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No DRM (mobi)Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English writer, born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers, and his tales for children, like "The Jungle Book". In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and to date, he remains its youngest recipient. Kipling's reputation has changed according to the social climate of the age. For Henry James, "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius that I have ever known", while, George Orwell called him a "prophet of British imperialism". On the other hand, Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, always described the novel Kim as his favourite book. This collection, contains his best works, in their original editions: The Story of the Gadsbys, Plain Tales from the Hills, The Phantom Rickshaw..., The Light that Failed, The Jungle Books, Captains Courageous, The Day's Work, Stalky & Co., The White Man's Burden, Kim, Just So Stories, Puck of Pook's Hill, & Rewards and Fairies. Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks

No DRM (mobi)Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. The late 20th century saw the start of a re-evaluation of Stevenson as an artist of great range and insight, a literary theorist, an essayist and social critic, a witness to the colonial history of the Pacific Islands, and a humanist. According to the Index Translationum, Stevenson is ranked the 26th most translated author in the world. This collection, contains all his novels and short story collections (only signed by him), in their original editions: New Arabian Nights (1882), Treasure Island (1883), Prince Otto (1885), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), Kidnapped (1886), The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables (1887), The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1888), The Master of Ballantrae (1889), Catriona (1893), Island Nights' Entertainments (1893), & Fables (1896). Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks

No DRM (mobi)Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This collection includes his complete novels, where appear beloved characters as Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, the Prince and the Pauper, Buffalo Bill, Sherlock Holmes and the "Mysterious Stranger". Complete novels: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889), The American Claimant (1892), Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894), Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896), Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896), A Double Barrelled Detective Story (With Sherlock holmes) (1902), A Horse's Tale (1907), The Mysterious Stranger (1916) Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks

• This book contains illustrations of John Tenniel.No DRM (mobi)Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. From a young age, Dodgson wrote poetry and short stories; most of this output was humorous, sometimes satirical, but his standards and ambitions were exacting. This selection contains his best works: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Rhyme? and Reason? (Phantasmagoria) & The Hunting of the Snark; illustrated by John Tenniel and others great artists. Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks

No DRM (mobi)Jules Verne (1828–1905) was a French author, best known for his novels of Science Fiction. Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. Verne is often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction", a title sometimes shared with Hugo Gernsback and H. G. Wells. This collection includes his more famous novels, like Five Weeks in a Balloon, A Journey Into the Interior of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Mysterious Island & Robur the Conqueror. Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks

No DRM (mobi)Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American author of children's books, born into a devout Methodist family. Baum started writing at an early age, due to an early fascination with printing. In 1900, published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The book was the best-selling children's book for two years. This collection, contains all the novels based on the places and people of the Land of Oz, by Baum, in their original editions: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), Ozma of Oz (1907), Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908), The Road to Oz (1909), The Emerald City of Oz (1910), The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913), Tik-Tok of Oz (1914), The Scarecrow of Oz (1915), Rinkitink in Oz (1916) , The Lost Princess of Oz (1917), The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918), The Magic of Oz (1919), & Glinda of Oz (1920). Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks

No DRM (mobi)Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was an English writer, considered to be the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and responsible for some of most iconic novels and characters. During his lifetime Dickens enjoyed unprecedented popularity and fame, and they remain popular today. Dickens's work has been highly praised by writers such as Leo Tolstoy, George Orwell, and G. K. Chesterton for its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism. This selection contains his best works: A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol & Bleak House. Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks

No DRM (mobi)Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer, most noted for his stories about Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction. Other works include science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. The extraordinary "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his deductive logical reasoning, your english character, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases. The complete canon of Sherlock Holmes consists of the fifty-six short stories and four novels, Doyle's original works. Novels: A Study in Scarlet (1887), The Sign of the Four (1890), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), & The Valley of Fear (1915). Story collections: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905), His Last Bow (1917), & The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927). Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks