nights. The next elegant edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, Tales from the Arabian Nights is comprised of twenty-one of the most popular tales that were told by Scheherazade to her husband, King Shahryar, in the course of 1,001 nights in o ...Show more
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton; Laura Ciolkowski (Introduction by)
Category: No Category | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
The Age of Innocenceby Edith WhartonThe Age of Innocence, novel by Edith Wharton, published in 1920. The work presents a picture of upper-class New York society in the late 19th century. The story is presented as a kind of anthropological study of this society through references to the families and thei ...Show more
The Communist Manifesto and das Kapital by Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels; Robert Weick
Category: No Category | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
The unabridged versions of these definitive works are now available together as a highly designed paperback with flaps with a new introduction by Robert Weick. Part of the Knickerbocker Classics series, a modern design makes this timeless book a perfect travel companion.Considered to be one of the most ...Show more