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1) Jacob's Room
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"No plainer manifestation of the modernist trend in contemporary English fiction may be found than in Virginia Woolf's Jacob's Room"-The New York Times
"I have seldom read a cleverer book…it is exquisitely written, but the characters do not vitally survive in the mind because the author has been obsessed by details of originality and cleverness."-Arnold Bennett
Virginia Woolf's third novel, Jacob's Room (1922), is a penetrating look at one man's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.9 - AR Pts: 71
Lexile measure
1250L
Language
English
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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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English
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<div>Torn between his passion for two women and his abiding attachment to his mother, young Paul Morel struggles with his desire to please everyone ― particularly himself. Lawrence's highly autobiographical novel unfolds against the backdrop of his native Nottinghamshire coal fields, amidst a working-class family dominated by a brutish father and a loving but overbearing mother. Lushly descriptive passages range from celebrations of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
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Great Expectations is at once a superbly constructed novel of spellbinding mastery and a profound examination of moral values. Here, some of Dickens's most memorable characters come to play their part in a story whose title itself reflects the deep irony that shaped Dickens's searching reappraisal of the Victorian middle class.
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Two-book edition.
Physical Desc
835 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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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Penguin Clasicos
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
668 pages ; 19 cm
Language
Español
Description
Grandes esperanzas cuenta la historia de Philip Pip, un niño huérfano que vive con su hermana huraña que lo maltrata, y el esposo de esta, un herrero de nombre Joe Gargery. En una vida sin esperanzas como aprendiz de herrero, Pip sueña con que su destino cambie.
Un día es llevado a la casa Satis, la mansión de Miss Havisham, una adinerada loca y misteriosa que lo contrata para que juegue con su nieta, la bella Estella. Lo que Pip no sabe es...
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Signet Classic
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
880 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
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David Copperfield suffers from his abusive stepfather and the betrayal of the scheming Uriah Heep, finds a new life with his formidable aunt, and falls in love with Dora, as he fights to escape his impoverished and unhappy childhood.
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A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 18th century England, a foundling of mysterious origin is adopted by a squire and named Tom Jones. He is raised along with the squire's menacing nephew, and falls in love with the daughter of a neighbor. The second of two DVD's.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videdisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 18th century England, a foundling of mysterious origin is adopted by a squire and named Tom Jones. He is raised along with the squire's menacing nephew, and falls in love with the daughter of a neighbor. The first of two DVD's.
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