Wordsworth classics

The legend lives on. Deep in the sreenwoods, in forest glades dappled with the warm sunshine of romance, dwell Robin Hood and his band of merry men. Tyrants and unscrupulous abbots quake in terror — for these heroes are always at the ready to sally forth and right the wrongs of the world, robbing the rich and giving to the poor. Camouflaged in leaf-green, sharpshooters with their longbows, they are daring guerrillas, honest outlaws, bold and brave. Propelled by circumstance and that dogged English love of freedom, they wreak vengeance on the cruel, the swindling rich and the grasping clergy, in protection of the common folk. The legendary figure of Robin Hood is the archetypal hero, a medieval superman, whose gallantry, vigour and courage have made him universally popular in fiction, film and song. The tales stem from some forty ballads and poems, the core of which have their origins as far back as the fourteenth century. But their historical basis has been lost in the mists of time, and confused by the accretions of imaginative storytellers over the centuries. Links have also been made with characters and spirits of folklore and the supernatural. It is useless to seek further for historical evidence; far better to settle back with this enthralling account of the life and adventures of the outlaws, based upon the ballads — but with all the excitement and romance of a first-class novel. First published in 1912, this is a facsimile of one of the finest editions of Robin Hood, for it contains sixteen superb full-colour plates by the celebrated artist, Walter Crane. This prolific designer and painter was pre-eminent as an illustrator of children's books in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and in the first decades of the twentieth; the style of his work was a formative influence on the generations of book artists that followed him. The evocative images of Robin Hood and his companions that illustrate the pages of this book have rarely been equalled for panache and colour. They provide the ideal complement to the charm and adventure of the tales themselves.

Contains: [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]( Through the Looking-Glass Phantasmagoria A Sea Dirge Poeta fit, non nascitur The Hunting of the Snark A Tangled Tale

Memoirs of Fanny Hill was written in debtor's prison in 1784 and was the first modern erotic novel in English. A young woman, Fanny Hill, is forced by poverty to go into service, but is tricked into becoming a prostitute instead. She is then saved by her love, only to have his jealous father send him from the country some months later. She moves from one lover to the next, gaining maturity with each encounter, and nearing her...happy ending.

A cavalry unit, having crossed the Sahara to relieve a besieged French Foreign Legion fort, arrives to an eerie silence -- the enemy has vanished, and the post's walls and ramparts are defended by dead men. The fort's commander, slain by a bayonet through the heart, clutches a letter that links the riddle of the desert massacre to another mystery, the long-ago and far-away theft of a sapphire known as the Blue Water. It was the scandalous disappearance of the Blue Water that led to the self-exile of Beau, the oldest of the Geste brothers. John and Digby couldn't believe that Beau was a thief and refused to allow him to shoulder the blame alone. Thus all three Gestes turned up in North Africa, among the ranks of the Foreign Legion. Their story of suspense, betrayal, and bravery has inspired several movie versions and remains a favorite with readers who relish a classic adventure.

Tales of King Arthur, his heroic knights and the romantic residents of Camelot.

[Bartleby, the Scrivener]( Poor Man's Pudding Rich Man's Crumbs The Paradise of Bachelors The Tartarus of Maids The Lightning-Rod Man Benito Cereno I and My chimney The Apple-Tree Table of Original Spiritual Manifestations The Piazza [Billy Budd](

Contains: [Black Cat]( [Cask of Amontillado]( [Descent into the Maelstrom]( [Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar]( [Fall of the House of Usher]( Gold-Bug [Imp of the Perverse]( Ligeia Loss of Breath Man of the Crowd [Masque of the Red Death]( MS. Found in a Bottle Murders in the Rue Morgue Mystery of Marie Roget Oblong Box Oval Portrait Pit and the Pendulum [Premature Burial]( [Purloined Letter]( Shadow [Silence — A Fable]( Some Words with a Mummy [Tell-tale Heart](

Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, James's stories draw on the terrors of the everyday. Documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot.