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1) The old curiosity shop

Author

Dickens, Charles/ Gooden, Philip (ADP)/ Sposito, Pipi (ILT)

Series

World's best reading
Penguin English library
Kennebec Large Print perennial favorites collection
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Language

English

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Audiobook on CD, Book - Large Print, Book - Regular Print, eBook

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Originally published along with short stories in his weekly serial "Master Humphrey's Clock" from 1840 to 1841, "The Old Curiosity Shop" tells the tale of Nell Trent and her grandfather who both live in The Old Curiosity Shop in London. In an attempt to secure Nell's financial future, her grandfather dabbles with gambling but ends up losing it all. Convinced that Nell's grandfather has managed to save a small fortune for her, Nell's wastrel brother...

2) Jane Eyre

Author

Brontë, Charlotte

Series

New York Public Library collector's edition
TOR classic
Scholastic ELT readers
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33

Language

English

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Audiobook on CD, Book - Large Print, Book - Mass Market Paperback, Book - Regular Print, eBook, Playaway

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In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret. Charlotte Bronte's novel about the passionate love between Jane Eyre, a young girl alone in the world, and the rich, brilliant, domineering Rochester has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic, ever since...

3) A tale of two cities

Author

Dickens, Charles/ Gooden, Philip (ADP)/ Sposito, Pipi (ILT)

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27

Language

English

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Audiobook on CD, Book - Graphic Novel, Book - Large Print, Book - Mass Market Paperback, Book - Regular Print, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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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...

4) Great expectations

Author

Dickens, Charles

Series

Chatham River Press classics
AUK Revisited
Courage classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35

Language

English

Formats

Audiobook on Cassette, Audiobook on CD, Book - Graphic Novel, Book - Large Print, Book - Mass Market Paperback, Book - Regular Print, eAudiobook, eBook

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Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, a young lad, who grows up without any expectations, but is surprised to hear from a lawyer that he has an unknown benefactor who is sending him to London to learn to become a gentleman. But the great expectations that he has change him, leading him almost to the brink of death, and in the course of events, Pip learns a number of lessons about life, loyalty and true happiness.