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This Halcyon Classics anthology contains seven works by feminist writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, including her utopian novel HERLAND and her semi-autobiographical short story THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. Gilman (1860-1935) spent an impoverished youth in Rhode Island. After marriage and divorce, she became involved in several feminist and reformist organizations while living in California in the 1890s. She supported herself through writing and editing. Her utopian novel, HERLAND, appeared in serialized form in 1915. It was not published in book form until 1979.In HERLAND, Gilman describes an isolated society composed entirely of women who reproduce via parthenogenesis. The result is an ideal social order, free of war, conflict and domination.This ebook is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.ContentsHerlandThe Yellow WallpaperIf I Were a ManThe Giant WistariaOur Androcentric CultureThe CruxWhat Diantha DidThis unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.

THE BETTY GORDON MYSTERIES follow the adventures of 12-year-old Betty Gordon, a spunky orphan who has been sent to live on a farm. Over the course of the next few months, she solves several mysteries involving her missing Uncle, in the oilfields of Texas, finding buried treasure, and searching for a missing girl.• Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm, or, The Mystery of a Nobody• Betty Gordon in Washington, or, Strange Adventures in a Great City• Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil, or, The Farm that was Worth a Fortune• Betty Gordon at Boarding School, or, The Treasure of Indian Chasm• Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp, or, The Mystery of Ida Bellethorne

This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains Fritz Leiber's post-apocalyptic science fiction thriller 'The Night of the Long Knives,' a nightmare vision of a post-nuclear war world with echoes of Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road.' Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.Contents:The Night of the Long KnivesBread OverheadNo Great MagicThe Creature from Cleveland DepthsThe Moon is GreenWhat’s He Doing in There?

THE TEXAN SERIES: THE TEXAN STAR AND THE TEXAS SCOUTS features two young readers' novels about the Texas Revolution of 1835 and 1836. THE TEXAN STAR tells the exciting history of the early days of the revolution, beginning in Mexico with the treacherous imprisonment of Stephen F. Austin, the rise of Santa Anna and his attempt to disarm the Texans and leave them powerless. It culminates in the rebellion of the Texans, and their capture, in the face of great odds, of San Antonio, the seat of the Mexican power in the north. THE TEXAN SCOUTS tells of the second phase in the revolution; the coming of Santa Anna with an overwhelming force to Texas, the massacre of surrendering Texans at Goliad and the runaway scrape. Yet the period of gloom is relieved by the last stand of Crockett, Bowie, and their famous comrades at the Alamo.

The three books of the MISS BILLY series follow the adventures of Billy Neilson, an 18-year-old girl whose entire family has died. Her only hope is her late father's best friend (William Henshaw), whom she writes and, without telling him she's a girl, hopes he can take her in. Henshaw agrees, finding to his consternation that young Billy is a girl, who soon turns his world upside down with her ways. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.• Miss Billy• Miss Billy's Decision• Miss Billy--MarriedEleanor Hodgman Porter (1868-1920) was an accomplished writer of children's literature. A native New Englander, Porter lived in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and most of her stories were set in the region. Trained as a singer, Porter began writing late in life, publishing her first novel (THE TURN OF THE TIDE) at the age of forty. In addition to her works for children, Porter also wrote several novels for adults.

THE COMPLETE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR SERIES includes six young readers' novels dealing with the great struggle of France and England and their colonies for control of North America during 1754-1763, culminating with the fall of Quebec. It is also concerned to a large extent with the Iroquois, the mighty league known in their own language as the Hodenosaunee, for the favor of which both French and English were high bidders.• The Hunters of the Hills - A Story of the Great French and Indian War• The Shadow of the North - A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign• The Rulers of the Lakes - A Story of George and Champlain• The Masters of the Peaks - A Story of the Great North Woods• The Lords of the Wild - A Story of the Old New York Border• The Sun of Quebec - A Story of a Great Crisis

BEAUTIFUL STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE AND ROYAL CHILDREN OF ENGLISH HISTORY includes two works by noted English children's author E. Nesbit. In the first book, young readers will find 20 adaptations of Shakespeare's most famous plays rendered into an easy-to-read format. The second work includes several short biographies of famous English royal children.BEAUTIFUL STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE• Preface• A Brief Life of Shakespeare• A Midsummer Night's Dream• The Tempest• As You Like It• The Winter's Tale• King Lear• Twelfth Night• Much Ado About Nothing• Romeo and Juliet• Pericles• Hamlet• Cymbeline• Macbeth• The Comedy of Errors• The Merchant of Venice• Timon of Athens• Othello• The Taming of the Shrew• Measure For Measure• Two Gentlemen of Verona• All's Well That Ends Well• Quotations from ShakespeareROYAL CHILDREN OF ENGLISH HISTORY• Alfred the Great• Prince Arthur• Henry the Third• The First Prince of Wales• Edward the Black Prince• Henry the Fifth and the Baby KingEdith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English writer who published under the name E. Nesbit. A prolific and successful writer of several genres, Nesbit is most remembered as one of the first modern authors of children's literature; she is credited with addressing real-world issues in her writings, helping to move children's literature beyond the realms of fantasy and folklore. In addition to several very successful children's works, Nesbit wrote horror stories and is well-known for her support for Socialism. She and her husband were among the founders of the Fabian Society in 1884.

This Halcyon Classics ebook is H.P. Lovecraft's classic occult tale of horror THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS.An Arkham university professor is contacted by a farmer living in a remote part of Vermont, who claims to have evidence of aliens living in the hills and mining a mysterious metal. After visiting, the professor becomes alarmed at the mysterious change in the behavior of the farmer, including his assertion that the aliens can extract a human brain and keep it alive in jar for eternity.Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction. As early as the 1940s, Lovecraft's work had developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fiction featuring a pantheon of humanity-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."

This Halcyon Classics ebook is H.P. Lovecraft's classic occult tale of horror THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS.An Arkham university professor is contacted by a farmer living in a remote part of Vermont, who claims to have evidence of aliens living in the hills and mining a mysterious metal. After visiting, the professor becomes alarmed at the mysterious change in the behavior of the farmer, including his assertion that the aliens can extract a human brain and keep it alive in jar for eternity.Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction. As early as the 1940s, Lovecraft's work had developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fiction featuring a pantheon of humanity-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."

This Halcyon Classics ebook is H.P. Lovecraft's classic occult tale of horror THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS.An Arkham university professor is contacted by a farmer living in a remote part of Vermont, who claims to have evidence of aliens living in the hills and mining a mysterious metal. After visiting, the professor becomes alarmed at the mysterious change in the behavior of the farmer, including his assertion that the aliens can extract a human brain and keep it alive in jar for eternity.Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction. As early as the 1940s, Lovecraft's work had developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fiction featuring a pantheon of humanity-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."

This Halcyon Classics ebook is H.P. Lovecraft's classic occult tale of horror THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS.An Arkham university professor is contacted by a farmer living in a remote part of Vermont, who claims to have evidence of aliens living in the hills and mining a mysterious metal. After visiting, the professor becomes alarmed at the mysterious change in the behavior of the farmer, including his assertion that the aliens can extract a human brain and keep it alive in jar for eternity.Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction. As early as the 1940s, Lovecraft's work had developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fiction featuring a pantheon of humanity-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."

This Halcyon Classics ebook is H.P. Lovecraft's classic occult tale of horror THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS.An Arkham university professor is contacted by a farmer living in a remote part of Vermont, who claims to have evidence of aliens living in the hills and mining a mysterious metal. After visiting, the professor becomes alarmed at the mysterious change in the behavior of the farmer, including his assertion that the aliens can extract a human brain and keep it alive in jar for eternity.Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction. As early as the 1940s, Lovecraft's work had developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fiction featuring a pantheon of humanity-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."