Charles Dickens
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Description
Young Copperfield's life is happy at first, but he is forced to run away from his home following the arrival of his stepfather. David is then adopted by his aunt, Betsey Trotwood, sent to school at Canterbury and meets the unctuous Uriah Heep, whose activities lead eventually to David's self-discovery.
3) Oliver Twist
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Pub. Date
1995
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When his impoverished mother dies during childbirth, it would seem things could not be worse for the young unnamed protagonist of this classic novel. However, the child -- given the Oliver Twist by a government functionary -- is thrust into a world with little sympathy for poor orphans, and he decscends into a tortuous world of mean spirited caretakers. The spirited innocent breaks away to make his own way in the hustle-bustle of London, falling...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.9 - AR Pts: 71
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When his father dies, Nicholas is sent by his uncle to a school to be a teacher, but when Nicholas finds that the headmaster bullies the students, he must decide whether to stay, or leave and allow his uncle to cut off support.
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Pub. Date
2010
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Two of Dicken's novels are republished. The first follows a group from the tranquil roads of London to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror. The second follows the life of the orphaned Pip from the wild Kent marshes through a series of events as he abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.
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Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35
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Reaching deep within himself, Dickens created this novel of moral exploration, high comedy, and page-turning narrative power. Pip, an orphan raised by his bullying sister and her sweet-natured blacksmith husband, discovers one day that he has a mysterious benefactor. The good-hearted Pip suddenly has "great expectations" of his life and begins to reject spiritual values for materialistic ones.