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Classics. Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are...
2) Oliver Twist
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"Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of great adversity. Oliver Twist features some of the author's most enduring characters, such as Oliver himself (who dares to ask for more), the tyrannical Bumble, the diabolical...
3) Peter Pan
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"J. M. Barrie’s immortal Peter Pan has fascinated and delighted readers of all ages for more than a hundred years and the tale remains one of the most adapted works of all time. Buzzing with adventure and children who can fly, in Neverland Peter Pan defeats Captain Hook and rescues Wendy and the Lost Boys who return to live their lives while he spends his never-ending childhood in a mythical place populated by fairies, pirates, mermaids, and,...
4) Moby Dick
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"American writer Herman Melville wrote Moby Dick in 1851 but it took decades before finally it was regarded as a great American novel, and worthy of its place amongst the greatest texts of humankind. It recounts the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of a whaling ship seeking vengeance on Moby Dick, the white whale that had bitten off Ahab's leg on a previous voyage. FLAME TREE's Great Works That Shape Our World is a new series of definitive books...
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"Since its first publication in 1908, the story of Anne Shirley and the home she finds on Canada's Prince Edward Island has captured the imaginations of readers worldwide. Its countless adaptations have spanned from stage, film, and television, to graphic novels, animated shows, and web series, yet in each generation the popularity of the original novel abides. Set in a fictional small town, the story deals in part with the narrow worldviews and prejudices...
6) Heidi
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A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
8) Little women
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Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in the nineteenth-century, New England.
11) Black Beauty
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A simplified, abridged version of Black Beauty's experiences with both good and bad masters in nineteenth-century England.
12) Jane Eyre
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A simplified, abridged version of Jane Eyre's experiences as a governess for the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester in nineteenth-century England.
14) The Wizard of Oz
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After being transported by a cyclone to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog are befriended by a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion, who accompany her to the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help Dorothy return home to Kansas.
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