Charles Dickens
2) Oliver
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief--for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen--but must be earned.
4) Oliver Twist
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A slightly darker version of the classic Charles Dickens tale. After living in poor conditions, Oliver runs away to the streets of London. There he meets a gang of pickpockets and soon Oliver's life is changed forever.
7) Scrooge
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The classic tale of the ultimate Victorian miser, who must face his past, present, and future through a series of ghosts, is back fully restored and in color for the first time! Bonus features include a collection of vintage holiday cartoons.
14) Dombey and Son
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Set amid the teeming bustle of Victorian England, Dombey and Son is Dickens's story of a powerful man whose coldhearted neglect of his family causes his professional and personal downfall.
16) Oliver Twist
Language
English
Description
Born into a miserable workhouse orphanage, Oliver eventually flees to London, where the cheerful Artful Dodger immediately befriends him and introduces him to the villainous Fagin and his gang of thieves. Temporarily rescued from the prospect of a life of crime by the kindly Mr. Brownlow, Oliver finds himself pursued by savage thief Bill Sikes and the enigmatic Monks.
17) Hard times
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother, Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss, the self-mad, self-important banker Josiah Bounderby, though she does not love him. But soon finds herself...
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The Grinch attempts to ruin Whoville's holiday; leprechauns help a cabin boy protect his ship's gold from a banshee; Aaron and his friends must get their bells back from the Romans so they can announce Jesus' birth; a miser is visited by ghosts of the past, present, and future; when Santa becomes ill, two elves work Christmas Eve instead; Rudolph and his friends search through time to find Baby New Year; outcast Nestor finds a very special stable...