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1) A tale of two cities

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Classics illustrated. Joint European volume no. 35
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English

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After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained...

2) The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Author

Dickens, Charles

Series

New Oxford illustrated Dickens

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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The cruel world of the early Victorian England. The novel describes the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man that has to support his family - his mother (a Dickens portrait own mother) and sister - after the death of his father.

3) A Christmas carol

Author

Vogel, Malvina G

Series

Great Illustrated Classics

Publisher

Baronet Books

Pub. Date

c1990

Language

English

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Book, DVD

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A retelling of the story about a miser whose life is changed by Christmas.

4) A tale of two sitters

Author

Barkan, Joanne

Series

Adventures of Wishbone volume 9

Publisher

Gareth Stevens Pub

Pub. Date

1999

Language

English

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When David enlists Joe's aid in babysitting, Wishbone escapes from his noisy home and imagines himself as Charles Darnay, a young Frenchman who, despite great danger, returns to France during the Revolution to help a friend.