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Books in Papersky Classics series

  • Jason & the Argonauts

    Felicity Brooks, Graham Humphreys

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2005)
    Retells the Greek myth of Jason and his perilous journey with the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece.
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  • Don Quixote

    Henry Brook, Ian McNee

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2005)
    Retells the adventures of an eccentric country gentleman and his companion who set out as knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.
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  • A Tale of Two Cities

    Charles Dickens, Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, Bob Harvey

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, Oct. 1, 2003)
    In the early days of the French Revolution, a young Englishman determines to do the utmost to save the husband of the woman he loves from the guillotine.
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  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Sir Doyle, Arthur Conan, Henry Brook, Bob Harvey

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, Dec. 1, 2003)
    Sherlock Holmes is out to discover the reason behind the strange murders at Baskerville Hall.
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  • The Usborne Book of Classic Horror: The Stories of Dracula, Frankenstein, Jekyll & Hyde

    John Grant, Mike Stocks

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Dec. 30, 2004)
    Retells the classic stories of the science experiment that comes alive, the visitor in the night, and the dual personality in the laboratory.
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  • Frankenstein

    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, John Grant, Barry Jones, Anthony Marks

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, April 1, 2004)
    Retelling of the classic tale of a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, creating life with unintended consequences.
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  • Dracula

    Bram Stoker, Mike Stocks, Barry Jones, Anthony Marks

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, April 1, 2004)
    Follows the migration of Count Dracula from Transylvania to England, where Professor Van Helsing and his friends try to end his vampire existence.
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  • Tales of Mystery & Imagination

    Edgar Allan Poe, Tony Allan, Barry Jones, Anthony Marks

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, April 1, 2004)
    Offers young readers a look at six of Poe's tales of horror and the supernatural, and one mystery.
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  • Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

    Robert Louis Stevenson, Ron Tiner, John Grant

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, Dec. 1, 2004)
    Recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's story of the scientist, Dr. Henry Jekyll, whose research causes him to change into the evil Edward Hyde.
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  • Treasure Island

    Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Brook, Ian McNee

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2006)
    While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
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  • The Adventures of Ulysses

    Anna Claybourne, Jeff Anderson, Anthony Marks

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2005)
    Recounts the adventures of Ulysses from his encounter with the wild boar through the Trojan War and the odyssey home to Ithaca.
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  • Secret Garden

    Frances Hodgson Burnett, Gilly Marklew

    Hardcover (Ladybird Books Ltd, March 25, 1999)
    In this abridged adaptation of the classic novel, a lonely orphan discovers the wonders of a mysterious garden and befriends her invalid cousin.