Girls Classics

On Prince Edward Island, where Anne Shirley grew up in the sea-sprayed town of Avonlea, there was no shortage of wonderful stories. There was the case of Ludovic Speed, who wouldn't propose to the woman he had courted for fifteen years until Anne devised a plan to "speed" him up . . . if it didn't backfire and break his heart. But no one could blame mischievous Anne for the hilarious battle of the sexes that erupted when a man-hating woman and her cat got quarantined in the same house with a woman-hating bachelor and his dog.

Pollyanna se vê obrigada a ir morar em Boston, longe de sua amada tia. Acolhida pela triste senhora Carew, ela percebe que as pessoas da cidade grande estão sempre fechadas e não gostam muito de conversar... Solitária mas sorridente, Pollyanna não se deixa abater e logo descobre como liberar a senhora Carew de sua infelicidade!

A heartwarming classic tale that has been enjoyed by generations of children and adults alike, Heidi tells the story of a young orphan whose innocent and boundless love transforms the lives of all she encounters. Having to adapt to new and uncomfortable surroundings more often than most by her age, Heidi finds joy in the mundane, beauty in the outcasts, and hope in the most dismal of situations.

En los locos años veinte, nació el gran personaje de Elena Fortún: Celia, una niña traviesa, locuaz e inteligente que compartió sus aventuras, desventuras e increíbles fantasías con un público al que intentaba desencorsetar de una sociedad y una educación con una fuerte presencia religiosa y marcadamente femenina.

Este curso está lleno de novedades. Las delegadas son dos chicas repetidoras que tienen que ganarse a sus compañeras. Además, han llegado alumnas nuevas, Gladys y Mirabel, dispuestas a lo que sea para no seguir en la escuela.

Matilda ist ein sehr besonderes kleines Mädchen. Sie ist blitzgescheit und liest unendlich viele Bücher, sie ist mutig und abenteuerlustig und sie hat ein großes Herz. Jeder Pappkopf könnte das erkennen – doch die Erwachsenen sind leider völlig ahnungslos. Allen voran die gefürchtete Rektorin von Matildas Schule. Sie heißt Knüppelkuh und benimmt sich auch so. Einzig Matildas Klassenlehrerin, Jennifer Honig, erkennt, was in Matilda steckt. Leider hat es die Knüppelkuh auf Jenny Honig ganz besonders abgesehen.

Wanda Petronski is different from all the other girls in Room 13. Every day she wears the same faded blue dress to school, and every day she tells about her hundred dresses at home. Her classmates joke about her imaginary clothes - until they learn the wonderful secret of the dresses.

Luis Alejandro y María San Clemente son una joven pareja que llegan a la presidencia de la república siendo ella la primera mujer en ocupar el cargo en la historia de la nación. Se debatirán entre el amor y el costo que tiene el poder, enamorarse del hombre equivocado traerá consecuencias aún en la forma de gobernar. Escándalo tras escándalo, convertirá la vida del esposo de la presidente en un martirio que lo llevará a cometer una locura para descansar de su forma de vida.

Tras lograr un éxito sin precedentes con su saga de Ana, la de Tejas Verdes, Lucy Maud Montgomery creó el personaje de Emily Starr, a la que consideraba su álter ego, y que plasmaría en una trilogía de resonante acogida. La temperamental y muy imaginativa Emily no sabía lo que era estar sola hasta que su padre murió. Ahora, unos parientes de su madre la llevarán a vivir con ellos a la granja Luna Nueva. Emily está segura de que no será feliz allí.

El día más esperado en la vida de Ana ha llegado. Su verdadero amor, Gilbert Blythe, ha terminado sus estudios de medicina y por fin podrán casarse y comenzar una vida juntos. Tras su maravillosa boda, en el jardín de la querida Tejas Verdes, rodeados por familia y amigos, viajarán a Cuatro Vientos, para llegar a una pequeña casita que se convertirá en la Casa de los Sueños de Ana.

Published in 1871, Little Men is a sequel to the novel, Little Women. It tells the continuing story of Jo March, who has married Professor Bhaer, with whom she now runs a small school.

As amigas Patty, Conny e Priscilla ficam horrorizadas quando descobrem que devem dormir em quartos separados no último ano do internato. Mas elas não vão ficar de braços cruzados! Alegre e animada, Patty já tem muitas ideias de travessuras e confusão para aprontar na sua escola.

After the loss of her parents, Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great mansion on the Yorkshire Moors. Unsure about her surroundings, Mary struggles to find a place in this new existence. Through the gentle guidance of the maid, Mary gradually becomes interested in a garden at the house, the key to which has vanished. In her quest to find and explore the possibilities the garden holds, Mary befriends a host of loveable characters. Is the garden dead, or can Mary bring it back to life?

After years of living in boarding houses and working to pay for the care of her mentally ill husband, Dawn O’Hara feels closer to fifty than twenty-eight—and on the edge of a mental breakdown. The stress of her life in the big city sends her to the doctor, who advises her to return to her small hometown in Michigan to recuperate. With help, Dawn is able to get a job as a newspaper reporter, meet people, and have a year’s worth of adventure. She is ready to start fresh, but with the memory of her husband, she fears she will never truly be free to love—or to be herself—again.

On New Year’s Eve, a small, poor girl walks in the darkness and cold trying to sell her matches. Hungry and frozen, she curls up in a nook and lights her matches in search for warmth. Looking into the glow of the matches, she is transported far, far away from the hunger and the cold.

"The Little Match Girl" is a short story by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published in 1845. We use the public domain English text from A Christmas Greeting: A Series of Stories by H. C. Andersen in Project Gutenberg.

This collection by the great Russian writer Maxim Gorky (Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov. 1868-1936) includes four of his most brilliant short stories. Maxim Gorky was one of the greatest writers in world literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An amazing connoisseur of the human soul, he wrote stories that resonate as strongly today as they did a hundred years ago.

This Irish version of the Cinderella story is a classic fairy tale as you have never heard it before. Master storyteller and folklorist Padraic Colum creates a completely unique world of enchanted woods, marauding giants, gossiping geese, and a supernatural cloak made of crow feathers. Through her many adventures, Maid-Alone, Colum's heroine, remains steadfast in her quiet strength and wisdom. Listeners of all ages will enjoy this magical retelling of a familiar legend.

Lieutenant Katalina Wimple ran out of bad guys to chase. She found love and peace and nothing seemed impossible…until the one-that-got-away showed up in need of help. Her new case takes her through the portal to Dark Earth where she's expected to save a man with a shady past. She'll face not only mythology and folklore in the flesh, but a relationship strained to the point of no return by an old flame.

El elegante París y la tranquila localidad balnearia de Balbec son los dos grandes escenarios en los que se mueve A la sombra de las muchachas en flor, relato centrado en la iniciación del narrador en asuntos amorosos y pasionales, así como en la vívida descripción de sus primeros contactos con el arte y el acto creativo.