Books published by publisher Planet Three

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. Its first published version was written by French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in the middle 18th century. It was a novel-length story intended for adult readers and addressing the issues of the marriage system of the day in which women had no right to choose their husband or to refuse to marry. The best-known version of the tale appeared sixteen years later. Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont simplified and shortened the Villeneuve's work and published it in a magazine for young ladies. The new abridged version became more successful, and Madame de Beaumont is regarded now as the author of the classic story. This edition includes remarkable illustrations by Walter Crane. Crane's work in children's books in cooperation with the publisher Edmund Evans earned him worldwide fame in the late 19th century.

The collection consists of 20 stories by Hans Christian Andersen, including such favorites as The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Emperor’s New Clothes, Thumbelina, The Princess and the Pea. This edition features illustrations by Arthur Rackham, a famous artist from the Golden Age of book illustration, who created fascinating images of the world of fairies, elves, goblins, dragons, and other fantastic creatures.

Thomas Hardy's magnificent novel of a woman's bold adventures in love. Thrown together by their desire for her, three men found their destinies intertwined: the strong and fervent Gabriel Oak: the wealthy bachelor, Boldwood: and the dashing renegade, Frank Troy.Set in an England trembling in the onrush of a new age and a new morality, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD is the master work of an artist too bold and frank for his own times--a piercing novel of male and female that has never been surpassed.