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A TIMELESS MASTERPIECE FOR THE GENERATIONS
This timeless masterpiece, teeming with colorful characters, unexpected plot twists, and Dickens' vivid rendering of the vast tapestry of mid-Victorian England, Great Expectations is considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel. It continues to enthrall new generations of readers
Dickens tells the story of humble, orphaned Philip Pirrip (Pip), the book's narrator, who is taken under the wing of the reclusive,...
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After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained...
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Kate and Nicholas Nickelby's life is bliss until their father dies. After that they're left penniless, living in London with only their horrible uncle to help them.
Sent away to work as a teacher, Nicholas soon learns that things can get worse. Dotheboys Hall isn't the marvellous manor of education it's supposed to be, and the vicious...
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Amy Dorrit's father has been in prison for as long as she can remember. That's totally normal, isn't it? Just like doing chores for horrid Mrs Clennam, fixing her sister's dresses (without getting any thanks) and saving her own dinner to feed her father.
When Mrs Clennam's son returns from abroad, he brings with him a host of family...
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
In Coketown, there's no place forimagination. There are facts and figures and absolutely nothing else - or so Thomas Gradgrind thinks.
When the circus appears in town, it brings Sissy Jupe with it. A young girl who has been abandoned by her father and is taken in by Thomas Gradgrind. Full of fun and energy, will Sissy save the Gradgrind...
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
After surviving fourteen long years with her horrible aunt, and nothing but a doll and an old handkerchief for company, Esther Summerson's life is finally looking a little brighter. She's going to school and making friends, real friends!
The only thing Esther's missing now is a mother. But long-lost parents don't just turn up out...
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An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Filled with rusting relics and tattered treasure maps, The Old Curiosity Shop is Nell Trent's favourite place in the whole world. This is lucky because it's also her home.
Nell and her grandfather have always been happy with their simple lives. But when money gets tight, the pair are thrown out of their beloved shop and into the unknown....
10) Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of...