The Tales of Wonder Collection (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics) »

The Fantasy Collection offers incredible value. If you bought its four classics individually, you would pay nearly $80, but bundled together, they provide great literature and big savings. Each world-transporting title in the series presents a classic work in an attractively designed edition bound in genuine bonded leather. These books make elegant, eye-catching additions to any home library. The collection includes:

• The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll
• Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
• Complete Fairy Tales and Stories: Hans Christian Andersen
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

It's possible that if Lewis Carroll had never met Alice Liddell, he might have enjoyed a more peaceful lifetime and an obscure legacy. But his whimsical inventiveness touched everything he did, and a story he made up one afternoon for a little girl became one of literature's great classics, Alice in Wonderland. This classic tale, along with everything Carroll ever published in book form appears in this volume. In addition, at least ten of the shorter pieces have only appeared in print in their original editions. Included in this beautiful collection are: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Sylvie and Bruno, Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, "The Hunting of the Snark," as well as other poetry, essays, phantasmagoria, and a substantial collection of the miscellaneous writings.

With the words "Once upon a time," the Brothers Grimm transport readers to a timeless realm where witches, giants, princesses, kings, fairies, goblins, and wizards fall in love, try to get rich, quarrel with theirneighbors, and have magical adventures of all kinds—and in the process reveal essential truths about human nature.A cornerstone of Western culture since the early 1800s, Grimm's Fairy Tales is now beloved the world over. This collection of more than 120 of the Grimms' best tales includes such classics as "Cinderella," "Snow White," "Hansel and Gretel," "Rapunzel," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "The Frog Prince," as well as others that are no less delightful. This new edition features beautiful full-color illustrations throughout to provide even more magic to these beloved tales.

The stories of Hans Christian Andersen are known all over the world. His fame rests on his fairy tales and stories, written between 1835 and 1872, among the best known of which are "The Ugly Duckling," "The Little Mermaid," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Snow Queen," "The Nightingale," and "The Steadfast Tin Soldier." All of the magic and wonder of these tales is brought to you in this elegant leatherbound edition, complete with beautiful full-color illustrations and eye-catching end papers.

The Chronicles of Narnia have enchanted millions of readers over the last fifty years, and the magical events described in C. S. Lewis's immortal prose have left many a lasting memory. For here is a world where a witch decrees eternal winter, where there are more talking animals than people, and where children can become royalty. All of the magic and wonder of The Chronicles of Narnia is brought to you in this elegant leatherbound edition. Featuring beautiful full-color illustrations and eye-catching end papers, you'll want to keep this book where everyone can see it.