books
8 stories
The Nursery Alice (1890) by strawberrycheese08
strawberrycheese08
  • WpView
    Reads 828
  • WpVote
    Votes 32
  • WpPart
    Parts 14
The Nursery "Alice" (1890) is a shortened version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll - adapted by the author himself for children "from nought to five". It includes John Tenniel's illustrations from the original book coloured and enlarged. The work is not merely a shortened and simplified version. It is written as though the story is being read aloud by someone who is also talking to the child listener, pointing out details in the pictures and asking questions. There are also additions, such as an anecdote about a puppy called Dash, and an explanation of the word "foxglove".
The Lost Prince (1915) by strawberrycheese08
strawberrycheese08
  • WpView
    Reads 5,685
  • WpVote
    Votes 275
  • WpPart
    Parts 31
(This story belongs to Frances Hodgson Burnett. I don't own anything.) Marco's father, Stefan, is a patriot working to overthrow the cruel dictatorship in the kingdom of Samavia. Marco and his father come to London where Marco befriends a street urchin known as The Rat.
Emily's Quest (1927) by strawberrycheese08
strawberrycheese08
  • WpView
    Reads 16,417
  • WpVote
    Votes 778
  • WpPart
    Parts 27
Book 3 of Emily Starr trilogy *This story belongs to Lucy Maud Montgomery. I don't own anything.
Emily Climbs (1925) by strawberrycheese08
strawberrycheese08
  • WpView
    Reads 17,389
  • WpVote
    Votes 792
  • WpPart
    Parts 25
Book 2 of Emily Starr trilogy *This story belongs to Lucy Maud Montgomery. I don't own anything.
Emily of New Moon (1923) by strawberrycheese08
strawberrycheese08
  • WpView
    Reads 37,007
  • WpVote
    Votes 1,347
  • WpPart
    Parts 31
(Book 1 of Emily Starr trilogy) Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely -- until her beloved father died and her snobbish relatives are taking her to live with them at New Moon Farm. *This story belongs to L. M. Montgomery. I don't own anything.
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by LewisCarroll
LewisCarroll
  • WpView
    Reads 72,021
  • WpVote
    Votes 1,987
  • WpPart
    Parts 12
"Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May (4 May), uses frequent changes in size as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, on 4 November (the day before Guy Fawkes Night), uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess.
The Secret Garden (1911) by strawberrycheese08
strawberrycheese08
  • WpView
    Reads 64,112
  • WpVote
    Votes 2,463
  • WpPart
    Parts 27
Selfish and spoilt Mary was sent to Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden, a change comes over her life. *This story belongs to Frances Hodgson Burnett. I don't own anything.
Pride and Prejudice (1813) by JaneAusten
JaneAusten
  • WpView
    Reads 10,396,571
  • WpVote
    Votes 221,565
  • WpPart
    Parts 61
The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.