Great expectations (easy classics)

Pip's just your average boy. He has no parents, lives with his scary sister and once met an escaped criminal on Christmas Eve. Totally normal. And things get even stranger when a mysterious stranger starts paying him loads of money. Sure, Pip's loving his new life of luxury, but will he ever find out who's paying the bills, and what they want from him in return?

The old curiosity shop (easy classics)

Filled with rusting relics and tattered treasure maps, The Old Curiosity Shop is Nell Trent's favourite place in the whole world—which 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. Poor and hungry, with no one to turn to, how will they…

Oliver Twist (easy classics)

Oliver Twist is poor. Always has been, always will be. Being born in a workhouse means that you'll probably always be treated like rubbish. Oliver does not want a life of hard work and measly meals, but he soon learns that it's never safe to ask for more. What Oliver really needs is a family. But is a family of thieves, kidnappers and killers really a family at all?

A tale of two cities (easy classics)

With daily beheadings and famous buildings being burnt to the ground, Paris during the Revolution is not the safest place to be. When Dr Manette is released from prison and reunited with his daughter, everything seems to finally be getting better. But his daughter's fiancé is keeping some dangerous secrets that lead the family on a deadly adventure. How long can 'happy ever after' really l…

A christmas carol (easy classics)

Who can help a mean old man to love Christmas? How about a ghost? (…or three!) Scrooge’s heart is colder than snow, he’s richer than half the banks in England and meaner than, well, everyone. But when three seriously spooky ghosts turn up to take him on an adventure through time, he soon learns that being cold isn’t cool. Can he change his ways before it’s too late?

Classics short stories

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9781545557457

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279 p

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Oliver Twist

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9780451529718

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480p; bw; pbk

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823 DIC O

Oliver Twist

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9781853260124

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823 DIC O

A tale of two cities

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a historical novel set during the French Revolution, following the lives of people in London and Paris. The story revolves around Charles Darnay, a kind-hearted French aristocrat who leaves his family’s cruel legacy behind, and Sydney Carton, a clever but troubled English lawyer. Both men love the same woman, Lucie Manette, whose father was imprisone…

Great Expectations

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9781853260049

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412p; ill; bw; pbk

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823 DIC G