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"First published in 1843, 'A Christmas Carol' is Charles Dickens' touching fable about Ebenezer Scrooge's conversion from miserable penny -pincher to jovial benefactor. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by a series of ghosts who show him the error of his ways. With this story, Dickens captured the "spirit of benevolence" we now assume to be the essence of the Christmas Season, and immortalized both himself and his protagonist. This beautiful...
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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford scholar and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's Adventures...
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"In the Kansas prairies, young Dorothy Gale lives with her Uncle Henry, Aunt Em, and her cherished dog, Toto. One day, a cyclone sweeps through, transporting them to the enchanting Land of Oz, where they land in Munchkin Country. Their house has crushed the Wicked Witch of the East, liberating the grateful Munchkins from her tyranny. The Good Witch of the North arrives with three Munchkins to present Dorothy with the Wicked Witch's magical silver...
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"Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne's influence in some way. We see her grow from...
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"For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...
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