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1) Hiddensee: a tale of the once and future Nutcracker

Author

Maguire, Gregory

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Large Print

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The best-selling author of Wicked presents an imaginative tale rooted in early 19th-century German Romanticism that explores parallels between the origin legend of the famous Nutcracker with the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves him.

2) Lord Jim

Author

Conrad, Joseph

Series

Dover thrift editions
Charnwood library
Modern library of the world's best books
Penguin classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 24

Lexile measure

1040L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his technical prowess and a delicately crafted picture of a character...

3) The Picture of Dorian Gray

Author

Wilde, Oscar

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14

Lexile measure

970L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, eComic, Kindle, Large Print

Description

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Artist Basil Hallward is greatly impressed by Dorian Gray's physical beauty when he paints his portrait. Basil becomes strongly infatuated with Dorian, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode in Basil's art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new kind of hedonism, Lord Henry suggests that the only thing worth pursuing in life is beauty, and the fulfilment of the senses. Dorian...