Humours story
Loved as much for its nonsense verse as its whimsical nature, this poem tells of a ship’s crew of ten hunting the highly dangerous Boojum.
More adventures of Raffles, gentleman-burglar
Gulliver’s fourth voyage is to a land where horses are endowed with reason. He loves them and finds himself disgusted by his fellow humans.
This short story initial describes a tale of family conflict and social injustice, but ends with a message of love and understanding.
Very funny. Widely regarded as the most famous of all pre-Victorian novels.
Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back into the wilderness. Having persuaded Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good, and the Zulu chief Umbopa to accompany him, they set out from the coast of east Africa, this time in search of a white race reputed to live north of Mount Kenya.
This is a lovely dragon tale, with several important life lessons for its young readers.
A boy finds a poetry-loving dragon and befriends it, but the townspeople call St. George to slay it. A plot twist results in a happy ending.
Dorothy, on her way to Oz for the fourth time and meets the Shaggy Man, Button-Bright, and lovely Polychrome, daughter of the Rainbow.