The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett is one of the best-loved stories of all time. Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend to it, a change comes over her and her life. She meets and befriends a local boy, the talented Dickon, and comes across her sickl…
Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at nig…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass. It is illustrated throughout by Sir John Tenniel, whose drawings for the books add so much to the enjoyment of them. Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Red Queen and the White Rabbit all make their appearances, and are now familiar figures in writing, conversation and idiom. So too, are Carr…
The gentle thoroughbred, Black Beauty, is raised with care and is treated well until a vicious groom injures him. The damaged horse is then sold to various masters at whose hands he experiences cruelty and neglect. After many unpleasant episodes, including one where he becomes a painfully overworked cab horse in London, Black Beauty finally canters towards a happy ending. Although Anna Sewell's…
The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales contents : The Golden Bird,Hans In Luck,Jorinda And Jorindel,The Travelling Musicians,Old Sultan,The Straw, The Coal, And The Bean,Briar Rose,The Dog And The Sparrow,The Twelve Dancing Princesses,The Fisherman And His Wife,The Willow-Wren And The Bear,The Frog-Prince,Cat And Mouse In Partnership,The Goose-Girl,The Adventures Of Chanticleer And Partlet,Rapunzel,Fun…
Bagi Black Beauty, hidup bahagia adalah dapat berlari-lari dengan bebas di padang rumput yang luas. Ia menghabiskan tahun-tahun pertamanya bersama sang ibu, yang mengajarinya untuk selalu berperilaku baik dan bekerja dengan tulus serta melakukan yang terbaik. Namun, kehidupan tidak memberikan kemewahan semacam itu. Sejak usia empat, ia berganti-ganti pemilik dan mengalami berbagai perlakuan dar…
he Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is one of the first adventure stories ever written. It chronicles Crusoe, and eventually his servant Friday, after he becomes shipwrecked on an island. Not just a piece of literary history, Crusoe is also a thrilling tale and an excellent commentary on imperialism and the foundation of human history. Robison Crusoe was the best selling b…
Buku ini menceritakan mengenai petualangan tida saudara, yaitu Roberta, Peter, dan Phyllis yang hidup bahagia di Vila Edgecombe, tetapi mereka tidak menyadari betapa bahagianya mereka sampai sesuatu hal terjadi. Sesuatu yang memaksa mereka menjalani kehidupan yang sangat berbeda dari sebelumnya. Ketika Ayah terpaksa pergi beberapa lama, ketiga anak itu bersama ibunya meninggalkan rumah mereka d…