The original and unabridged
story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in a stunning modern new edition
illustrated by Ella Okstad. An extra material section with activities
will help the young readers to discover this new world.
When young Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a cyclone, their Kansas
farmhouse is carried off to the magical Land of Oz. Upon being told that
the only way back is to follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald
City, home to the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy embarks on an extraordinary but
perilous quest, in which the Wicked Witch of the West is constantly
lurking around the corner. With its unforgettable cast of now
iconic characters such as the Tin Man, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion,
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was an instant hit when it was published over a century ago, inspiring numerous adaptations and sequels.

This Side of Paradise charts the life of Amory Blaine, an ambitious young man loosely based on Fitzgerald himself, as he moves from his well-heeled Midwest home to study at Princeton and then starts frequenting the circles of high society as an aspiring writer. Experiencing failure and frustration in love and in his career, Blaine finds his youthful enthusiasm gradually giving way to disillusionment, cynicism and a life of dissolution. A critical account of its own era, introducing many themes which would be developed in later works, Fitzgerald's first novel was an instant critical and commercial success, propelling him into the limelight as a literary celebrity.

The tale of Heathcliff and Cathy's ungovernable love and suffering, and the havoc that their passion wreaks on the families of the Earnshaws and the Lintons, shocked the book's first readers, with even Emily's sister Charlotte wondering 'whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff'. Replete with unforgettable characters and situations that have seared themselves into our literary consciousness, Emily Brontë's intense masterpiece is one of the most haunting love stories in the canon of English literature