Charles Dickens
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Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. Includes featurettes, and deleted scenes.
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Ready to laugh, cry, sing, frolic, cavort and enjoy yourself beyond belief. Well, you're in luck, because this Great Gonzo₂s ₁From Chickens to Dickens' 20th Anniversary Edition of The Muppet Christmas Carol is guaranteed to put you in a holiday spirit that will stay with you forever, or at least until your Aunt Edna starts complaining that nobody is eating the fruitcake she brought, again!
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The classic Dickens story about a bitter old man who's given a chance for redemption when three ghosts come to visit him on Christmas Eve. Bonus features include: Introduction by Leonard Maltin, 'Dead to Begin With' documentary, 'Scrooge By Another Name' featurette, 'The Human Blarney Stone' documentary, 'A Scholar's View' video narrative, collection of early silent Dickens films, commentary tracks, and more!
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In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.
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Slade, the president of a finance company, has chosen the day before Christmas to mercilessly hound the townsfolk for their loan payments and repossess their goods. That evening, alone in his apartment, Slade receives three ghostly visitors who take him on an enlightening journey through time-- to Christmas past, present and future.
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The most autobiographical of Dickens' works, David Copperfield often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extraordinary families.
13) Oliver!
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A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned.
14) Bleak House
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Two innocent young orphans are the potential heirs to a fortune. Their fates are snarled in a monumental legal battle known as Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Another orphan, Esther Summerson, whose mysterious parentage proves to be intertwined with the fate of the Jarndyce wards and the aloof Lady Dedlock. Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. The icily beautiful Esther's background also comes to light...
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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer: a misfit reindeer and his friends look for a place that will accept them.
Frosty the snowman: a living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.
Santa Claus is comin' to town: A mailman reveals the origins of Santa Claus.
The little drummer boy: an orphan drummer boy who hates humanity finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men en route to...
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"26 tales of seasonal malice by Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Georges Simenon, Woody Allen, Ellery Queen, Rex Stout, Dorothy L. Sayers, Damon Runyon, Margery Allingham, Stanley Ellin, O. Henry, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle and 10 others."--Cover.