Charles Dickens

Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The story of the orphan Oliver Twist, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked...

Against the backdrop of growing discontent in Paris, Doctor Manette is released from the Bastille after eighteen years of unjust imprisonment and begins a new life in England with his devoted daughter Lucie. There, the gifted but dissolute lawyer Sydney Carton and the exiled French nobleman Charles Darnay find their lives increasingly intertwined with those of the Manettes. Yet soon...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule. Living with his sister and her husband, Pip is an orphan without any expectations. It is only when he begins to visit a rich old woman, Miss Havisham, and her adopted niece that he begins...

Puffin Clothbound Classics - stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world. A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present,...

Celebrate the holidays with this collection of Christmas classics, including A Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker, and a collection of holiday short stories—together in one paperback boxed set! Celebrate the season with this collection of popular holiday stories from Christmases past. This set includes E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker, the story of a girl’s Christmas gift coming to life and...

A beautiful boxed set of six of Dickens's greatest works for the Dickens anniversary year. 2012 is the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of our greatest and most important novelists, Charles Dickens. To celebrate, we're publishing six of his works in this exclusive and sumptuous boxed set of lavish, clothbound editions, designed by Penguin's own award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith....

On the 9th of June 1865, Charles Dickens was travelling aboard the Folkestone to London Boat Train with his mistress and her mother when it derailed while crossing a viaduct near Staplehurst in Kent. The train plunged down a bank into a dry river bed, killing ten passengers and badly wounding forty. Dickens was profoundly affected by the disaster, and...

'Bah,' said Scrooge, 'Humbug.' But that was before he was presented with visions of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come, which gave him a whole new lease of life: 'I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library Every idiot who goes around with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding After reading A Christmas Carol, the notoriously reclusive Thomas Carlyle was 'seized with a perfect convulsion of hospitality' and threw not one but two Christmas dinner parties. The impact of the story may not always...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Charles Dickens’s classic tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge’s encounters with the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet to come is timeless and captivating. In A Christmas Carol, readers journey through an unforgettable transformation of spirit and heart.

Selected Short Fiction by Charles Dickens presents a collection of witty and amusing short pieces where Dickens is liberated from the more formal and sustained demands of the novel. Here, he experiments with a diverse range of fictional techniques. In his tales of the supernatural, Dickens creates frighteningly believable, spine-tingling stories of prophetic dreams and visions, along with more fantastical...

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Dickens's unforgettable novel with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. Oliver Twist is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let...

This ELT Graded Reader is made for people learning English as an additional language. The short, simple text is also perfect for anyone looking for an easier read. It is an adapted version of the original story. In this story, Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas. He is angry that people are not working. Then, he meets the ghost of his old...

Pip is a poor orphan, a boy with no expectations, being raised by his unkind sister and her husband in a small home on the marshes of Kent. But when Pip meets the bizarre Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward, Estella, he starts to yearn for a life as a gentleman. However, Pip will discover that wealth and honesty do...

After years as a prisoner in the Bastille, Dr. Manette is reunited with his daughter in England. There, two men—an exiled French aristocrat and a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer—are joined through their love for Lucie Manette. From tranquil London, the action moves to the bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and soon all...

Celebrate the holidays with this collection of Christmas classics, including A Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker, and a collection of holiday short stories—together in one hardcover boxed set! Celebrate the season with this collection of popular holiday stories from Christmases past. This set includes E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker, the story of a girl’s Christmas gift coming to life and...

A mini deluxe box set that brings back three of our classic Christmas mini books that have been out of print, now featuring new handsome POB covers for this special slipcase edition: The Night Before Christmas, by Clement C. Moore, illustrated by Christian Birmingham The Nutcracker, from the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, illustrated by Don Daily A Christmas Carol, by...

A beautiful edition of the classic tale, A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly and mean-spirited old man. He treats family, coworkers, and strangers alike with distaste. But on Christmas Eve he receives a visit from the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley warns Scrooge that unless he learns to be less greedy and self-serving, Scrooge...

Great Expectations is the cautionary tale of a young man raised high above his station by a mysterious benefactor. Its remarkable characters and compelling story about wealth and poverty, crime and social anxiety, and the bitterness of unrequited love are as relevant today as when the novel was published in 1860/1861. Charles Dickens's tale begins with young, orphaned Philip Pirrip,...

Scholastic Children's Books are proud to publish this beautiful edition of the classic tale, Oliver Twist. The story of orphaned Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves. Plunged into a dark criminal underworld of vivid and memorable characters - the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and...

Rediscover Charles Dickens's compelling story of poverty and wealth in this stunning collectible edition of Great Expectations. Set in Victorian London, Great Expectations is the cautionary tale of a young man raised high above his station by a mysterious benefactor. Its remarkable characters, crime and poverty, and the bitterness of unrequited love are as relevant today as when the novel...

When millions suffer under iron-fisted oppression, when anger and resentment boil into bloody insurrection, when triumph leads to savage vengeance, does one individual life matter? In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens interweaves the intensely personal dramas of Lucie Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton with the terror and chaos of the French Revolution. The result is a powerful...

Among the widely read and cherished writings of Charles Dickens are three works that stand out from the rest. They are timeless, and their characters are immortalised in people's imaginations, carrying a palpable sense of the writer himself within the pages. Portraying the Dickensian world in all its facets, this deluxe hardbound edition comprises the popular novel Oliver Twist, which...

When millions suffer under iron-fisted oppression, when anger and resentment boil into bloody insurrection, when triumph leads to savage vengeance, does one individual life matter? In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens interweaves the intensely personal dramas of Lucie Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton with the terror and chaos of the French Revolution. The result is a powerful...

Experience the timeless classic of Great Expectations in this deluxe hardbound edition. Follow the story of Pip, a young orphan who dreams of becoming a gentleman, as he navigates the ups and downs of Victorian England. This beautifully designed edition features stunning illustrations and a ribbon marker, making it the perfect gift for any book lover. Perfect for fans of...

The complex story of a notorious lawsuit in which love and inheritance are set against the classic urban background of 19th-century London. Here, fog on the river, seeping into the very bones of the characters, symbolises the corruption of the legal system and the society which supports it. Bleak House intricately weaves these elements together, portraying a vivid depiction of...

This classic 1843 tale by Charles Dickens features all your favourite characters in their original telling: Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and the rest. This hard cover edition is a facsimile of A Christmas Carol as first published in 1843, which means it includes the original illustrations, in full colour, by John Leech. While the cloth cover cannot be reproduced...

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket - 2 Bonus Stories! On a cold Christmas Eve in Victorian London, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him that his greed and selfishness will lead to a doomed afterlife unless he reforms. Scrooge is haunted by three more spirits, who show him...

An exquisitely illustrated, luxury collector's edition of Dickens's Christmas tale. Marley's ghost, Bob Cratchit's slide down icy Cornhill, Mr and Mrs Fezziwig's dance, and of course Ebenezer Scrooge himself, are all exquisitely illustrated in this luxury collector's edition of Charles Dickens's perennial seasonal favourite. Arthur Rackham's colour wash drawings and silhouettes, first published during the First World War, bring a...

As the bicentenary of the French Revolution draws near, Dickens' historical novel serves as a timely reminder of nineteenth-century reactions to that great upheaval. Set between 1757 and 1793, A Tale of Two Cities views the causes and effects of the Revolution from an essentially private point of view, showing how private experience relates to public history. Dickens' characters are...

'You are to understand, Mr Pip, that the name of the person who is your liberal benefactor remains a profound secret...' Young Pip lives with his sister and her husband, the blacksmith, with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefaction takes him from the Kent marshes to London. Pip is haunted by figures from his past—the escaped convict Magwitch,...

Young Philip Pirrip, nicknamed Pip, is meant to become an apprentice for his brother-in-law, a poor blacksmith. But his destiny changes upon meeting three unusual people: an escaped convict, a tragic woman, and a captivating young girl. Pip's life is altered in an instant when a secret benefactor gives him a large sum of money. Pip has great expectations for...

This unsparing tale of a young Victorian orphan is now available in an unabridged hardcover edition that's a perfect gift for today's young readers. Oliver Twist, a poor orphan, escapes the miserable workhouse, only to fall into the clutches of a band of pickpockets led by the odious Fagin. Can he remain the pure and good-hearted boy that he is,...

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"I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield," wrote Dickens of what is the most personal, certainly one of the most popular, of all his novels. Dickens wrote the book after the completion of a fragment of autobiography recalling his employment as a child in a London warehouse, and in the first-person...

Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and starring Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham, Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch, and Jeremy Irvine as Pip. A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and...

Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel. Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years...

Great Expectations follows the life of Pip, a poor orphan with "no expectations," being raised by his unkind sister and her husband in a small home on the marshes of Kent. When Pip meets the bizarre Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward, Estella, he starts to yearn for a life as a gentleman. However, Pip will discover that wealth and...

‘Clennam rose softly, opened and closed the door without a sound, and passed from the prison, carrying the quiet with him into the turbulent streets.’ Introspective and dreamy, Arthur Clennam returns to England from many years abroad to find a people gripped in their self-made social and mental prisons. Against a background of government incompetence and financial scandal, he searches...

Following his father's death, John Harmon returns to London to claim his inheritance, but he finds he is eligible only if he marries Bella Wilfur. To observe her character, he assumes another identity and secures work with his father's foreman, Mr Boffin, who is also Bella's guardian. Disguise and concealment play an important role in the novel, and individual identity...

Charles Dickens's classic tale A Christmas Carol, along with more of his Christmas writings, freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line. Dickens's widely adapted A Christmas Carol follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly, misanthropic businessman who is visited by spirits. These spirits take him on a journey to become a man who truly appreciates Christmas and the...

Discover Puffin Clothbound Classics - gorgeously giftable editions of the best-loved classics for young readers. Adventure awaits in this stunning Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of A Tale of Two Cities, abridged for readers aged 9-12 years. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' Charles Darnay is an exiled French aristocrat, fleeing a Paris torn apart...

Charles Dickens' enduring coming-of-age novel is brought to you in a luxury hardback gift with gold embossing and striking printed page edges. The story of David Copperfield (1850) began as a memoir of Dickens' boyhood experiences in a blacking factory and grew into one of his most popular novels, echoing aspects of the author's own life and providing a wealth...

Enjoy a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, titans of Victorian fiction, in this witty, semi-autobiographical tale of travel and adventure. Two literary giants take to the road on a comic journey – both chaotic, and completely unforgettable. Tired of the grind of work, two apprentices set out on a walking tour with no fixed plan, determined to...

Let Christmas live in your heart all year long with this luxe edition of A Christmas Carol and Other Stories by Charles Dickens. Merry Christmas to all! This timeless collection has warmed hearts for generations, and now you can pass it down to the next in this heirloom-quality volume. On Christmas Eve, cold-hearted, greedy Ebenezer Scrooge is confronted with his...

Charles Dickens's beloved novella follows the bitter and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve. Through visions of the past, present, and future, he confronts the cost of his greed and learns the value of kindness, family, and generosity. Deeply moving and enduringly relevant, A Christmas Carol is more than a holiday story; it is...

Step into the vivid world of Victorian England through the eyes of David Copperfield, an orphan, a dreamer, a writer in the making. From a troubled childhood to a life filled with unforgettable friendships, heartache, resilience, and love, this semi-autobiographical masterpiece paints an intimate portrait of personal growth and self-discovery. Love, marriage, and betrayal! Experience Dickens at his most personal,...

Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) was one of England's greatest writers, and A Christmas Carol shows us why. This holiday classic succinctly yet beautifully depicts the powerful transformation of a lonely and bitter old man into one who—in the true spirit of Christmas—embraces a renewed sense of joy in life and all it has to offer. Dickens writes about the...

Charles Dickens's beloved novella follows the bitter and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve. Through visions of the past, present, and future, he confronts the cost of his greed and learns the value of kindness, family, and generosity. Deeply moving and enduringly relevant, A Christmas Carol is more than a holiday story; it is...

Charles Dickens's most celebrated novel and the author's own favourite, David Copperfield is the classic account of a boy growing up in a world that is by turns magical, fearful, and grimly realistic. In a book that is part fairy tale and part thinly veiled autobiography, Dickens transmutes his life experience into a brilliant series of comic and sentimental adventures...

In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Charles Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood, to his successful career as a novelist. The early scenes are particularly masterful, depicting the world as seen from the perspective of a fatherless small boy, whose idyllic life with...

One of Charles Dickens's most renowned and enjoyable novels, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy who wishes to transcend his humble origins and finds himself unexpectedly given the opportunity to live a life of wealth and respectability. Over the course of the tale, in which Pip encounters such famous characters as Miss Havisham, Herbert Pocket and...

A solitary railway signalman, stationed in a desolate cutting, begins to see a ghostly figure near the tunnel—each appearance heralding catastrophe. When a traveller stops to hear his story, the line between reason and forewarning blurs, and the tale gathers its terrible inevitability. In this unnerving masterpiece of atmosphere and compression, Charles Dickens turns from social realism to metaphysical dread,...

Part of the Chiltern Classics range. Oliver Twist is a story of a young orphan. His life in the workhouse is lonely and sad. Oliver becomes an apprentice for an undertaker but runs away after he gets into a fight with another apprentice. When Oliver arrives in London, he meets Jack, also known as the Artful Dodger, who offers him...

An abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of Oliver Twist, part of the bestselling Classic Starts series that has sold more than 8 million copies! Dickens's timeless novel transports young readers to a colourful Victorian England filled with mistreated orphans, grim workhouses, and gangs of thieving children. The hero finds himself in dire circumstances after he dares to ask for...

The classic story of the Christmas transformation of Scrooge that has remained in the public imagination for well over a century, now available in an accessible format for all readers. "Why show me this, if I am past all hope!" It's Christmas Eve and the snowy streets are full of good cheer. But this magic is "Bah! Humbug!" to Ebenezer...

Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition A Christmas Carol complete with a bold new cover. Ebenezer Scrooge was a mean, miserable, bitter old man, until one Christmas Eve changed everything. Guided by three ghosts, Scrooge visits...

Rediscover the Puffin Classics - bringing the best-loved classics to a new generation. The classic story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London. After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food, he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London. Here, he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to...

The new Oxford World's Classics edition of Oliver Twist is based on the authoritative Clarendon edition, which uses Dickens's revised text of 1846. It includes his preface of 1841 in which he defended himself against hostile criticism, and includes all 24 original illustrations by George Cruikshank. Stephen Gill's groundbreaking introduction gives a fascinating new account of the novel. He also...

Bleak House, Dickens's most daring experiment in the narration of a complex plot, challenges the reader to make connections between the fashionable and the outcast, the beautiful and the ugly, the powerful and the victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on an uncaring society more imaginatively embodied, but nowhere either is the mixture of comedy and angry...

The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a glossary of Victorian and literary terms produced for the modern reader. The Pickwick Papers, Dickens' first novel, began as a romp—a series of amusing...

At the heart of Dickens's second novel is a story as much about crime and poverty as it is about justice and charity. Orphaned at birth, Oliver Twist grows up under the loveless, relentless watch of a workhouse. He runs away with hopes for a better life in London, only to become—at the hands of the unforgettable Artful Dodger—a guileless...

Charles Dickens' timeless novella, A Christmas Carol, is a ghost story that celebrates the Christmas spirit through its iconic characters — Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Our elegant gift edition features Arthur Rackham's classic illustrations. With archival-quality printing, this compact volume is designed for both portability and longevity....

Four of Charles Dickens’s most enduring and popular works in one volume. Oliver Twist. Pip. The ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. The characters of Charles Dickens live on in our imaginations long after we’ve read his renowned works of social commentary and vivid storytelling. Although these novels were written more than a hundred years ago, no home library...

Illustrated by one of the most popular artists working today, Quentin Blake's A Christmas Carol is a beautiful edition of the timeless Christmas classic. A great gift for the season of giving. The wonderful Quentin Blake turns his artistic talents to Dickens’ much-loved Christmas story. This beautiful edition of Dickens' timeless Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, is the book that...

Great Expectations chronicles the fortunes of its young protagonist Pip as he is unexpectedly endowed by a mysterious benefactor with the life of a gentleman, enabling him to escape to London from the prospect of a humble blacksmith’s career in rural Kent. In the bustling, unforgiving capital, he must learn for himself the pitfalls of love and wealth, and how...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The first edition of the novel (1859) accompanied by twenty-seven illustrations, from original images by Halbot Knight Browne (“Phiz”) to cartoons from The Simpsons. An expansive introduction and detailed explanatory annotations by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. Thematically organised contextual materials designed to promote classroom discussion. Topics include “Dickens on France and the French,” “Revolution and Aftermath,” “Living...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens tells the story of Pip, an orphan without any expectations – he has no name, no fortune, and no prospects. It is only when he begins to visit Miss Havisham,...

This classic and much-loved novel about the French Revolution offers deep social commentary and an intriguing cast of characters. One of the best-selling novels of all time, Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities recounts the story of Alexandre Manette, a French physician who is released from a long imprisonment on the eve of the French Revolution. As he sets...

One Christmas Eve, after being particularly cruel to his employee, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley, who tells him that he will be visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Each ghost shows him things that rekindle the joy and spirit of Christmas within his heart and...

Bleak House by Charles Dickens is a classic novel filled with intricate storytelling and unforgettable characters. After impressing Francis Drake with a feat of daring and bravery, young Ned Hearne is offered a reward of his own choosing. His decision? To sail the seas on Drake’s ship. Little does he know, however, what adventures, dangers and close shaves lie in...

Enjoy the greatest Christmas story ever written in this handsome new gift volume. Produced in association with the UK's National Gallery, this new hardback edition's dustjacket features art from the National Gallery's collection, and includes expert notes on the art.This edition contains the full original text of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. When the miser Ebeneezer Scrooge is visited by...

One of Dickens's great middle period novels, in which fairy tale, melodrama, and realism mingle with hallucinatory power, Dombey And Son weaves together a number of stories centred around the family of the self-important merchant, Paul Dombey, and his children, Paul and Florence. Supplied with the usual extraordinary cast of Dickensian grotesques, both comic and sinister, the novel also features...

This cat was a drag... Till a midnight wakeup call A Christmas Carol?! What a load of Humbug. Mistletoe and Wine just don't do it for Scrooge; he's a workaholic miser with an attitude problem. If he doesn't change his ways, he'll end up with no friends and Tiny Tim won't last the year. Let's hope some spooky night-time visitors...

The simple and engaging text is accompanied by vibrant illustrations. Suitable for ages 4 years and up. An evocative picture book retelling of the Charles Dickens classic for younger children, A Christmas Carol introduces Ebenezer Scrooge - a mean-spirited old man who hates everything, even Christmas! However, when three spirits visit him one Christmas Eve, Scrooge embarks on a journey...

Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape. In Oliver Twist, Dickens graphically conjures up the capital's underworld, full of prostitutes, thieves and lost and...

This handsome 5-volume boxset brings together Charles Dickens' best-known works in collectible paperback editions. Readers can revel in Dickens' masterful atmospheric descriptions of Victorian London as they encounter some of the novelist's most enduring and best-loved characters, from Fagin to Scrooge and Miss Havisham. These intricately plotted masterpieces will provide readers with hours of pleasure. Includes: Oliver Twist A Christmas...

It's never too soon to share your favourite classics with the next generation... This edition of A Christmas Carol has been adapted for younger readers and features: Simplified text A child-friendly layout, designed for young readers Full-colour illustrations by award-winning artist Robert Ingpen. This seasonal tale of self-discovery is one of Charles Dickens's most famous and best-loved works. A full-colour...

After Martin Chuzzlewit was published in 1844, Dickens deliberately took a break from novels to travel in Italy for almost a year. Bored by many traditional tourist sites and repelled by the greed and empty rituals of the Catholic Church, Dickens is far more attracted by urban desolation, the colourful life of the streets, and visible signs of the nation's...

A striking new look for this classic Ladybird series! This Ladybird Classic is an abridged retelling of the classic story of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to tackle alone. Beautiful new illustrations bring the magic of this classic story to a new generation of...