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"The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. "The Willows" is an example of early modern horror and is connected within the literary tradition of weird fiction.

After her aunt dies, a poor girl inherits a spindle, a shuttle, and a needle. She's quick with these tools and manages to make a decent living. One day, a prince comes into town looking for the "girl who is poorest and richest at the same time." She doesn't know it, but her spindle, needle, and shuttle have a certain magic to them that might lead the prince to her! 

Simpleton, the youngest of three brothers, may not be the smartest, but he has the biggest heart. His kindness is rewarded with a golden goose with feathers of fine gold. His new feathered friend has the attention of everyone in the village, and when they try to snatch a feather, they get stuck! Now Simpleton has a crowd following him everywhere he and the goose go! 

Jesper wants to win the hand of the king's daughter after his two older brothers fail. The king has set forth a series of impossible tasks, but Jesper has a big heart and a clever mind, so he sets forth for the castle. The first task is to bring 12 of the finest pearls. Then the tasks get harder and harder! Will he win?

Thrill to the tales of the Norse gods retold for young listeners and adults alike. Foster and Cummings have shared the legacy of Thor, Odin, and the other figures of these timeless tales. From the beginning of all things to Thor receiving Mjölnir, the history of the Norse gods awaits. 

A strange imp appears to the unhappy miller's daughter and offers to spin straw into gold after the king orders her to. By doing so, he'll save her life and make her queen. There's just one small price to pay: her firstborn child. 

The emperor is very vain and loves fine clothing, spending all of his money on the newest fashions. A pair of weavers come to town and promise him they can weave the finest cloth money can buy. This magic cloth will be invisible to anyone who wasn't worthy of seeing it. The emperor is excited and eagerly asks the weavers to make him this wonderful clothing. But when he parades down the street in his new clothes, everyone gets a shock! 

When Ms. Stoner comes to Sherlock Holmes with a strange story that a mysterious whistle caused her sisters death, Holmes is ready to take on the case. After examining the clues, Watson is sure the gypsies are to blame. Can Holmes prove there is a more sinister plot in play? Follow the clues with Sherlock Holmes in the adventure of the speckled band!

 A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th-century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because she wants to discover herself. Ibsen was inspired by the belief that "a woman cannot be herself in modern society", since it is "an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint".  

Edgar Allan Poe: The Telltale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Black Cat, The Raven, The Casque of Amontillado, Berenice.

This collection includes favorite classics Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and Alice's Adventures Underground. 

Mowgli and Kim - two books in one. Mowgli is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. As the title suggests, the book is a chronological compilation of the stories about Mowgli from The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia.

"Beyond the Black River" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. It's set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan's battle against a savage tribe of Picts in the unsettled lands beyond the infamous Black River.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Jack London Collection and experience the compelling world of the Call of the Wild, White Fang.

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand.

Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter Josephine. These had to be told "just so" (exactly in the words she was used to) or she would complain. The stories describe how one animal or another acquired its most distinctive features, such as how the leopard got his spots.

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska.

A Witch Shall Be Born is one of the original sword and sorcery novellas by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian. The story concerns a witch replacing her twin sister as queen of a city state, which brings her into conflict with Conan who had been the captain of the queen's guard. Themes of paranoia, and the duality of the twin sisters, are paramount in this story but it also includes elements of the conflict between barbarism and civilization that is common to the entire Conan series.

A delightful version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland following that scurrying Rabbit with the watch that is shortened for the enjoyment of younger children. She meets all of the strange talking animals (and they are just as rude or silly as usual) and eats and drinks from all of the bottles and grows and shrinks alarmingly just like in the longer version. Enjoy.

"Herbert West -Reanimator" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written between October 1921 and June 1922. It was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. The story is the first to mention Lovecraft's fictional Miskatonic University. It is also one of the first depictions of zombies as scientifically reanimated corpses, with animalistic and uncontrollable temperaments.