'It's my garden,' says the Giant. 'People must understand. Nobody can play here - only me!'So the children leave, and the Selfish Giant puts a wall around his garden. After that, it's always winter there.Later, the Giant feels sorry for a young boy in the snow. He knocks down the garden wall - and the children, and the spring, come back. But where is the young boy now? And how can the Giant find him again? The Giant Come Home Every afternoon, when school finishes, the children play in the Giant's garden...

BOOK ONE CHAPTER 1 - Never Talk with Strangers CHAPTER 2 - Pontius Pilate CHAPTER 3 - The Seventh Proof CHAPTER 4 - The Chase CHAPTER 5 - There were Doings at Griboedov’s CHAPTER 6 - Schizophrenia, as was Said CHAPTER 7 - A Naughty Apartment CHAPTER 8 - The Combat between the Professor and the Poet CHAPTER 9 - Koroviev’s Stunts CHAPTER 10 - News From Yalta CHAPTER 11 - Ivan Splits in Two CHAPTER 12 - Black Magic and Its Exposure CHAPTER 13 - The Hero Enters CHAPTER 14 - Glory to the Cock! CHAPTER 15 - Nikanor Ivanovich’s Dream CHAPTER 16 - The Execution CHAPTER...