Charles Shaw

A retelling of the tale, set in medieval Paris, of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, and his struggles to save the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmaralda from being unjustly executed.

When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other...

The life of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer who, after driving out the French, claimed Florida for Spain.

When Annie Oakley joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West show as a sharpshooter not everyone is thrilled with her celebrity.

Retells in simple vocabulary the classic tale of the young Englishman who gives up his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.

Contains five short stories. The mask of the red death.--The cask of amontillado.--The pit and the pendulum. --The tell-tale heart.--Hop frog.