A Christmas
Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by
Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and
stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional
transformation after the supernatural visitations of Jacob Marley and
the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The Junior Classics By William Patten (Pt 2)
The purpose of The Junior Classics is
to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a
classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and
modern, suitable for boys and girls of from six to sixteen years of age.
(summary from book introduction)
This collection consists of Volume 1 of The Junior Classics, and it contains many well known stories in their original forms. Among stories from other authors, you’ll find Hans Christian Anderson, Aesop, and the Grimm brothers.
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This collection consists of Volume 1 of The Junior Classics, and it contains many well known stories in their original forms. Among stories from other authors, you’ll find Hans Christian Anderson, Aesop, and the Grimm brothers.
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The Junior Classics By William Patten (Pt 1)
The purpose of The Junior Classics is
to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a
classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and
modern, suitable for boys and girls of from six to sixteen years of age.
(summary from book introduction)
This collection consists of Volume 1 of The Junior Classics, and it contains many well known stories in their original forms. Among stories from other authors, you’ll find Hans Christian Anderson, Aesop, and the Grimm brothers.
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This collection consists of Volume 1 of The Junior Classics, and it contains many well known stories in their original forms. Among stories from other authors, you’ll find Hans Christian Anderson, Aesop, and the Grimm brothers.
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Peter Pan By J. M. Barrie
In both the play and the novel, Peter
often visits the “real world” of London to listen in on bedtime stories
told by Mary Darling to her children. One night, Peter is spotted, and
while trying to escape, he loses his shadow. On returning to claim his
shadow, he wakes Mary’s daughter, Wendy Darling. When Wendy succeeds in
re-attaching his shadow to him, Peter takes a fancy to her and invites
her to Neverland to be a mother to his gang of Lost Boys, the children
who are lost in Kensington Gardens. Wendy agrees, and her brothers John
and Michael go along. The dangerous and magical flight to Neverland is
followed by many adventures. The children are blown out of air by a
cannon and Wendy is nearly killed. Peter and the Lost Boys build a
little house for Wendy to live in while she recuperates. Soon John and
Michael adopt the ways of the Lost Boys, while Wendy plays house in
mothering them, all the while invoking the jealousy of Tinker Bell,
Tiger Lily, and the mermaids. Peter is often oblivious, concentrating on
real and make-believe adventures and on taunting the pirate Captain
Hook. Later follows adventures at Mermaids’ Lagoon, the near deaths of
Tinker Bell and Peter; a violent pirate/Indian massacre, and a climactic
confrontation with Peter’s nemesis, the pirate Captain Hook of the
pirate ship the Jolly Roger.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz By L. Frank Baum
The story
chronicles the adventures of a girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of
Oz. As Baum says in the introduction "It aspires to being a modernized
fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the
heartaches and nightmares are left out." And it succeeds wonderfully. It
is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has
been widely translated. This is the first of thirteen more Oz books.
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Little Women By Louisa May Alcott (Pt 3)
Little Women is the classic
story of the March family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs. March and
their four girls–Practical, yet fashion conscious, Meg, who longs for
the nice things they used to have. Rambunctious, book worm, Jo, who
wants to become a writer and wishes she were born a boy. Shy and quiet,
homeloving, Beth, who loves to play the piano and play with her kitties.
Finally, the youngest, artistic, Amy, who longs for an aristocratic
nose!
The story takes place during the American Civil War, and begins with Mr. March away from home as a chaplain to the Union army, while his wife and daughters remain at home to work and wait for his safe return. This book follows their joys and sorrows and scrapes along the path to the girl’s becoming grown up “little women”.
Many of the scrapes they get into include Laurie–their harum scarum next door neighbor, who becomes their adopted brother. The two families, the March’s and the Laurence’s strike up a lasting friendship, despite their differences in material possessions.
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The story takes place during the American Civil War, and begins with Mr. March away from home as a chaplain to the Union army, while his wife and daughters remain at home to work and wait for his safe return. This book follows their joys and sorrows and scrapes along the path to the girl’s becoming grown up “little women”.
Many of the scrapes they get into include Laurie–their harum scarum next door neighbor, who becomes their adopted brother. The two families, the March’s and the Laurence’s strike up a lasting friendship, despite their differences in material possessions.
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Little Women By Louisa May Alcott (Pt 2)
Little Women is the classic
story of the March family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs. March and
their four girls–Practical, yet fashion conscious, Meg, who longs for
the nice things they used to have. Rambunctious, book worm, Jo, who
wants to become a writer and wishes she were born a boy. Shy and quiet,
homeloving, Beth, who loves to play the piano and play with her kitties.
Finally, the youngest, artistic, Amy, who longs for an aristocratic
nose!
The story takes place during the American Civil War, and begins with Mr. March away from home as a chaplain to the Union army, while his wife and daughters remain at home to work and wait for his safe return. This book follows their joys and sorrows and scrapes along the path to the girl’s becoming grown up “little women”.
Many of the scrapes they get into include Laurie–their harum scarum next door neighbor, who becomes their adopted brother. The two families, the March’s and the Laurence’s strike up a lasting friendship, despite their differences in material possessions.
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The story takes place during the American Civil War, and begins with Mr. March away from home as a chaplain to the Union army, while his wife and daughters remain at home to work and wait for his safe return. This book follows their joys and sorrows and scrapes along the path to the girl’s becoming grown up “little women”.
Many of the scrapes they get into include Laurie–their harum scarum next door neighbor, who becomes their adopted brother. The two families, the March’s and the Laurence’s strike up a lasting friendship, despite their differences in material possessions.
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Little Women By Louisa May Alcott (Pt 1)
Little Women is the classic
story of the March family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs. March and
their four girls–Practical, yet fashion conscious, Meg, who longs for
the nice things they used to have. Rambunctious, book worm, Jo, who
wants to become a writer and wishes she were born a boy. Shy and quiet,
homeloving, Beth, who loves to play the piano and play with her kitties.
Finally, the youngest, artistic, Amy, who longs for an aristocratic
nose!
The story takes place during the American Civil War, and begins with Mr. March away from home as a chaplain to the Union army, while his wife and daughters remain at home to work and wait for his safe return. This book follows their joys and sorrows and scrapes along the path to the girl’s becoming grown up “little women”.
Many of the scrapes they get into include Laurie–their harum scarum next door neighbor, who becomes their adopted brother. The two families, the March’s and the Laurence’s strike up a lasting friendship, despite their differences in material possessions.
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The story takes place during the American Civil War, and begins with Mr. March away from home as a chaplain to the Union army, while his wife and daughters remain at home to work and wait for his safe return. This book follows their joys and sorrows and scrapes along the path to the girl’s becoming grown up “little women”.
Many of the scrapes they get into include Laurie–their harum scarum next door neighbor, who becomes their adopted brother. The two families, the March’s and the Laurence’s strike up a lasting friendship, despite their differences in material possessions.
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The Secret Garden By: Frances Hodgson Burnett
When Mary
Lennox, who has been brought up in India in a spoiled manner, is
orphaned she has to move to Yorkshire, England, to live with her uncle
in Misselthwaite Manor. Here she is treated much differently than she
was in India - she is able to make friends with children her own age,
one of these being her sickly cousin, Colin Craven.
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Pollyanna By Eleanor H. Porter
In a small
town far out West, 11 year old Pollyanna loses her mother then her dad
to disease. This book describes how the orphan is sent to be raised by
her aunt who loves far away in the East of the country. Unfortunately
her aunt does not want her but accepts her very reluctantly only out of
'duty' and sticks her into a tiny hot attic room so she will be 'out of
the way'. What Aunt Polly does not know is that Pollyanna is bringing
the game of being 'glad' that her father taught her and that her
irrepressible happy attitude will transform not only that dull and
miserable house, but an entire village before she is through.
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Treasure Island By Robert Louis Stevenson
A mysterious map, pirates, and pieces of
eight! When young Jim Hawkins finds a map to pirates’ gold he starts on
an adventure that takes him from his English village to a desert island
with the murderous Black Dog, half-mad Ben Gunn, and (of course) Long
John Silver. Arr Jim lad! R.L. Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in
Scotland and travelled extensively in California and the south Pacific.
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Anne of Green Gables By Lucy Maud Montgomery (Pt 2)
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables
tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you
can’t help but love. Despite her “tragical” past, Anne’s optimism and
imagination have helped her to always see the best in things. Anne’s
life changes considerably when she is accidentally adopted by the
Cuthberts, a brother and sister who thought they were getting a boy to
help out on the farm. The Cuthberts decide Anne will have to be sent
back to the orphange but before they know it, she has begun to work her
way into their hearts.
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Anne of Green Gables By Lucy Maud Montgomery (Pt 1)
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables
tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you
can’t help but love. Despite her “tragical” past, Anne’s optimism and
imagination have helped her to always see the best in things. Anne’s
life changes considerably when she is accidentally adopted by the
Cuthberts, a brother and sister who thought they were getting a boy to
help out on the farm. The Cuthberts decide Anne will have to be sent
back to the orphange but before they know it, she has begun to work her
way into their hearts.
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Aesop’s Fables By Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC,
Aesop’s Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple
allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of
Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all,
these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture
in the world. This is volume 1 of 12.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain (Pt 2)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning
American youth. Mark Twain’s lively tale of the scrapes and adventures
of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his
friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can
imagine: racing bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky
Thatcher, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a
cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.
One of the most famous incidents in the book describes how Tom persuades his friends to do a boring, hateful chore for him: whitewashing (i.e., painting) a fence.
This was the first novel to be written on a typewriter.
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One of the most famous incidents in the book describes how Tom persuades his friends to do a boring, hateful chore for him: whitewashing (i.e., painting) a fence.
This was the first novel to be written on a typewriter.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain (Pt 1)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning
American youth. Mark Twain’s lively tale of the scrapes and adventures
of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his
friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can
imagine: racing bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky
Thatcher, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a
cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.
One of the most famous incidents in the book describes how Tom persuades his friends to do a boring, hateful chore for him: whitewashing (i.e., painting) a fence.
This was the first novel to be written on a typewriter.
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One of the most famous incidents in the book describes how Tom persuades his friends to do a boring, hateful chore for him: whitewashing (i.e., painting) a fence.
This was the first novel to be written on a typewriter.
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The Swiss Family Robinson By: Johann David Wyss (Pt 1)
The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays “the right stuff” and builds a charming colony that later, they do not want to leave. Cut off from the comforts and companionship of other humans, they use a familiarity with natural history and biology to find the resources and build the tools to construct a canoe, weave cloth, irrigate a garden, and turn an immense hollow tree into a lofty house with a spiral staircase. They domesticate buffaloes, wild asses, and monkeys. They establish farms and plantations. And finally, they have a terrifying encounter with natives from a nearby island.
Johann David Wyss, the author, did not live to complete his tale. Storytellers over the years have injected so many episodes into the various versions that probably none closely match the original. (Indeed, the Baroness de Montholieu expanded the book from two volumes into five when she translated it into French.) This effort was re-translated into English in 1849 by W.H.G. Kingston, abridging the edition severely. It follows the British sensibilities of the period in terms of sentence structure and emphasis.
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