When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meagre income and assert her independence. But Agnes's enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children and then with the painful disdain of the haughty Murray family; the only kindness she receives comes from Mr Weston, the sober young curate....

Follows a French girl through a typical day as she describes her school, her chores, her leisure time activities, and her family.

Follow a day in the life, from wake-up to bedtime, of a young person from Kenya.

Gulliver's Travels tells of the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, an Englishman and ship's surgeon, who travels to the "several remote nations of the world." In the beginning, he becomes shipwrecked in the land of Lilliput, where the distressed inhabitants are only six inches tall. His second voyage takes him to Brobdingnag, where lives a race of giants. At Glubdubdrib, the Island of Sorcerers, he speaks with great men of the past and learns from...

Follows a Brazilian girl through a typical day as she describes her school, her chores, her leisure time activities, and her family.

Emily Bront's only novel, a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence, the Penguin Classics edition of Wuthering Heights is the definitive edition of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place...

Follow a day in the life, from wake-up to bedtime, of a young person from India.

Presents the life of Andre and Camille who live with their parents outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, describing their home and school activities and the festivals, religious ceremonies, and national holidays of their country.

Presents the life of a twelve-year-old boy living in a village at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania describing his family, home, school, and amusements and some of the traditions and celebrations of his country.

Introduces the country of Malaysia through a look at the life of eleven-year-old Wity who lives with her grandparents in a small village on the island of Penang.