Books published by Benediction Classics

This is a magical collection of Grimms' tales, including Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin and many others. These spellbinding stories will delight, surprise and educate. The renowned Walter Crane has lovingly illustrated this volume.

To an intelligent, human beings and human institutions really are intolerably stupid and there are times when their pent-up feelings of impatience and annoyance can't be contained any longer. Erasmus's Praise of Folly was a dam-burst of this kind; it washed away everything: popes, kings, monks (of course), scholars, war, theology - the whole lot.

"The Histories", written in the fifth century BC, is a engaging mix of precise historical and cultural information, humour, myths and legends. It is the first masterpiece of non-fiction, and establishes Herodutus as the first historian and the first ethnographer.

This tetralogy, widely regarded as one of the best novels in English, celebrates the end of an era, the irrevocable destruction of the comfortable, predictable society that vanished during World War I. "There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: 'Parade's End' is one of them." -W. H. Auden.

The Confessions of Rousseau, perhaps the first modern autobiography, combines a retelling of the 53 years of his eventful with life, with astute psychological self-analysis. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was leading enlightenment thinker.

The Mabinogion are the earliest prose stories of the literature of Britain. They were compiledin the 12th-13th centuries from the earlier pre-Christian Celtic oral tradition. " 'The Mabinogion' is famously magical. Enchantment glows on every page, but it does not here violate the laws of nature: it reveals them."--The Independent on Sunday.

A heartwarming classic, and a favorite of children, parents, and teachers for generations.Times are tough around the little brown house! The widowed Mrs. Pepper sews all day long just to earn enough to pay the rent and feed the five growing Peppers. But she faces poverty and trouble with a stout heart, a smiling face, and the help of her jolly brood: blue-eyed Ben, the eldest and the man of the house at the age of 11; pretty Polly, so eager to cook for the family and make everyone happy and comfortable; and the three littlest Peppers, Joel, Davie, and baby Phronsie.A favorite of children, parents, and teachers for generations, this heartwarming classic first appeared in 1880. Since then, it has inspired countless young imaginations with its tender tales in which courage and good cheer overcome adversity.

Follow the tangled web of relationships and emotions of the Dark and Penhallow families in this endearing classic, from the author of Anne of Green GablesAunt Becky's will is proving problematic. She has left the most precious of her possessions, an antique jug, to one of her beneficiaries--but has stipulated that the person may only be identified after a year has elapsed, once all of the family members have striven to live up to Aunt Becky's ideals. But the Dark and the Penhallow families are complex and numerous indeed--over three generations, 60 members of the Penhallow family have married 60 members of the Dark family, creating a tangled web of relationships and emotions. What lengths will family members go to to win the heirloom, and can anyone live up to what Aunt Becky would have wanted? The tumultuous and intertwined personal and love lives of the Penhallows and Darks makes makes for entertaining reading in this cleverly crafted novel, characterized by Montgomery's piercing evaluations of character and skill of description.

William Strunk published The Elements of Style in 1918 "to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention ... on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated." Since then it has done just that, becoming essential reading for the well-prepared student.