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  • A Tale of Two Cities

    by Charles Dickens, Peter Merchant, Keith Carabine ...
    Series series Wordsworth Classics
    With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Principal Lecturer in English, Canterbury Christ Church University College.Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz).A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Dickens’ greatest historical novel, traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyle’s great ... Read more

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  • Dickens and the Imagined Child

    by Peter Merchant, Catherine Waters ...
    The figure of the child and the imaginative and emotional capacities associated with children have always been sites of lively contestation for readers and critics of Dickens. In Dickens and the Imagined Child, leading scholars explore the function of the child and childhood within Dickens’s imagination and reflect on the cultural resonance of his engagement with this topic. Part I of the ... Read more

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  • Sojourner Truth

    Path to Glory (Ready-to-Read Level 3)

    by Peter Merchant ...
    Illustrated by Julia Denos ...
    Series Book 3 - Ready-to-Read Stories of Famous Americans
    Sojourner Truth had a tough childhood. She was born a slave, and many of the families she worked for treated her poorly. But when she was finally freed, Sojourner used her life to teach others about women's rights and the power of freedom. ... Read more

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    by Charles Dickens ...
    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby was Charles Dickens' third novel. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839.The novel centers on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies. His Uncle Ralph, who thinks Nicholas will never amount to anything, plays the role of principal antagonist.'Nickleby' marks a new ... Read more

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  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: With 17 Illustrations and a Free Audio Link

    by Washington Irving ...
    The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (historical Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow.The “Legend” relates the tale of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham “Brom Bones” Van Brunt, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole ... Read more

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  • Some short Christmas stories

    by Charles Dickens ...
    A Christmas TreeWhat Christmas is as we Grow OlderThe Poor Relation's StoryThe Child's StoryThe Schoolboy's StoryNobody's Story ... Read more

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  • The Lost World

    by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. The novel also describes a war between Native Americans and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures.Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish ... Read more

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  • The Metamorphosis Annotated

    by Franz Kafka ...
    The Metamorphosis is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka best known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect subsequently struggling to adjust to this new condition. The novella has been widely discussed among literary critics, with differing ... Read more

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  • The Mayor of Casterbridge

    by Thomas Hardy ...
    Set in the fictional town of Casterbridge, “The Mayor of Casterbridge” is Thomas Hardy’s tragic story of Michael Henchard, who over indulges in alcohol at a country fair and decides to auction off his wife and daughter to a sailor. When he recovers his sobriety, Mr. Henchard realizes his mistake, but it is too late to get his family back. Devastated by his impetuous actions he decides not to touch ... Read more

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  • The Pickwick Papers (Illustrated)

    by Charles Dickens ...
    The first ray of light which illumines the gloom, and converts into a dazzling brilliancy that obscurity in which the earlier history of the public career of the immortal Pickwick would appear to be involved, is derived from the perusal of the following entry in the Transactions of the Pickwick Club, which the editor of these papers feels the highest pleasure in laying before his readers, as a ... Read more

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  • The Old Curiosity Shop

    by Charles Dickens ...
    Charles Dickens’s story of selfless Little Nell and her ailing grandfather and their persecution by the magnificently malignant villain Daniel Quilp, probably Dickens’ most evil villain, has seized the imaginations and wrung the hearts of generations of readers. Nell’s grandfather has borrowed money from Quilp to support a gambling habit and has lost everything, including the curiosity shop. ... Read more

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  • Utopia

    Envisioning the Ideal Society

    by Thomas More ...
    Step into the imaginative world of Utopia, Thomas More's visionary masterpiece that has inspired thinkers for centuries. Written in the early 16th century, this groundbreaking work presents a detailed portrait of an ideal society—one where harmony, equality, and justice prevail. More introduces us to the fictional island of Utopia, a place of shared wealth, religious tolerance, and a focus on ... Read more

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