Books to Buy

Barnes and Noble have this section called, 'Barnes and Noble Classics,' lately that is where I have been looking and so far I have found more than a few things that have caught my eye. We will start with the first book and go on from there.

1. The Wizard of Oz, it's a hardcover with the first five novels for $20.It is rated four out of five stars on the Barnes and Noble website and since it has five different novels there are going to be five different authors of this novel.

Overview; "Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for every home library."- Barnes and Noble.

2. Peter Pan, it's a hardcover Barnes and Noble Collector's Edition, for only $10. It is also rated a four out of five stars on the Barnes and Noble website and the author is J.M Barrie .

Overview; Peter Pan is a young boy who never grows up and lives at home in Neverland. During one of his visits to London, Peter meets Wendy Darling, who he soon invites to travel with him home and become the mother of his gang of Lost Boys. As Peter Pan and Wendy,  along with her two brothers fly through the night sky they become caught in marvelous adventures with the Indian Princess Tiger Lily, the loyal fairy Tinker Bell, and Peter's enemy, the sinister hook-handed pirate known as Captain Hook. 

3. Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte for $10. It's rated a four out of five stars on the Barnes and Noble website. 

Overview; Jane Eyre find fulfillment in her duties as governess at Thornfield Hall. The resolute and independent woman also found the love of her life in her employer Edward Rochester. But when a dark secret from Rochester's past comes into light, Eyre must make a difficult decision to either stay beside the man she loves regardless of truth, or to set sail on a new life free of the secrets from the past. 

4. Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen. Rated 4/5 for only $5. 

Overview; What is known as the most popular novels in the English Literature and a cornerstone of Jane Austen's reputation as the greatest novelists of all time. Austen writes about the Bennet family preparing their five daughters to enter society and find suitable husbands, each daughter showing personality traits that illuminate their prospects, however their future happiness is at stake.

5. And last but not least, we have Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass,written by Lewis Carroll. This book his rated at four and a half stars out of five, for $10.

Overview;  Down the rabbit hole into a wondrous realm that is home to a White Rabbit, a March Hare, a Mad Hatter, a tea-drinking Dormouse, a grinning Cheshire- Cat, the Queen of Hearts and her playing-card retainers, and the rest of the marvelous creatures. Through the Looking- Glass is your passport to a topsy-turvy world on the other side of the mirror; where you have to run fast just to stay in place, memory works backwards, and it is possible to believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast. 

For $55 I will have the chance to buy a small portion of the Barnes and Nobles Collector's Edition novels. I will be doing a book haul soon, stay tuned for a specific date. My limit is $200, so far I've spent $55, what else should I buy?