Caedmon's Hymn - Caedmon
Cædmon was an Anglo-Saxon shepherd who belonged to the double monastery of Streonæshalch (657–681). Cadmon, who knew nothing about song art, learned to compose in a dream one night. Cadmon's only known surviving composition is Cadmon's Hymn, a nine-line alliterative vernacular hymn in honor of the...
A Room with a View - E. M. Forster
On a trip to Italy with her cousin, Lucy Honeychurch meets George Emerson, a bohemian atheist, who falls in love with her. Back in England, she must choose between the free-spirited George and the more traditional fiancé Cecillves. The story is both a romance and a critique of early 20th century...
Caedmon's Hymn - Caedmon
Cædmon was an Anglo-Saxon herdsman attached to the double monastery of Streonæshalch (657–681). Originally ignorant of the art of song, Cædmon learned to compose one night in the course of a dream. Cædmon’s only known surviving work is Cædmon’s Hymn, the nine-line alliterative vernacular praise...
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary Lennox is a spoiled, narcissistic, recently orphaned middle-class kid. She was taken to the quiet secluded country house of an uncle who had almost completely withdrawn after his wife's death. Mary is gradually drawn into the hidden side of the house: why should she hear an invisible child...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 2) - Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world full of strange and anthropomorphic creatures. The story has won the story's enduring popularity among adults and children alike with a logic game. It is considered one of the most...
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The novel follows the problems of a wealthy young girl, Sarah Kru, who is sent to an authoritarian boarding school in London during her father's campaign in India. Thanks to Captain Crewe's money, Sara was treated like a little princess until the news of her father's tragic death came one day. The...
The Road to Oz - L. Frank Baum
The Road to Oz takes Dorothy and her friends to Oz for a big party to celebrate Ozma's birthday. It all starts near her Uncle Henry's Kansas farm home as she tries to help a scruffy stranger find the path he's looking for. Along the way, they find a young boy, Button-Bright, and they get lost...