The Time Machine and The Invisible Man (Knickerbocker Classics)
From the “father of science fiction,” H. G. Wells, come two masterpieces of speculative storytelling: The Time Machine and The Invisible Man.The former propels the reader into the distant future, where a decaying Earth is being gradually swallowed by the Sun and where two strange species–the delicate Eloi and the fierce, subterranean Morlocks–inhabit an eerie dystopia.The latter offers …
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (Knickerbocker Classics)
Washington Irving’s short stories have captured the imaginations of generations since they were originally published in the early nineteenth century. His timeless characters like Ichabod Crane, the Headless Horseman, and Rip Van Winkle, are among the earliest of truly American literary figures. Complete and unabridged, this elegantly designed clothbound edition features an elastic closure and a new …