FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology from YJS BOXES OF BOOKS

The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere… Read more about this item

This collection includes four soft cover editions of the bestselling "Left Behind" series. Collection I consists of the first four books in the series. "Left Behind" products have sold more than 40 million copies and continue to be a national phenomena. Tyndale House Publishers, 09/04/2001. Books in Mint condition, clean, brigh, as new. Slipcase however is a bit bruised,… Read more about this item

Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo. The Second Jungle Book llustrator John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyard's father) Country United Kingdom. Preceded by Followed by The Third Jungle Book The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India,… Read more about this item

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde.] It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll,and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the… Read more about this item

"Dr. Ox's Experiment" (French: Une fantaisie du docteur Ox, "A Fantasy of Doctor Ox")[1] is a short story by the French writer and pioneer of science-fiction, Jules Verne, published in 1872. It describes an experiment by one Dr. Ox and his assistant Gedeon Ygene. A prosperous scientist Dr. Ox offers to build a novel gas lighting system to an unusually… Read more about this item

FRENCH LANGUAGE The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine are French masterpieces: 239 fables. Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo.… Read more about this item

An eighteenth-century idler who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains awakens to a much-changed world. First Published in 1905. This First Dial Edition Published 9/30/1992. Beautifully Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. In Fine condition with Fine DJ. Clean, colors vibrant, no bumped corners, slight indentation on front of DJ. .

In this third and long-awaited novel in the acclaimed Earth's Children "TM" series, Ayla, the independent heroine of The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses, sets out from the valley on Whinney, the horse she tamed. With her is Jondalar, the tall, handsome, yellow-haired man she nursed back to health and came to love. Together they… Read more about this item

Based on Henson's Emmy Award-winning television series, this magnificent and unusual book is comprised of nine traditional European folk and fairy tales beautifully told with original full-color illustrations. The tale encompass the universal themes of folk literature--faith and need, enchantment, folly and greed, and courage and generosity. A spellbinding collection infused with Henson's special magic. 41 full-color paintings. Knopf, Stated First… Read more about this item

The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel is one volume which contains five books. It is to say the least, bizarre writing, interesting, but very different. (Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel Study Guide) Although the five books of Gargantua and Pantragruel are often presented chronologically, François Rabelais actually wrote the second book first, which is the story of Pantagruel. Research by Donald M.… Read more about this item

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1386, Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of Peace and, three years later, Clerk of the King's work in 1389. It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text, The Canterbury… Read more about this item

Hamlet begins. Employing the nomenclature and certain details of the ancient Scandinavian legends that first describe the prince who feigns madness to achieve revenge upon his father's slayer, Updike brings to life Gertrude's girlhood as the daughter of King Rorik, her arranged marriage to the man who becomes King Hamlet, and her middle-aged affair with her husband's younger brother. A… Read more about this item

Set in a time far earlier than Tolkien's master works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, this is the epic history of the elves, and the grand story of the creation of Tolkien's magical world. The Lord of the Rings narrated the great events at the end of the Third Age; but the tales of The Silmarillion are… Read more about this item

A collection of short pieces involving the legendary creatures found in some of the author's other works. A collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-Earth to the end of the War of the Rings and comprising such various elements as Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party… Read more about this item

Eerie illustrations enhance a blood-curdling edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most-celebrated Sherlock Holmes mystery, bringing its delicious shivers to a new generation of readers.Is it true that a hellish hound is haunting the lonely moors, hunting down the hapless Baskervilles through the generations? If anyone can put this chilling legend to rest, it's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It… Read more about this item

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with Aesop's name have descended to modern times through a number of sources. They continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular… Read more about this item

Prilla, the newest fairy to arrive in Never Land, is so odd that Never Land itself isn't certain whether to let her into Fairy Haven. Prilla shakes hands when she meets other fairies, and she says "Pleased to meet you," instead of "Fly with you." What's more, she calls Tinker Bell Miss Bell. She acts more like a Clumsy than… Read more about this item

George Orwell in his critical writings shows imagination and taste; his wit is both edged and human. Few writers of any period have been able to use the English language so simply and accurately to say what they mean, and at the same time to mean something. The news that he had written a satirical allegory, telling the story of… Read more about this item

Aesop. Translated By Thomas James & George Tyler Townsend. Illustrated By Grandville (Author) Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with Aesop's name have descended to modern times through a number… Read more about this item

Psychological Fiction British - Fiction. - Foreign Countries, a compilation of many stories as only W. Somerset Maugham could tell. Doubleday and Company, New York One 1952. Both books Very Good, clean, bright and solid. Brown spot at back cover. Slipcase shows shelf wear to front,