Includes a critical and biographical profile of Herman Melville by tyrus Hillway, Assoc. Professor, Colorado State College of Education.

Jane, a plain and penniless orphan in nineteenth-century England, accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall and soon finds herself in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Edward Rochester, a man with a terrible secret.

An abridged version of Black Beauty's experiences with both good and bad masters in nineteenth-century England.

Two sisters of opposing temperaments share the pangs of tragic love. Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters, and true love finally triumphs.

One of America's most famous patriots, Benjamin Franklin was more than just a founding father of the country. He was a prolific writer, tradesman, scientist, and philosopher who had major influences in France, England, and America. Franklin made it clear through his works that he believed in both spirituality and science at the same time, and he wrote about how the two ideas can converge. He was quite famous during his life, but his fame lives on...

Hesiod was one of the first great Greek poets, living during the 8th Century BCE: the same time-period as Homer. His two classics are The Theogony and Works, and Days. The Theogony is, an essential work of its time. It is one of the first examples of a collection of organized, well put-together stories regarding Greek Mythology. Hesiod gives biographies of the gods and goddesses in it. Theogony functioned as an all-encompassing book on religious matters...

Contains a critical and biographical profile of the author by James H. Hansford, author of "john Milton, Englishman".

Adaptation of the Brothers Grimm tale about a spoiled princess who reluctantly befriends the Frog Prince.