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  The Princess and the Goblin

  George MacDonald

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  “One of MacDonald’s best and most satisfying books”—a Victorian-era fairy tale featuring a lonely princess and a miner’s son (Tor.com).    As editor of the magazine Good Words for the Young, MacDonald had a ready audience for “fairy tale” and “children’s” stories and produced some of his most famous titles during this period of his writing life. The third of his stories for the magazine, The Princess and the Goblin, published in 1872, is universally acclaimed as MacDonald’s best pure fairy tale, and has been enchanting readers for well over a century.   This story of princess Irene, her mysterious ageless namesake “grandmother,” and miner’s son Curdie surely provided inspiration for C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. G.K. Chesterton wrote of it in 1924, “I can really testify to a book that has made a difference to my whole existence, which has helped me to see—a vision of things—so real. Of all the stories I have read, it remains the most real, the most realistic, in the exact sense of the phrase the most like life. It is called The Princess and the Goblin, and it is by George MacDonald.” This edition for The Cullen Collection is unedited in any way.   “A little-known, girl-powered fairy tale that should be on your radar.”—Bustle   “A rich, vibrant tale.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

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  War and Peace - First Epilogue:...

  Leo Tolstoy

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  War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as one of Tolstoy's finest literary achievements and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature.First Epilogue: 1813-20: Seven years had passed. The storm-tossed sea of European history had subsided within its shores and seemed to have become calm. But the mysterious forces that move humanity (mysterious because the laws of their motion are unknown to us) continued to operate.

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  The Essential Nathaniel...

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

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  Five great works about sin, redemption, and human passion by a masterful nineteenth-century American novelist. Including both novels and short story collections, this volume showcases the brilliance of Nathaniel Hawthorne.  Mosses from an Old Manse: A collection of Hawthorne’s short stories, praised by Herman Melville as “his masterpiece.”  Twice-Told Tales: Short fiction that “comes from the hand of a man of genius” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).  The Scarlet Letter: This iconic historical novel set in seventeenth-century New England tells the story of Hester Prynne—“among the first and most important female protagonists in American literature”—who is shunned by her Puritan community for committing adultery (NPR).  The Marble Faun: The thrilling tale of three American artists whose search for creative inspiration leads to romance and murder.  The House of the Seven Gables: A family burdened by the sins of their forebears seeks redemption in this gothic masterpiece.

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  The Novels of F Scott Fitzgerald

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  Experience the height of the Jazz Age through the eyes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the most notable authors in American literature. This collection includes: This Side of Paradise The Beautiful and the Damned The Great Gatsby

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  The Warden

  Anthony Trollope

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  A well-meaning public official finds himself embroiled in a political scandal in this acclaimed satire.  Set in an almshouse in rural England, The Warden features the realism, satire, and biting social commentary that helped establish Anthony Trollope as one of the preeminent English novelists of his day.   Septimus Harding is the modest and wizened warden of Hiram’s Hospital, a charitable institution funded by money bequeathed to the Diocese of Barchester. When young upstart John Bold stages a campaign that challenges the use of these charitable funds—and Harding’s seemingly exorbitant earnings—critics come out of the woodwork to question the hospital’s dealings. And making matters personal, Bold is courting Harding’s daughter, Eleanor.   The first installment in the Chronicles of Barsetshire, The Warden illuminates perceived Christian hypocrisies, yet strikes a light-hearted tone. A clear-eyed and humane work of satire, it brilliantly examines issues just as relevant today as in Victorian England.  This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.      

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  The Hunter's Family

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  There is quite a large race or class of people in America, for whom we scarcely seem to have a parallel in England. Of pure white blood, they are unknown or unrecognizable in towns; inhabit the fringe of settlements and the deep, quiet places of the country; rebellious to all labour, and pettily thievish, like the English gipsies; rustically ignorant, but with a touch of wood-lore and the dexterity of the savage. Whence they came is a moot point.

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