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Earliest Publication Date
1962
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Oak Lawn Public Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION DICKENS
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FICTION DICKENS
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Oak Lawn Public Library - Kids - Holiday
JUV HOLIDAY FICTION DICKENS
3 available
JUV HOLIDAY FICTION DICKENS
3 available
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Earliest Publication Date
1942
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A complex and profound book, The Tale of Two Cities explores the consequences of tyranny, fate and self-sacrifice. With much of the narrative played out in Paris, during the French Revolution Dickens examines the interplay between personal action, and the flow of history. Dr Manette, having travelled to Paris finds himself imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 brutal years, unable to see his kind and loving daughter Lucy. On his eventual return to London...
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Earliest Publication Date
1962
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From the Publisher: When David Copperfield's widowed mother remarries, David suffers from his stepfather's abuse. At age 8, David is sent away to a harsh school where the principal routinely beats the students. David's circumstances become even worse when he is removed from school and, at age 10, forced to labor from morning to night in a London warehouse. David then decides to take desperate action. He will run away to his great-aunt, who lives...
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Earliest Publication Date
1900
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"Great Expectations is among the most masterful of Charles Dickens's novels. Displaying extraordinary tragicomic range, Dickens blends an atmosphere of brooding violence and guilt with sharp and often disturbing humor to create a drama charged with the thrilling intensity of a detective story and the poignancy of a spiritual autobiography. Much of the novel's power comes from Dickens's unequaled skill at making even the most wildly eccentric of characters...
5) Oliver Twist
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Earliest Publication Date
1941
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Oak Lawn Public Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION DICKENS
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FICTION DICKENS
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Oak Lawn Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JUV FICTION BAXTER
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JUV FICTION BAXTER
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"Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. 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...
