Alexandre Dumas
On the 20th of August, 1672, the city of the Hague, always so lively, so neat, and so trim that one might believe every day to be Sunday, with its shady park, with its tall trees, spreading over its Gothic houses, with its canals like large mirrors, in which its steeples and its almost Eastern cupolas are reflected, - the city of the Hague, the capital of the Seven United Provinces, was swelling in all its arteries with a black and red stream of
...For Edmond Dantes, life couldn't be better. At nineteen, he is soon to be captain of his own ship and about to be married to his true love, Mercedes. But his life is suddenly turned upside down when, on his wedding day, he is arrested. Without a fair trial, he is condemned to solitary confinement in the miserable Chateau d'If. Soon it is clear that Edmond has been framed by a handful of powerful enemies,...
The Boys' Adventure Megapack collects 20 great adventure stories for boys, from classics like The Call of the Wild to war stories like the adventures of Dave Dawson, from science fiction like Tom Swift, Jr. to historical fiction like Tarzan of the Apes and The Count of Monte Cristo. Rollicking adventure stories for the young and young at heart!
Included are:
THE CALL OF THE WILD, by Jack London
TREASURE ISLAND,
...The Werewolf Megapack collects 22 classic and modern tales of shape-shifters (and not just wolves!) — including works by Jay Lake, Jack Williamson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, John Gregory Betancourt, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, and many more.
Included are:
LEOPARD, by Jay Lake
GABRIEL-ERNEST, by Saki
SYMPATHY FOR WOLVES, by John Gregory Betancourt
THE DRONE, by Abraham Merritt
THE WERE-WOLF, by Clemence Housman
AND BOB'S YOUR UNCLE,
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