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"My dear children, I am very anxious that you should know something about the History of Jesus Christ. For everybody ought to know Him. No one ever lived who was so good, so kind, so gentle . . ."
So begins The Life of Our Lord, the sincere efforts of Charles Dickens to teach his children about the life, ministry, and mission of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.
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"1788: In a tiny French village, during the waning days of peace, cousins Ren�ee and Laurette live a peaceful, relatively contented life as the shepherdesses under the guardianship of the respectable �Emile Gagnon. When Ren�ee is given the chance to work as a seamstress at the Palace at Versailles, their lives take two very different paths straight into the heart of the Revolution."--
7) Oliver twist
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Pearson Education
Pub. Date
1999
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vii, 118 p. ; 20 cm.
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English
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Pub. Date
2014
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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English
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A re-imagining of the Dickens classic featuring the characters from "Adventure Time" takes place in the Land of Ooo, where a curmudgeonly Ice King is shown a miserable future that could possibly result if he doesn't change his ways.
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Publisher
Skyview Books
Pub. Date
2009
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North American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
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English
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An illustrated retelling in which Ebenezer Scrooge is shown the spirit of Christmas through the intervention of four ghosts.
14) Oliver Twist
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Series
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed. for North America (including Canada and Mexico), Philippine Islands, and Puerto Rico.
Physical Desc
48 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
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English
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Oliver Twist is an orphan who runs away to London to escape a harsh life in a workhouse. That life is full of danger, but Oliver ultimately finds safety with a loving family.
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Udon Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
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292 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
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English
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A manga adaptation of the classic literary novel by Charles Dickens, a rags-to-riches tale of Pip, a young orphan and the transformation he endures through the circumstances of his life.
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Original UK ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Nothing is quite as it seems in this lush retelling of Dickens' classic coming-of-age story with colorful characters: conspirators, rogues, rakes, and wretches.
19) Hard times
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
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1 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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At first, miserable, greedy old Scrooge can't tolerate the revelry of Christmas, much less comprehend its meaning. But visits from his former business partner's ghost and three cautionary specters from the past, present and future force the man to soul-search.
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