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Dickens's Story Of Solitary Miser Ebenezer Scrooge, Who Is Taught The True Meaning Of Christmas By A Series Of Ghostly Visitors, Has Proved One Of His Most Well-loved Works. Ever Since It Was Published In 1843 It Has Had An Enduring Influence On The Way We Think About The Traditions Of Christmas.

In an adaptation of a Dickens classic illustrated by the creator of The Christmas Ship, a miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. 75,000 first printing.

The Penguin English Library Edition of Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope 'You must give up this mad idea, Frank ... there is but one course left open to you. You MUST marry money' Doctor Thorne, considered by Trollope to be the best of his works, is a telling examination of the relationship between money and morality. It recounts the story of the son of a bankrupt landowner, Frank Gresham, who is intent on marrying his beloved Mary Thorne despite her illegitimacy and apparent poverty. Frank's ambitious mother and haughty aunt are set against the match, however, and push him to make a good marriage to a wealthy heiress. Only Mary's loving uncle, Dr Thorne, knows of the fortune she is about to inherit - but believes she should be accepted on her own terms. The third book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

'people Get Out Of Prison, And When They Get Out, And Their Name Is Edmond Dantès, They Take Their Revenge!' Falsely Accused Of Treason, The Young Sailor Edmond Dantès Is Arrested On His Wedding Day And Imprisoned In The Island Fortress Of The Château D'if. Having Endured Years Of Incarceration, He Stages A Daring And Dramatic Escape And Sets Out To Discover The Fabulous Treasure Of Monte Cristo, And To Catch Up With His Enemies. A Novel Of Enormous Tension And Excitement, The Count Of Monte Cristo Is Also A Tale Of Obsession And Revenge. Believing Himself To Be An 'angel Of Providence', Dantès Pursues His Vengeance To The Bitter End, Only Then Realizing That He Himself Is A Victim Of Fate. One Of The Great Thrillers Of All Time, The Count Of Monte Cristo Has Been Adapted For Film And Television Many Times. This Newly Revised, Unabridged Translation Is As Unputdownable Now As It Was When The Novel First Appeared, And William Thackeray, Enthralled, 'began To Read Monte Cristo At Six One Morning And Never Stopped Till Eleven At Night'. About The Series: For Over 100 Years Oxford World's Classics Has Made Available The Widest Range Of Literature From Around The Globe. Each Affordable Volume Reflects Oxford's Commitment To Scholarship, Providing The Most Accurate Text Plus A Wealth Of Other Valuable Features, Including Expert Introductions By Leading Authorities, Helpful Notes To Clarify The Text, Up-to-date Bibliographies For Further Study, And Much More.

Dickens' story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has proved one of his most well-loved works. Ever since it was published in 1843, it has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas. Dickens' other Christmas writings collected here include "The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton", the short story from "The Pickwick Papers" on which "A Christmas Carol" was based; along with shorter pieces drawn from the "Christmas Stories" that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly journals. In all of them Dickens celebrates the season as one of geniality, charity and remembrance.

Pulled down from the clouds at the end of a kite string, Mary Poppins is back. In Mary’s care, the Banks children meet the King of the Castle and the Dirty Rascal, visit the upside-down world of Mr. Turvy and his bride, Miss Topsy, and spend a breathless afternoon above the park, dangling from a clutch of balloons.

Two decades have passed since the famous swordsmen triumphed over Cardinal Richelieu and Milady in The Three Musketeers. Time has weakened their resolve, and dispersed their loyalties. But treasons and strategems still cry out for justice: civil war endangers the throne of France, while in England, Cromwell threatens to send Charles I to the scaffold. Dumas brings his immortal quartet out of retirement to cross swords with time, the malevolence of men, and the forces of history. But their greatest test is the titanic struggle with the son of Milady who wears the face of evil.

No author perfected the twist in the tale better than Roald Dahl. His stories - many of which were filmed as Tales of the Unexpected - take us into a world that is shocking, cruelly funny and always has a sinister edge. What if plants could feel pain? What kind of father would bet his daughter in a wager? And what is the secret behind that delicious lamb dinner...?

Three tales about everyone's favorite nanny are combined into one boxed set just in time for the opening of the Mary Poppins Broadway production and includes Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, and Mary Poppins Opens the Door. Children's BOMC.

When Reverend Josiah Crawley, the impoverished curate of Hogglestock, is accused of theft it causes a public scandal, sending shockwaves through the world of Barsetshire. The Crawleys desperately try to remain dignified while they are shunned by society, but the scandal threatens to tear them, and the community, apart. Drawing on his own childhood experience of genteel poverty, Trollope gives a painstakingly realistic depiction of the trials of a family striving to maintain its standards at all costs. With its sensitive portrayal of the proud and self-destructive figure of Crawley, this final volume is the darkest and most complex of all the Barsetshire novels.