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ISBN 9781416500209 (1-4165-0020-0, 1416500200)

by Jules Verne, Harrison Solow, Cynthia Brantley Johnson

ISBN 1416500200 (1-4165-0020-0)
Softcover, Pocket Classics

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Bring The Classics To Life. This novel has been adapted into 10 short chapters that will excite the reluctant reader as well as the enthusiastic one. Key words are defined and used in context. Multiple-choice questions require the student to recall specific details sequence the events draw inferences from story context develop another name for the chapter and choose the main idea. Let the Classics introduce Kipling Stevenson and H.G. Wells. Your students will embrace the notion of Crusoe s lonely reflections the psychological reactions of a Civil War soldier at Chancellorsville and the tragedy of the Jacobite Cause in 18th Century Scotland. In our society knowledge of these Classics is a cultural necessity. Improves fluency vocabulary and comprehension. [via]

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ISBN 9781402725333 (1-4027-2533-7, 1402725337)

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

by Lisa R. Church, Dan Andreasen

ISBN 1402725337 (1-4027-2533-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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Jules Vernes classic science fiction fantasy carries its heroProfessor Aronnax of the Museum of Parison a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the oceans depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel that had not yet been invented: the submarine.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Seas

by Ron Miller, Jules Verne

ISBN 0881010855 (0-88101-085-5)
Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House

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ISBN 9781417906352 (1-4179-0635-9, 1417906359)

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Adam Bede

by George Eliot

ISBN 1417906359 (1-4179-0635-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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1889. Eliot is the pen name for Mary Ann, later Marian, Evans, English novelist. Adam Bede is her first full-length novel and established her reputation as a leading writer. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]

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ISBN 9781551113647 (1-55111-364-3, 1551113643)

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Adam Bede

by Mary Waldron

ISBN 1551113643 (1-55111-364-3)
Softcover, Broadview Pr

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The seemingly peaceful country village of Hayslope is the setting for this ambitious first novel by one of the nineteenth century's great novelists. With sympathy, wit, and unflinching realism, Adam Bede tells a story that would have been familiar to Eliot's first readers: the seduction of a pretty farm girl by the young squire of the district. Eliot uses this story, with its tragic implications, to explore the dangers of reliance on religious and social norms to govern destructive desires. As this edition demonstrates, Adam Bede addresses profound questions of morality, religion, and the role of women in society, while at the same time seeking to establish a new aesthetic for fiction. This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a rich selection of appendices, including selections from Eliot's letters and journals, contemporary reviews of the novel, and accounts of the murder trial of Mary Voce, the woman whose story formed part of the inspiration for the novel. [via]

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ISBN 9780971633834 (0-9716338-3-5, 0971633835)

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Alice

by Lewis Carroll, Lela Dowling, CHRIS WEIMAN

ISBN 0971633835 (0-9716338-3-5)
Softcover, About Comics

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A full graphic novel adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. An adventurous girl falls into a rabbit hole and finds herself transformed to a bizarre, zany, and fun world. [via]

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ISBN 9780881011098 (0-88101-109-6, 0881011096)

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Alice in Wonderland

ISBN 0881011096 (0-88101-109-6)
Hardcover, Unicorn Pub House

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ISBN 9781419105524 (1-4191-0552-3, 1419105523)

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

ISBN 1419105523 (1-4191-0552-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.

For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]

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ISBN 9781577595502 (1-57759-550-5, 1577595505)

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Dalmatian Press Staff

ISBN 1577595505 (1-57759-550-5)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press

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Lewis Carroll Dalamatian Press Adapted Classic [via]

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ISBN 9781561382460 (1-56138-246-9, 1561382469)

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by David Blair, Lewis Carroll, Graham Evernden

ISBN 1561382469 (1-56138-246-9)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub

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Our Miniature Edition "TM" collection continues to grow! Since 1989, when the first minis appeared, Running Press has offered an astonishing range of subjects, sure to find a place in any booklover's library! Visit the golf course for nine holes, head to the kitchen with the Silver Palate chefs, travel to the heavens above, or rediscover the wonders of nature in your own backyard. [via]

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ISBN 9781551112237 (1-55111-223-X, 155111223X)

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Richard Kelly, Lewis Carroll

ISBN 155111223X (1-55111-223-X)
Softcover, Broadview Pr

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Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.

For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 155111223X (1-55111-223-X)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

by Lewis Carroll

ISBN 1417739428 (1-4177-3942-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound

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Anderson's Alice

by Lewis Carroll, Walter Inglis Anderson

ISBN 0878051880 (0-87805-188-0)
Hardcover, University Press of Mississippi

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ISBN 9781419153365 (1-4191-5336-6, 1419153366)

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The Awakening

by Kate Chopin

ISBN 1419153366 (1-4191-5336-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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An American classic of sexual expression that paved the way for the modern novel, The Awakening is both a remarkable novel in its own right and a startling reminder of how far women in this century have come. The story of a married woman who pursues love outside a stuffy, middle-class marriage, the novel portrays the mind of a woman seeking fulfillment of her essential nature. [via]

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ISBN 9781416534730 (1-4165-3473-3, 1416534733)

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

by Mark Twain

ISBN 1416534733 (1-4165-3473-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics

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Twain, Mark "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" in the revolutionary Bed Book Landscape Reading Format - a new approach to reading in bed as well as other places people enjoy reading while lying down, such as the beach, or on a grassy lawn in the park. Bed Books provide the freedom to lie in any comfortable position without being obligated to sit up in order to read. They can be an essential aid for readers who may be prone to back and neck strain when assuming the contorted body positions normally required for reading while lying down, and for those who have previously found it difficult or impossible to read books in bed, such as the elderly and the disabled. Bed Books can also be read sitting up as easily as with a conventional book. See the current Bed Book Catalog at: www.bedbooks.NET www.readinginbed.com [via]

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The Diary of a Nobody

by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith

ISBN 1419159259 (1-4191-5925-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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ISBN 9781404348097 (1-4043-4809-3, 1404348093)

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The Diary of a Nobody

by Weedon Grossmith, George Grossmith

ISBN 1404348093 (1-4043-4809-3)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com

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The diary is that of a man who acknowledges that he is not a "Somebody" - Charles Pooter of 'The Laurels', Brickfield Terrace, Holloway, a clerk in the city of London - and it chronicles in hilarious detail the everyday life of the lower middle class during the Great Victorian age. [via]

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ISBN 9780940450394 (0-940450-39-9, 0940450399)

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Early Novels and Stories

by Willa Cather, Sharon O Brien

ISBN 0940450399 (0-940450-39-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

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"Let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet." Willa Cather's remark describes her own reasons for re-creating in her powerful fiction the Nebraska frontier of her youth. The vast Great Plains, where the earth has only recently come beneath the plow and the sky is huge and open, mirrors the uniquely American ethic of her characters: their heroic aspirations and stoicism, their passion for creativity, their rebelliousness of spirit. This volume, the first in The Library of America's authoritative three-volume collected Cather, includes the story collection "The Troll Garden," her first work of fiction, along with the beloved novels "O Pioneers!," "The Song of the Lark," "My Antonia," and "One of Ours," which earned a Pulitzer Prize. [via]

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Ethan Frome

by Edith Wharton

ISBN 1404349391 (1-4043-4939-1)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com

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Ethan works his unproductive farm, and struggles to maintain an existence with his suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena's cousin enters their household as a "hired girl", Ethan finds himself obsessed with her and with the possibilities for happiness she comes to represent. [via]

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The Forsyte Saga

by John Galsworthy

ISBN 1404350578 (1-4043-5057-8)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com

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ISBN 9780884116547 (0-88411-654-9, 0884116549)

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The Heart of the Matter

by Graham Greene

ISBN 0884116549 (0-88411-654-9)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd

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In this widely acclaimed modern classic, Graham Greene delves deep into character to tell the dramatic, suspenseful story of a good man's conflict between passion and faith. The Heart of the Matter is one of Graham Greene's most enduring and tragic novels.

A police commissioner in a British-governed, war-torn West African state, Scobie is bound by the strictest integrity and sense of duty both for his colonial responsibilities and for his wife, whom he deeply pities but no longer loves. Passed over for a promotion, he is forced to borrow money in order to send his despairing wife away on a holiday. When in her absence he develops a passion for a young widow, the scrupulously honest Catholic finds himself giving way to deceit and dishonor. Enmeshed in love and intrigue, he will betray everything he believes in, with tragic consequences. [via]

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The Heart of the Matter: Stamboul Train ; A Burnt-Out Case ; The Third Man ; The Quiet American ; Loser Takes All ; The Power and the Glory

by Graham Greene

ISBN 0905712013 (0-905712-01-3)
Hardcover, Heinemann/Octopus

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ISBN 9781557508775 (1-55750-877-1, 1557508771)

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Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne, Walter James Miller, Frederick Paul Walter

ISBN 1557508771 (1-55750-877-1)
Hardcover, Naval Inst Pr

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Based solely on the original French version, this edition contains "the lost 23%" of Verne's original manuscript and corrects hundreds of errors and mistranslations. [via]

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ISBN 9781419168772 (1-4191-6877-0, 1419168770)

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The Last of the Mohicans

by James Fenimore Cooper

ISBN 1419168770 (1-4191-6877-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]

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ISBN 9781404319356 (1-4043-1935-2, 1404319352)

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The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins

ISBN 1404319352 (1-4043-1935-2)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com

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A gift that keeps on giving. [via]

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ISBN 9781419135934 (1-4191-3593-7, 1419135937)

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My Antonia

by Willa Cather

ISBN 1419135937 (1-4191-3593-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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It seems almost sacrilege to infringe upon a book as soulful and rich as Willa Cather's My Ántonia by offering comment. First published in 1918, and set in Nebraska in the late 19th century, this tale of the spirited daughter of a Bohemian immigrant family planning to farm on the untamed land ("not a country at all but the material out of which countries are made") comes to us through the romantic eyes of Jim Burden. He is, at the time of their meeting, newly orphaned and arriving at his grandparents' neighboring farm on the same night her family strikes out to make good in their new country. Jim chooses the opening words of his recollections deliberately: "I first heard of Ántonia on what seemed to be an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America," and it seems almost certain that readers of Cather's masterpiece will just as easily pinpoint the first time they heard of Ántonia and her world. It seems equally certain that they, too, will remember that moment as one of great light in an otherwise unremarkable trip through the world.

Ántonia, who, even as a grown woman somewhat downtrodden by circumstance and hard work, "had not lost the fire of life," lies at the center of almost every human condition that Cather's novel effortlessly untangles. She represents immigrant struggles with a foreign land and tongue, the restraints on women of the time (with which Cather was very much concerned), the more general desires for love, family, and companionship, and the great capacity for forbearance that marked the earliest settlers on the frontier.

As if all this humanity weren't enough, Cather paints her descriptions of the vastness of nature--the high, red grass, the road that "ran about like a wild thing," the endless wind on the plains--with strokes so vivid as to make us feel in our bones that we've just come in from a walk on that very terrain ourselves. As the story progresses, Jim goes off to the University in Lincoln to study Latin (later moving on to Harvard and eventually staying put on the East Coast in another neat encompassing of a stage in America's development) and learns Virgil's phrase "Optima dies ... prima fugit" that Cather uses as the novel's epigraph. "The best days are the first to flee"--this could be said equally of childhood and the earliest hours of this country in which the open land, much like My Ántonia, was nothing short of a rhapsody in prairie sky blue. --Melanie Rehak [via]

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ISBN 9781551114910 (1-55111-491-7, 1551114917)

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My Antonia

by Joseph R. Urgo

ISBN 1551114917 (1-55111-491-7)
Softcover, Broadview Pr

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Willa Cather's My ÃÂntonia is considered one of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows ÃÂntonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. The novel is important both for its literary aesthetic and as a portrayal of important aspects of American social ideals and history, particularly the centrality of migration to American culture.

The Broadview edition includes a rich selection of primary source materials: the revised introduction for the 1926 edition; Cather's "Mesa Verde Wonderland is Easy to Reach...," "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," "Peter", and her comments on the novel; contemporary reviews and photographs. [via]

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ISBN 9781416500360 (1-4165-0036-7, 1416500367)

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The Odyssey

by Homer

ISBN 1416500367 (1-4165-0036-7)
Softcover, Pocket Classics

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Odyssey which in Greek literally means "the tale of Odysseus," has becomes synonymous with a great journey. "The Odyssey" follows Homer's "The Iliad" where we find all the surviving warriors of the great Trojan War have returned home except for Odysseus, who has been detained by the nymph Calypso for her sexual pleasure. Odysseus however wishes to return to his family and loved ones who await his return at home. The Gods send the fleet-footed Hermes to order Calypso to free him and in doing so Odysseus begins his journey. Along the way Odysseus must overcome many obstacles and battle mythical creatures. Contained in this volume is the prose translation of Samuel Butcher and Andrew Lang. [via]

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The Odyssey

by Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G. Ambrus

ISBN 1562884336 (1-56288-433-6)
Hardcover, Checkerboard Pr Inc

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ISBN 9781414226163 (1-4142-2616-0, 1414226160)

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The Old Curiosity Shop

by Charles Dickens

ISBN 1414226160 (1-4142-2616-0)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com

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The sound of Little Nell clattering hurriedly over cobblestones immediately sets the stage by bringing to mind the narrow and dangerous streets of Victorian London. No fewer than 20 performers are called upon to conjure up the Dickensian world of wanderers, ne'er-do-wells, con artists, and kind Samaritans--and each performance is excellent. Tom Courtenay plays the sadistic Quilp, "the ugliest dwarf that could be seen anywhere for a penny" with magnificent sarcastic glee, and Teresa Gallagher's silvery, childlike voice is ideally suited for the role of the angelic Little Nell.

Nell is on her way home to the dusty shop where she and her grandfather live a rather mysterious life. The old man disappears every night--visiting gambling dens with the naive hope of winning a fortune. Instead he sinks deeper and deeper into debt. Enter Daniel Quilp, moneylender, who becomes furious upon learning that the grandfather is a pauper and will never be able to repay his tremendous debt. Quilp seizes the curiosity shop and begins making lecherous overtures to Nell, so she and her grandfather steal away one morning to seek their fortunes elsewhere. But the demonic dwarf is never far behind.

Sound effects are employed judiciously and serve mainly as a springboard for the listener's imagination. The sound of a crying baby is enough to convey the image of crowded lodgings and genteel Victorian poverty, while raucous laughter and high-pitched squawks evoke the barely controlled chaos of an outdoor Punch and Judy show. The dramatization pares Dickens's weighty novel down to two and one-half hours, but does so skillfully, retaining Dickens's wit, marvelous dialogue, and delightful characterizations. (Running time: 155 minutes, 2 cassettes) --Elizabeth Laskey [via]

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The Old Curiosity Shop

by Jules Verne

ISBN 1414205430 (1-4142-0543-0)
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ISBN 9780890092569 (0-89009-256-7, 0890092567)

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The Original Illustrated Alice in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

ISBN 0890092567 (0-89009-256-7)
Hardcover, Book Sales

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The Original Illustrated Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll with the original illustrations by John Tenniel, in color for this edition by Martina Selway, published by Castle Books copyright 1978, published in Yugoslavia September 1985. Oversize hardback 80 page book with glossy pictorial cover [via]

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ISBN 9781419179136 (1-4191-7913-6, 1419179136)

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The Professor

by Charlotte Bronte

ISBN 1419179136 (1-4191-7913-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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No man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind and tide before he allows himself to cry out, "I am baffled!" and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X---- I felt my occupation irksome. [via]

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ISBN 9780945260295 (0-945260-29-6, 0945260296)

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Readers Digest Best Loved Book for Young Readers: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne

ISBN 0945260296 (0-945260-29-6)
Hardcover, Choice Pub

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reader's digest for young readers twenty thousand leagues under the sea [via]

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ISBN 9781419147098 (1-4191-4709-9, 1419147099)

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Shirley

by Charlotte Bronte

ISBN 1419147099 (1-4191-4709-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within as on the state of things without and around us. I make this trite remark, because I happen to know that Messrs Helstone and Moore trotted forth from the mill-yard gates at the head of their very small company, in the best possible spirits. [via]

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Shirley: ISBN 1419147099 (1-4191-4709-9)
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ISBN 9781417934744 (1-4179-3474-3, 1417934743)

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Sister Carrie

by Theodore Dreiser

ISBN 1417934743 (1-4179-3474-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser's revolutionary first novel, was published in 1900--sort of. The story of Carrie Meeber, an 18-year-old country girl who moves to Chicago and becomes a kept woman, was strong stuff at the turn of the century, and what Dreiser's wary publisher released was a highly expurgated version. Times change, and we now have a restored "author's cut" of Sister Carrie that shows how truly ahead of his time Dreiser was. First and foremost, he has written an astute, nonmoralizing account of a woman and her limited options in late-19th-century America. That's impressive in and of itself, but Dreiser doesn't stop there. Digging deeply into the psychological underpinnings of his characters, he gives us people who are often strangers to themselves, drifting numbly until fate pushes them on a path they can later neither defend nor even remember choosing.

Dreiser's story unfolds in the measured cadences of an earlier era. This sometimes works brilliantly as we follow the choices, small and large, that lead some characters to doom and others to glory. On the other hand, the middle chapters--of which there are many--do drag somewhat, even when one appreciates Dreiser's intentions. If you can make it through the sagging midsection, however, you'll be rewarded by Sister Carrie's last 150 pages, which depict the harrowing downward spiral of one of the book's central characters. Here Dreiser portrays with brutal power how the wrong decision--or lack of decision--can lay waste to a life. --Rebecca Gleason [via]

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ISBN 9780940450417 (0-940450-41-0, 0940450410)

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Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt, Twelve Men

by Theodore Dreiser, Richard Lehan

ISBN 0940450410 (0-940450-41-0)
Hardcover, Library of America

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A master of naturalism, Theodore Dreiser brought the American novel into the twentieth century. Fascinated by the city street, its parade of fashion and its threat of poverty and degradation, his journalistic eye lets us see as they were first seen the now familiar realities of modern living. "Sister Carrie" traces the fate of a small-town girl drawn into the brutal metropolitan worlds of Chicago and New York, and Sinclair Lewis called it "the first fresh air since Mark Twain and Whitman." "Jennie Gerhardt"'s vital but naive heroine emerges superior to the succession of men who exploit her. With honest emotion and respect for unvarnished truth, "Twelve Men" muses on the exemplary lives of ordinary men in search of lasting values with which to face the new century. Together, these three works exemplify the energy, originality, and genius of one of the great modern American writers. [via]

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ISBN 9781420922646 (1-4209-2264-5, 1420922645)

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne

ISBN 1420922645 (1-4209-2264-5)
Softcover, Digireads.Com

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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. For some time past vessels had been met by "an enormous thing," a long object, spindle-shaped, occasionally phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more rapid in its movements than a whale. [via]

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The Warden

by Anthony Trollope

ISBN 1417939273 (1-4179-3927-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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The first of Trollope's Barsetshire novels, The Warden concerns the moral dilemma of the Reverend Septimus Harding, who finds himself at the centre of a bitter conflict between defenders of Church privilege and the reforming impulses of the mid-Victorian period. Appointed warden of an almshouse, he is given a comfortable salary from its founder's will to oversee the institution and the small weekly incomes given to the men who live there. Mr. Harding's disproportionate salary, however, becomes a source of concern for a local reformer who denounces the allocation of funds as a Church abuse. Interweaving the complexities of the Victorian world, the novel draws on ecclesiastical scandals, criticizes the power of the press, satirizes the law, and examines the growing influence of London on provincial life. Based on the most authoritative text published during Trollope's life, that of 1878, the Broadview edition also includes appendices with material relating to the novel's genesis, Trollope's revisions, the sources of his literary parody, the historical background to the novel's topical references, its reception by contemporary critics, and Trollope's views on the Church of England. [via]

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ISBN 9781402725050 (1-4027-2505-1, 1402725051)

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The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame, Scott McKowen, Arthur Pober

ISBN 1402725051 (1-4027-2505-1)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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"[Mole] thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before--this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them with a laugh, to fling itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and were caught and held again." Such is the cautious, agreeable Mole's first introduction to the river and the Life Adventurous. Emerging from his home at Mole End one spring, his whole world changes when he hooks up with the good-natured, boat-loving Water Rat, the boastful Toad of Toad Hall, the society- hating Badger who lives in the frightening Wild Wood, and countless other mostly well-meaning creatures. Michael Hague's exquisitely detailed, breathtaking color illustrations on almost every generous spread--along with Kenneth Grahame's elegant, delightfully old-fashioned characterizations of the animals--make this book a wonderful read-aloud. Grahame's The Wind in the Willows has enchanted readers for four generations, and this lavishly illustrated gift edition is perhaps the finest around. (All ages, or 9 to 12) [via]

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Wives and Daughters

by Elizabeth Gaskell

ISBN 1419194658 (1-4191-9465-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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1865 novel from the English novelist and short story writer, whose writings can be seen as critiques of Victorian era attitudes, particularly those toward women, with complex narratives and dynamic women characters. [via]

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The Woodlanders

by Thomas Hardy

ISBN 1419188496 (1-4191-8849-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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