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Black Beauty

Black Beauty  

Anna Sewell and Adrienne E. Gavin (ed.)

Published in Print: 
08 November 2012
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923531
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199608522.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199608522
‘I have heard men say, that seeing is believing; but I should say that feeling is believing.’ Anna Sewell's famous ‘Autobiography of a Horse, published in 1877, is one of the bestselling ... More
Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous  

Rudyard Kipling and Leonee Ormond (ed.)

Published in Print: 
09 October 2008
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923005
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199554836.001.0001
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ISBN: 
9780199554836
Harvey Cheyne is the over-indulged son of a millionaire. When he falls overboard from an ocean liner he is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and, initially against his will, joins the crew ... More
The Jungle Books

The Jungle Books  

Rudyard Kipling and W. W. Robson (ed.)

Published in Print: 
12 June 2008
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191920660
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199536450.001.0001
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ISBN: 
9780199536450
The Jungle Books can be regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children. But they also constitute a complex literary work of art in which the whole of Kipling’s philosophy of life ... More
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda (2 ed.)  

Anthony Hope and Nicholas Daly (ed.)

Published in Print: 
20 February 2020
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191920271
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780198841098.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780198841098
‘If love were the only thing, I would follow you-in rags if need be ... But is love the only thing?’ Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda is a swashbuckling adventure set in Ruritania, a ... More
Tom Brown's Schooldays

Tom Brown's Schooldays  

Thomas Hughes and Andrew Sanders (ed.)

Published in Print: 
12 June 2008
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191921001
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199537303.001.0001
Format: 
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ISBN: 
9780199537303
abstract A classic of Victorian literature, and one of the earliest books written specifically for boys, Tom Brown’s Schooldays has long had an influence ... More
Treasure Island

Treasure Island  

Robert Louis Stevenson and Peter Hunt (ed.)

Published in Print: 
13 January 2011
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923265
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199560356.001.0001
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ISBN: 
9780199560356
There were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom we knew we could rely; and out of those seven one was a boy.’ When a mysterious seafarer puts up at the Admiral Benbow, young Jim Hawkins ... More
Victorian Fairy Tales

Victorian Fairy Tales  

Michael Newton (ed.)

Published in Print: 
26 May 2016
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191920042
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780198737599.001.0001
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ISBN: 
9780198737599
The Queen and the bat had been talking a good deal that afternoon...' The Victorian fascination with fairyland vivified the literature of the period, and led to some of the most imaginative ... More
The Water-Babies

The Water-Babies  

Charles Kingsley, Brian Alderson (ed.), and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (ed.)

Published in Print: 
10 September 2014
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923777
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199685455.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199685455
‘This is all a fairy tale…and, therefore, you are not to believe a word of it, even if it is true.’ The Water-Babies (1863) is one of the strangest and most powerful children's stories ever ... More

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