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This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Edgar Allan Poe's THE RAVEN includes:• All 25 illustrations by Gustave Doré for Harper & Brothers' 1884 edition• An informative Introduction• A detailed Biography of Edgar Allan Poe• The illustrated version and text-only version of the full poemNo poem has ever received the kind of immediate and overwhelming response that Poe's "The Raven" did when it first appeared in the New York Evening Mirror on January 29, 1845. It made Poe an overnight sensation (though his great fame never brought him much wealth) and the poem, a powerfully haunting elegy to lost love, remains one of the most beloved and recognizable verses in the English language. The illustrations that accompany this Top Five Classics edition are reproductions of the renowned French artist Gustave Doré's steel-plate engravings created for Harper & Brothers' 1884 release of THE RAVEN. It would be Doré's last commission as he died shortly after completing the 25 illustrations in January 1883. His illustrations would become famous in their own right, evoking as they do the lyrical and mystical air of Poe's masterpiece.

This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of the COMPLETE TALES & POEMS of Edgar Allan Poe features 156 works by Poe, including all of his short stories and poems.69 Tales, including:• The Tell-Tale Heart• The Murders in the Rue Morgue• The Fall of the House of Usher• The Masque of the Red Death• The Pit and the Pendulum• The Purloined Letter• The Black Cat• Hop-Frog• The Cask of Amontillado74 Poems, including:• The Raven• The Conqueror Worm• The Bells• Tamerlane• Al Aaraaf• Lenore• Eldorado• Annabel LeeIn addition:• Poe’s only complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym• His incomplete novel, The Journal of Julius Rodman• His unfinished tragedy in verse, Politian• 10 significant essays & sketches, including "The Balloon-Hoax," "The Rationale of Verse," and "The Philosophy of Composition"Also featuring:• More than 25 illustrations from Harry Clarke, Edmund Dulac, and Arthur Rackham• Annotated translations of passages in French, Latin, Greek and other foreign languages, along with Poe’s own notes• Alphabetical title index and detailed author biographyWhether you are new to Edgar Allan Poe or a student of his work, this illustrated/annotated edition is a must-have for your Kindle library.

Officially licensed by the Conan Doyle Estate, this Top Five Classics edition includes all 4 novels & 56 short stories in the Sherlock Holmes Canon (including “The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes”) with more than 480 illustrations by Sidney Paget & others.The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Illustrated) from Top Five Books is the only fully illustrated, single-volume edition of the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon available, and features:• All 4 novels and 56 short stories, including Arthur Conan Doyle's final 1927 collection, “The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes”• More than 480 captioned illustrations, including all 357 Holmes illustrations by Sidney Paget• An alphabetical index of titles & timeline of cases• A helpful introduction, author bio, and bibliographyPresenting all of the stories in the order they were first published with the illustrations that accompanied the original Strand Magazine monthly editions, The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Illustrated) brings the Sherlock Holmes adventures to you the way they were meant to be read.

This Top Five Classics edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland includes: - The complete texts of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass - John Tenniel's 92 original illustrations, including 35 in color - The Hunting of the Snark, with Henry Holiday's 10 original illustrations - An informative introduction, author bio, and helpful notes Originally written and hand-drawn from 1862 to 1864 by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) for 10-year-old Alice Liddell, the daughter of Dodgson's Oxford college dean, the manuscript "Alice's Adventures Under Ground" would become, with the help of John Tenniel's beautiful and humorous illustrations, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published by Macmillan in 1865 in Britain and the U.S. The book, at turns silly and satiric, gentle and wild, would quickly become beloved around the world by children and adults, and spawn the classic sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871) and the immortal nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876). The author, a shy mathematics professor called Charles Dodgson, would become internationally famous and ever after remembered by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. The books have never gone out of print and over nearly two centuries have spawned countless offshoots and adaptations--books, artwork, plays, games, and movies. This Top Five Classics edition of the fully illustrated Alice books presents the stories the way they were meant to be enjoyed.

This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Treasure Island includes the original, unabridged text by Robert Louis Stevenson; more than 60 illustrations-all 17 paintings by N.C. Wyeth for the 1911 edition, 44 drawings by Louis Rhead from his 1915 edition, and, of course, a treasure map-Stevenson's essay, "My First Book: Treasure Island," on the writing of his classic; a glossary of nautical and historical terms; and a helpful introduction, author bio, and bibliography.Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island was not the first adventure story of pirates in the Caribbean, but it may as well have been. Since its publication in 1883, it's become the standard-the first and last word on the subject-and it remains an exhilarating, satisfying read for young and old alike to this day.A strange, crusty old pirate comes to stay with Jim Hawkins's family at the Admiral Benbow Inn. The map he carries with him will put them all in danger and be the impetus for young Jim's perilous journey with Long John Silver in search of treasure on the high seas.

This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist includes:• The complete, unabridged text (from the final edition Dickens oversaw in 1865)• 24 full-color illustrations by George Cruikshank from the original edition• A helpful introduction and detailed author bioOliver Twist, a poor orphan raised in a workhouse in Victorian England, escapes his cruel fate and flees to London, only to be taken in by a gang of criminals led by the villainous Fagin. Though Fagin, Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger, and the other assorted pickpockets, house-breakers, cut-throats, and fallen women try their best to corrupt young Oliver, his innate goodness won’t allow him to fall under their spell. Unbeknownst to him, the circumstances of his birth are not as simple as they appear, and a chance encounter with a kindly benefactor may be his salvation if he can escape the clutches of the criminal underworld of London.Dickens’ second novel, published in 1838, would become one of his most beloved, remaining in print around the world for nearly two centuries and inspiring countless adaptations and homages.

This Top Five Classics edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland includes:- The complete texts of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass- John Tenniel's 92 original illustrations, including 35 in color- The Hunting of the Snark, with Henry Holiday's 10 original illustrations- An informative introduction, author bio, and helpful notesOriginally written and hand-drawn from 1862 to 1864 by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) for 10-year-old Alice Liddell, the daughter of Dodgson's Oxford college dean, the manuscript "Alice's Adventures Under Ground" would become, with the help of John Tenniel's beautiful and humorous illustrations, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published by Macmillan in 1865 in Britain and the U.S. The book, at turns silly and satiric, gentle and wild, would quickly become beloved around the world by children and adults, and spawn the classic sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871) and the immortal nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876). The author, a shy mathematics professor called Charles Dodgson, would become internationally famous and ever after remembered by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. The books have never gone out of print and over nearly two centuries have spawned countless offshoots and adaptations--books, artwork, plays, games, and movies. This Top Five Classics edition of the fully illustrated Alice books presents the stories the way they were meant to be enjoyed.

This Top Five Classics edition of GREAT EXPECTATIONS Includes:• More than 30 b&w and color illustrations• The original ending, included as an addendum at the end of the book• Author biography & bibliography• IntroductionGREAT EXPECTATIONS is Charles Dickens’s beloved, autobiographical tale of a poor boy haunted by a dark secret and harboring grand hopes for his future as a gentleman. Pip, the story’s narrator, takes us through his early life—from his brush with an escaped convict on the marshes of southeast England to his exposure to genteel society through the warped old Miss Havisham and her icy protégé, the alluring young Estella. Apprenticed to the blacksmith, the tender-hearted Joe, Pip’s fortunes change dramatically thanks to a mysterious benefactor, and he must figure out what is real and what is false as he navigates his new world, while never quite escaping his old. Considered by many to be Dickens’s greatest work, GREAT EXPECTATIONS will transport you, move you, and stay with you forever.Beautifully yet simply formatted, carefully edited, and featuring more than 30 illustrations from the artists who realized the first serialized chapters and many of the early book editions of GREAT EXPECTATIONS, this is the definitive digital version of the Dickens classic.Includes a short biography of Charles Dickens and an addendum of his originally conceived ending.

This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN includes:• More than 60 woodcut illustrations by Lynd Ward from the 1934 edition• The unabridged 1831 text of the popular revised edition by Mary Shelley, as well as her complete, original 1818 text as an addendum• A helpful introduction and author bioFRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley is the foundational text of both the horror and science fiction genres, a classic that has been read, discussed, and adapted in every medium for going on 200 years. Dreamed up when the author was only 18 while on holiday in Switzerland with her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley and the poet Lord Byron, FRANKENSTEIN is the result of a challenge from Byron to each write their own “ghost story.” The result was a tale that would become synonymous with horror, that would be the first novel to ask the question, Are there some things man was not meant to know?Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant young scientist, discovers the secret to endowing inanimate flesh with life. Without thinking of the repercussions, he throws himself into realizing his ambition, only to recoil in terror at what he has created. Rejected by his creator and humanity, Frankenstein’s monster is driven by the primal desire to inspire love, or if to be cast aside, to inspire fear.Containing both the common 1831 revised edition and the author’s original 1818 text of FRANKENSTEIN, this Top Five Classics edition also features Lynd Ward’s hauntingly beautiful, moody, and subtly erotic woodcut illustrations from his 1934 edition.Cover illustration by Adam Carabet

A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

This Top Five Classics edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland includes: - The complete texts of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass - John Tenniel's 92 original illustrations - The Hunting of the Snark, with Henry Holiday's 10 original illustrations - An informative introduction, author bio, and helpful notes Originally written and hand-drawn from 1862 to 1864 by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) for 10-year-old Alice Liddell, the daughter of Dodgson's Oxford college dean, the manuscript "Alice's Adventures Under Ground" would become, with the help of John Tenniel's beautiful and humorous illustrations, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published by Macmillan in 1865 in Britain and the U.S. The book, at turns silly and satiric, gentle and wild, would quickly become beloved around the world by children and adults, and spawn the classic sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871) and the immortal nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876). The author, a shy mathematics professor called Charles Dodgson, would become internationally famous and ever after remembered by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. The books have never gone out of print and over nearly two centuries have spawned countless offshoots and adaptations--books, artwork, plays, games, and movies. This Top Five Classics edition of the fully illustrated Alice books presents the stories the way they were meant to be enjoyed.