Evergreen Classics – serie

From the author of The Railway Children and Five Children and It comes this tale of six siblings and their adventures in Victorian London. The Bastable children are determined to restore their impoverished family's fortune, and each chapter of this hilarious book finds them busily attempting another get-rich-quick scheme: digging for treasure, becoming detectives and highway robbers, selling wine, and earnestly chasing other comic ventures.

The "man who invented the future," Jules Verne created the prototype for modern science fiction. His prophetic 1870 novel, featuring a bizarre underwater craft commanded by the brilliant and mysterious Captain Nemo, predated the submarine. The crowning achievement of Verne's literary career, this fantastic adventure tale of underwater monsters and civilizations influenced H. G. Wells and generations of writers.

This hair-raising collection includes eight of the most ingenious and gripping tales by the great master of suspense and creator of the American Gothic horror story. Includes "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "William Wilson," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Gold-Bug," "The Purloined Letter," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."