The Core Classics® series presents stories loved for generations in abridged versions for young readers, illustrated and annotated, and faithful to the style, plot, and themes of the originals. Some volumes include a brief biography of the author and an introduction by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

In the upper elementary grades, Core Classics are suitable for strong readers or reading aloud; in middle school and up, the texts are appropriate for independent reading.

Titles in the set include:

• Anne of Green Gables
• A Christmas Carol
• Don Quixote
• Frankenstein
• Gulliver’s Travels
• The Iliad and the Odyssey
• The Importance of Being Earnest
• King Arthur and the Round Table
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• Little Women (a Core Classics Plus^®Study Edition)
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (a Core Classics Plus^®Study Edition)
• Robin Hood
• Robinson Crusoe
• Sherlock Holmes
• The Squatter and the Don
• Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 
• The Tempest
  
• The Time Machine
  
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
• Treasure Island
• Twelfth Night