Classics short stories

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ISBN/ISSN

9781545557457

Collation

279 p

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823 DIC c

Oliver Twist

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ISBN/ISSN

9780451529718

Collation

480p; bw; pbk

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823 DIC O

Oliver Twist

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ISBN/ISSN

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

Bleak house (easy classics)

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 of the blue. Do they?

David Copperfield (easy classics)

David's life isn't easy. His father is dead and his mother is getting married to the meanest man in the country. To top things off, when he is sent to school, David discovers punishments more terrible than he can imagine. Surely life can't get any worse! The only happy ever afters David knows are in the pages of his favourite books. Can he rewrite his own ending?

Little Dorrit (easy classics)

Amy Dorrit's father has been in prison for as long as she can remember. That s totally normal, right? 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. But when Mrs Clennam's son returns from abroad, he brings with him a host of family secrets and turns Amy's normal life on its head.

Hard times (easy classics)

Coketown is no place for imagination. 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 children from a miserable life of facts and figures before it's too…

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?