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Cover of A Child's Garden of Verses

A Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson

Cover of A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

Cover of A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Jules Verne

Cover of A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

Cover of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Cover of Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Cover of Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Cover of Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

Cover of Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

Cover of Candide

Candide

Voltaire

Cover of Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cover of David Copperfield

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

Cover of Dracula

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Emma

Emma

Jane Austen

Cover of Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy

Cover of Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Cover of Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Cover of Hard Times

Hard Times

Charles Dickens

Cover of Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

Cover of Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

Walter Scott

Cover of Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Jungle Book

Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

Cover of Kidnapped

Kidnapped

Robert Louis Stevenson

Cover of Les Miserables

Les Miserables

Victor Hugo

Cover of Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

Cover of Little Women

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

Cover of Martin Eden

Martin Eden

Jack London

Middlemarch

Middlemarch

George Eliot

Cover of Moby Dick

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Cover of Moll Flanders

Moll Flanders

Daniel Defoe

Cover of Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

Cover of Persuasion

Persuasion

Jane Austen

Cover of Peter Pan

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie

Cover of Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Cover of Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Cover of Roughing It

Roughing It

Mark Twain

Cover of Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

Cover of Silas Marner

Silas Marner

George Eliot

Cover of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Cover of Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Cover of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Cover of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

Cover of The Battle of Life

The Battle of Life

Charles Dickens

Cover of The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cover of The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

Jack London

Cover of The Coral Island

The Coral Island

Robert Michael Ballantyne, Ralph Crane, George Dalziel, Edward Dalziel

Cover of The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Cover of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

Cover of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Francis Scott-Fitzgerald

Cover of The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

Cover of The Hunting of the Snark

The Hunting of the Snark

Lewis Carroll

Cover of The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

H. G. Wells

Cover of The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore Cooper

Cover of The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

Charles Dickens

Cover of The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers

Charles Dickens

Cover of The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James

Cover of The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane

Cover of The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Cover of The Sea-Wolf

The Sea-Wolf

Jack London

Cover of The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

Cover of The Time Machine

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

Cover of The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

Cover of The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

Cover of The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

Cover of The Worst Journey in the World

The Worst Journey in the World

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Through the Looking-Glass

Through the Looking-Glass

Lewis Lewis Carroll

Cover of Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

Cover of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Verne

Cover of Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Cover of Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

Cover of War and Peace

War and Peace

graf Leo Tolstoy

Cover of White Fang

White Fang

Jack London

Cover of Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

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