Books published by publisher Benediction Classics

Follow the tangled web of relationships and emotions of the Dark and Penhallow families in this endearing classic, from the author of Anne of Green GablesAunt Becky's will is proving problematic. She has left the most precious of her possessions, an antique jug, to one of her beneficiaries--but has stipulated that the person may only be identified after a year has elapsed, once all of the family members have striven to live up to Aunt Becky's ideals. But the Dark and the Penhallow families are complex and numerous indeed--over three generations, 60 members of the Penhallow family have married 60 members of the Dark family, creating a tangled web of relationships and emotions. What lengths will family members go to to win the heirloom, and can anyone live up to what Aunt Becky would have wanted? The tumultuous and intertwined personal and love lives of the Penhallows and Darks makes makes for entertaining reading in this cleverly crafted novel, characterized by Montgomery's piercing evaluations of character and skill of description.

Bram Stoker is of course best known for his novel Dracula which was published in 1897. The novel set the standard for gothic horror fiction and has never been surpassed. In this Omnibus edition are five novels and a book of short stories. Prepare to be terrified: Dracula (1897), The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903), The Man (aka: The Gates of Life) (1905), The Lady of the Shroud (1909), The Lair of the White Worm (aka: The Garden of Evil) (1911), Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914), The Dualitists (1887)

H. P. Lovecraft spent his life in obscurity, publishing mostly in the pulp magazine “Weird Tales”, and dying in poverty. Recognition came only after death. He has influenced numerous writers, musicians, and film makers. Indeed, the prolific horror writer Stephen King has called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.” The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft contains: The Nameless City, The Festival, The Colour Out of Space, The Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror, The Whisperer in Darkness, The Dreams in the Witch House, The Haunter of the Dark, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Discarded Draft of “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”, The Shadow Out of Time, At the Mountains of Madness, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, Azathoth, Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Celephaïs, Cool Air, Dagon, Ex Oblivione, Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, From Beyond, He, Herbert West—Reanimator, Hypnos, In the Vault, Memory, Nyarlathotep, Pickman’s Model, The Book, The Cats of Ulthar, The Descendant, The Doom That Came to Sarnath, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The Evil Clergyman, The Horror at Red Hook, The Hound, The Lurking Fear, The Moon-Bog, The Music of Erich Zann, The Other Gods, The Outsider, The Picture in the House, The Quest of Iranon, The Rats in the Walls, The Shunned House, The Silver Key, The Statement of Randolph Carter, The Strange High House in the Mist, The Street, The Temple, The Terrible Old Man, The Thing on the Doorstep, The Tomb, The Transition of Juan Romero, The Tree, The Unnamable, The White Ship, What the Moon Brings, Polaris, The Very Old Folk, Ibid, Old Bugs, Sweet Ermengarde, A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson, The History of the Necronomicon.

James Fenimore Cooper places the two beautiful Munro sisters in the midst of the the savagery of life on the frontier, dominated by feuding Indian tribes and the relentless European encroachment on the Native American lifestyle. Cooper’s spine-tingling perennial best-seller is an essential part of American culture and has been enjoyed by generations of adults and children. (Suitable for children aged 11 and above.)

This is an omnibus edition of the three Johnny Crow books: Johnny Crow's Garden, Johnny Crow's Party and Johnny Crow's New Garden. These delightful stories enchant their readers and listeners with easy-to-learn rhymes and gorgeous pictures. Small children are captivated by the charming tales of Johnny Crow's animal friends and the funny and unlikely things that happen to them in his Garden. Adults marvel at the skill and wit of Brooke's brilliant drawings. This classic of children's literature has been lovingly hand-edited; it includes all the original black and white and colour illustrations.

William Strunk published The Elements of Style in 1918 "to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention ... on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated." Since then, this "forty-three-page summation of the case for cleanliness, accuracy, and brevity in the use of English" has done just that, and has become essential reading at the start of term for the well-prepared student.