Download or read book Jane Eyre Usborne Classics Retold written by Anna Claybourne and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivetingly retold for today's readers, Charlotte Brontë's classic story of thwarted love and dark secrets remains as fresh and exciting as the day it was first written. Jane Eyre is a poor orphan who has no one to protect her from bullying relations and school masters. Determined to change her luck, she becomes a governess and settles happily into a new life at Thornfield Hall. Before long, Jane realizes Thornfield and its owner, Mr. Rochester, are hiding secrets from her. Whose menacing laugh does she keep hearing? How did the fire start that almost cost Mr. Rochester his life? And why are there screams in the night?
Download or read book Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Brontë and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beloved classic and undisputed masterpiece, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre explores class, society, love and religion through the eyes of one of fiction's most unique and memorable female protagonists. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. The orphaned Jane Eyre is no beauty but her plain appearance belies an indomitable spirit, sharp wit and great courage. As a child she suffers under cruel guardians, harsh schooling and a rigid social order but when she goes to Thornfield Hall to work as a governess for the mysterious Mr Rochester, the stage is set for one of literature's most enduring romances. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by Sam Gilpin.
Download or read book Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Brontë and published by Usborne Books. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The odds have always been against Jane Eyre, but when she becomes a governess at the mysterious Thornfield Hall things become dangerous. How did an unexplained fire start in the middle of the night? ... And why are there screams in the night?
Download or read book Complete Jane Austen written by Anna MILBOURNE and published by Complete Books. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated book contains all seven of Jane Austen's novels, beautifully retold as stories for children. The retellings are true to Austen's elegant phrasing and language, while reducing and simplifying the stories for a young modern reader, and include quotations from the original text throughout. The perfect book for children studying Jane Austen, or those who simply enjoy reading wonderful stories. Each story has an introductory plate showing all the main characters and introducing the plot, as well as single and double plate illustrations depicting scenes from the story. Includes a section all about Jane Austen, her times and her other writings. An heirloom of the future, this beautiful book is richly produced to a standard this timeless classic deserves, with a padded Hardback cover, a ribbon marker and traditional binding.
Download or read book Charlotte Bront written by Amber K Regis and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte Brontë: legacies and afterlives is a timely reflection on the persistent fascination and creative engagement with Charlotte Brontë’s life and work. The new essays in this volume, which cover the period from Brontë’s first publication to the twenty-first century, explain why her work has endured in so many different forms and contexts. This book brings the story of Charlotte Brontë’s legacy up to date, analysing the intriguing afterlives of characters such as Jane Eyre and Rochester in neo-Victorian fiction, cinema, television, the stage and, more recently, on the web. Taking a fresh look at 150 years of engagement with one of the best-loved novelists of the Victorian period, from obituaries to vlogs, from stage to screen, from novels to erotic makeovers, this book reveals the author’s diverse and intriguing legacy. Engagingly written and illustrated, the book will appeal to both scholars and general readers.
Download or read book The Usborne Reading Collection Yellow Set written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 PB of Very First Reading and First Reading Titles
Download or read book Pride and Prejudice written by Susanna Davidson and published by Usborne Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new title in Young Reading, Series Three, based on the much-loved classic by Jane Austen. Aimed at children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories. Age: 7 years + the Bennett sisters are coming of age and it's time for them to find husbands if they want to find their place in high society. But will everything end up as they hope? Age: 7 years +
Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Neo Victorianism written by Brenda Ayres and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-20 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook offers analysis of diverse genres and media of neo-Victorianism, including film and television adaptations of Victorian texts, authors’ life stories, graphic novels, and contemporary fiction set in the nineteenth century. Contextualized by Sarah E Maier and Brenda Ayres in a comprehensive introduction, the collection describes current trends in neo-Victorian scholarship of novels, film, theatre, crime, empire/postcolonialism, Gothic, materiality, religion and science, amongst others. A variety of scholars from around the world contribute to this volume by applying an assortment of theoretical approaches and interdisciplinary focus in their critique of a wide range of narratives—from early neo-Victorian texts such as A. S. Byatt’s Possession (1963) and Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) to recent steampunk, from musical theatre to slumming, and from The Alienist to queerness—in their investigation of how this fiction reconstructs the past, informed by and reinforming the present.
Download or read book Wuthering Heights Usborne Classics Retold written by Jane Bingham and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Brontë's haunting tale of love and revenge, rivetingly retold for today's readers, remains as powerful and gripping as the day it was first written. High on the windswept Yorkshire moors, an old farmhouse hides dark secrets. What is the strange history of Wuthering Heights? Why has Heathcliff, its mysterious owner, cut himself off from the world - and who is the unearthly girl wandering the moors at night?
Download or read book Kidnapped Usborne Classics Retold written by Henry Brook and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivetingly retold for today's readers, Robert Louis Stevenson's stirring tale of intrigue and adventure in the Scottish Highlands is as fresh and exciting as the day it was first written. After the death of his parents, young David Balfour is sent to stay with his mysterious Uncle Ebenezer. When David discovers a family secret that could change his life forever, he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. His only chance to escape is to follow a Highland warrior, Alan Breck, on a desperate and dangerous adventure.
Download or read book Frankenstein Usborne Classics Retold written by John Grant and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As lightning flashes across the night sky, Victor Frankenstein succeeds in the ultimate scientific experiment – the creation of life. But lonely and rejected, the being he creates soon turns on Victor and his family, with terrifying and tragic results. Rivetingly retold for a new generation of readers, Mary Shelley's classic horror story remains as powerful and gripping as the day it was first written. Includes informative notes on both the author and the original text.
Download or read book Don Quixote Usborne Classics Retold written by Henry Brook and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Quixote has read so many books about knights and wizards, damsels and elves, he's gone completely nuts and wants to be a knight himself. Recruiting the village idiot, Sancho Panza, as his squire, he sets off on an adventure that has amazed readers for centuries. Clearly written in a modern, approachable style to introduce young readers to this much-loved classic story.
Download or read book Treasure Island Usborne Classics Retold written by Henry Brook and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Louis Stevenson's gripping classic tale of pirate gold and adventure on the high seas, rivetingly retold for today's readers, is as fresh and exciting as the day it was first written. Young Jim Hawkins stumbles upon a treasure map and sets sail on the Hispaniola, on a perilous voyage that will change his life forever. But Treasure Island is a sinister, ghostly place, and Jim soon finds himself battling for survival - up against cut-throat pirates, and the mysterious Long John Silver.
Download or read book Huckleberry Finn Usborne Classics Retold written by Henry Brook and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain's classic tale of escape and adventure rivetingly retold for today's readers. To get away from his violent, drunken father, Huckleberry Finn fakes his own death and lives wild in the woods. He soon meets Jim, a runaway slave, and the two outcasts set off on a dangerous journey down the mighty Mississippi river, in search of freedom. Clearly written in a modern, approachable style to introduce young readers to this much-loved classic story.
Download or read book Moby Dick Usborne Classics Retold written by Henry Brook and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A faithful retelling of the classic Herman Melville story about Captain Ahab and his vengeful hunt for the whale Moby Dick. Clearly written in a modern, approachable style, the Classics Retold series is designed to introduce young readers to much-loved classic stories. The text includes informative notes on both the author and the original text, and is ideal for encouraging young readers to pursue an interest in literature.
Download or read book A Tale of Two Cities written by Mary Sebag-Montefiore and published by Young Reading Series 3. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set during the French Revolution, the lives of Charles Darnay and his family are changed forever in this retelling of Charles Dickens' classic story.
Download or read book Victorian Horror Stories Usborne Classics Retold written by Mike Stocks and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six terrifying tales from the Victorian age thrillingly retold for today's readers.
