Harperperennial Classics imprint: 218 books

by Louisa May Alcott
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. So begins one of the best-loved children’s classics, Little Women. Coming of age in the North during the Civil War, the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—experience great joy and tragic loss while becoming...

The Rainbow Trail

A Romance

by Zane Grey
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015

A decade after Jane Withersteen, Lassiter, and their adopted daughter, Fay Larkin, escape through Deception Pass, the family faces new trials when Fay is abducted for marriage by a local Mormon group. As Fay struggles against a forced marriage, she encounters John Shefford, a cowboy searching for...
by Archibald Gracie
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012

With time running out and the decks awash with the sea, first-class passenger Archibald Gracie was one of the last people to escape the sinking of the Titanic, clinging to an overturned collapsible boat before being rescued. Once safe on the Carpathia, Gracie immediately began writing what has become...

Myra Meets His Family

Short Story

by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014

Twenty-one and no longer a debutante, Myra Harper suffers from the “calendar blues.” But, as a friend advises, there isn’t time to drift into romance, so she must instead “pick out the best thing in sight…and go after him hammer and tongs.” “Myra Meets His Family” is typical...
by Calamity Jane
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013

Originally sold by the traveling Kohl & Middleton Dime Museum as a short souvenir booklet, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane by Herself< details the sensational life of Martha Jane Canary, better known as Calamity Jane. Orphaned early in life, Jane provided for her young siblings by working...
by Maria Edgeworth
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014

The shiftless Lord Glenthorn has money and a title but suffers from ennui—from boredom. When it is revealed to him that he is not, in fact, an Anglo-Irish earl, but the peasant Christy O’Donoghoe, he must face his changed circumstances in order to provide for a life and future for the woman with...

Eveline

Short Story

by James Joyce
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014

Eveline sits in her room thinking about the people she has lost—her mother and her brother. Her other brother is traveling for work and she is afraid that her alcoholic father will beat her with no one else to turn on. She plans to run away with a sailor with whom she has fallen in love, but will...

Araby

Short Story

by James Joyce
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014

A young boy in love with his friend’s sister promises to bring her back a gift from the Araby bazaar when he learns she cannot go. It is only later that night that the boy is able to make it to the bazaar and by the time he arrives, most of the stalls are closed and only late night activities are...
by Logan Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012

One of the first books published after the tragic loss of the Titanic, The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters is a detailed account of the events the night of April 14-15, 1912, and how the tragic loss of life could have been averted. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works...

Titanic At 100

Newspaper Coverage, Survivor Accounts, and Commemorative Tributes from 1912

by Various Authors
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012

April 15, 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, arguably the 20th century’s most famous peacetime sea disaster. Titanic at 100 commemorates the anniversary by bringing together news stories, opinions, tributes, survivor accounts, and more, giving a glimpse into the aftermath...
by Filson Young
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012

Published a mere 37 days after the tragedy, Filson Young’s Titanic laid to rest public speculation and rumour with its firsthand account of the sinking of the great ship. For the first time since the Titanic left Southampton on April 10, 1912, the public had a full and detailed view of life on the...

The Rover

A Novel

by Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015

As the Revolution rages in France, a seafarer named Peyrol comes to the end of a lifetime lived on the seas and seeks refuge in a remote farmhouse on the French Riviera. As he attempts to settle into a peaceful existence, Peyrol struggles to redefine himself and returns to the sea for one final voyage. The...
by Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013

Charles Marlow embarks on his first seafaring journey to the East as a young man on board the Judea, a barque headed towards Bangkok under the command of Captain John Beard. The Judea sets sail on a journey that is meant to take about 150 days, but bad luck and danger follow the vessel wherever she...
by James Joyce
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

Critically acclaimed author James Joyce’s Dubliners is a collection of short stories depicting middle class life in Dublin in the early 20th century. First published in 1914, the stories draw on themes relevant to the time such as nationalism and Ireland’s national identity, and cement Joyce’s...
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