Robinson Crusoe

Macmillan Children's Books

A brilliant collection of stories based on the heroes and villains of Norse Mythology, hand-picked and collected together in this gorgeous gift treasury.Delve into the world of gods, giants and monsters, as you sit atop Air Throne and survey the kingdom of Asgard. With magnificent colour and line-work illustrations from artists such as Charles Brock, Arthur Rackham and Helen St...

L. Frank Baum / Anna Bond

A wonderful, wicked new deluxe hardcover edition of The Wizard of Oz with cover illustrations by Rifle Paper Co.'s Anna Bond!Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land of Oz. To get home Dorothy must follow the yellow brick road to Emerald City and find the wonderfully myster...

Robert Louis Stevenson

What a study in contrasts is the friendship between Henry Jekyll and his boon companion, Edward Hyde. Where Jekyll is a handsome and respected man of science, Hyde is a surly and brutish misanthrope. Nevertheless, Jekyll has allowed Hyde free access to his home and laboratory and, surprisingly, made him the sole beneficiary of his will. Given the closeness of their bond, it see...

Kafka, Franz

Franz Kafka's bizarrely comedic meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation expressed through the story of a man who is transformed overnight into a giant beetle, now repackaged with a beautifully designed jacket by noted illustrator Malika Favre. Only yesterday, Gregor Samsa was a meek salesman, browbeaten by his unappreciative employer and depended on...

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables has been one of the world's most charming coming-of-age stories for more than a century.Best-selling Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published the first book in her charming series in 1908, making it a literary favorite for more than a hundred years. Published as a children's novel, the story of Anne Shirley, an orphan, was inspired by the author's chi...

Austen, Jane / Thomson, Hugh

A gorgeous new pocket-sized special edition bound in real cloth with sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth in 2025. The designs are inspired by Jane Austen's life and work.Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical...

Defoe, Daniel

De entre todas las narraciones de Daniel Defoe, tal vez ninguna destaque tanto por su versatilidad como "Diario del año de la peste". Se trata de una obra en la que confluyen de manera asombrosa la ficción y un rigor que podríamos llamar periodístico o incluso historicista. El resultado es un relato escrito en un estilo excelso (Joyce lo llamó "magistral"), repleto de heroísmo ...

Defoe, Daniel

Tras una travesía llena de aventuras y peligros, el marinero Robinson Crusoe naufraga en una isla desierta donde le esperan más de dos décadas de absoluta soledad. Para sobrevivir y construir un nuevo mundo desde cero, cuenta con una sola herramienta: sus propias manos. Considerado el padre de la novela británica, Daniel Defoe recurre en esta historia a un brillante uso de la ...

Defoe, Daniel

Cuando, tras ser apresado y convertido en esclavo en África, Robinson Crusoe naufraga y llega a una isla deshabitada, se enfrenta al reto de crear un nuevo modo de vida, una nueva realidad. Con el tiempo, encuentra la compañía de Viernes, a quien libera de ser sacrificado de un grupo de caníbales; entre los dos, ampliarán las plantaciones de la isla y salvarán a algunas otras v...

Defoe, Daniel

Born in Newgate Prison to an incarcerated mother, Moll Flanders is compelled from earliest childhood to make her own way in the world and to live off her wit and beauty. Her desire to climb the rungs of society leads her through a tangled web of incest, adultery, prostitution, deception and theft, before she is eventually transported to the New World for her crimes. Presented a...

Defoe, Daniel

Estamos ante uno de los primeros novelistas de la historia y uno de los más destacados narradores de todos los tiempos. A Daniel Defoe, autor de la obra maestra Robinson Crusoe, se le atribuyen en total más de 540 títulos, donde se incluyen poemas satíricos, panfletos políticos y religiosos, ensayos y todo tipo de creaciones. Cabe destacar, dentro de toda esta amplísima producc...

Defoe, Daniel

Robinson Crusoe es un joven aventurero que decide embarcarse para conocer el mundo. En sus travesías pasa por muchas situaciones difíciles, debe sortear tormentas, llegar a nuevas tierras y colonizarlas; pero su gran aventura empieza cuando llega a una isla desierta. Allí comprende el valor de la vida en sociedad.En la isla debe sobrevivir por sí mismo, sortear las enfermedades...