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2004
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After being rescued from dark waters by the commander of an underwater vessel, three men are taken prisoner by the commander, Captain Nemo, and begin a search for freedom that leads to adventure and more 20,000 leagues under the sea.
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1913
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"In one of the most popular holiday stories of all time, meet Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who hates Christmas and all the people asking for money that the holiday brings. One fateful Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, who warns him about the consequences of his path of greed. This visit is followed by appearances from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come, bearing their own messages...
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2005
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A simplified, abridged version of the story of Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, who is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
Earliest Publication Date
2009
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In order to save her father's life, Beauty agrees to live with the Beast, a handsome prince under the spell of a witch.
5) Black Beauty
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2004
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A simplified, abridged version of Black Beauty's experiences with both good and bad masters in nineteenth-century England.
6) Black Beauty
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Earliest Publication Date
1890
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One of the best loved animal stories ever written, the dramatic and heartwarming Black Beauty is told by the magnificent horse himself, from his idyllic days on a country squire's estate to his harsh fate as a London cab horse. No one can ever forget the gallant Black Beauty, a horse with a white star on his forehead and a heart of unyielding courage.
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Earliest Publication Date
2004
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The voyages of a seaman carry him to Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, and Brobdingnag, a land of giants.
8) Heidi
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2001
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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.
9) Jane Eyre
Earliest Publication Date
1933
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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...
10) Little women
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Earliest Publication Date
1995
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A simplified, abridged version of the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
11) Moby Dick
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Earliest Publication Date
1994
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A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
12) Moby Dick
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Earliest Publication Date
1926
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?Call me Ishmael? is the iconic opening line of Herman Melville?s classic American novel, Moby-Dick. Ishmael is a seaman aboard the whaling vessel, Pequod, under the vengeful captain, Ahab. Maniacally seeking retribution from the great white sperm whale called Moby-Dick--the whale responsible for the captain?s missing leg--Ahab leads the crew on a quest to kill the infamous beast.
13) Oliver Twist
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Earliest Publication Date
2004
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Oliver Twist is an orphan who runs away to London to escape a harsh life in a workhouse. That life is full of danger, but Oliver ultimately finds safety with a loving family.
14) Peter Pan
Earliest Publication Date
1950
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Classic fiction. Neverland is home to Peter Pan, a young boy who has never grown up. On one of his visits to London, Peter makes the acquaintance of young Wendy Darling, whom he invites to travel with him to Neverland and become the mother of his gang of Lost Boys. Flying through the night sky to Neverland, Wendy and her brothers John and Michael soon become caught up in marvelous adventures with the Indian Princess Tiger Lily, the loyal fairy Tinker...
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1962
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In early twentieth century New England, talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, and spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up in their company.
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2005
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Relates the fortune of a shipwrecked family as they, imaginatively, adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
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Earliest Publication Date
1931
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"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of...
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Earliest Publication Date
1925
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Carlo Collodi's tale of a mischievous marionette come-to-life has captivated generations of readers, young and old alike. A worldwide bestseller, Pinocchio has inspired numerous plays, television shows, and movies, including the iconic 1940 animated film.
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Earliest Publication Date
2002
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The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
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Earliest Publication Date
2001
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In the first of these stories from the Catskill Mountains a superstitious schoolmaster encounters a headless horseman; in the second, a man sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world.
