Crystal S Chan
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"Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables - instead, they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anne turns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear."--
3) Emma
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"Just in time for its 200th anniversary, Jane Austen's classic tale of youthful folly and romantic exuberance comes to life for a modern audience with this beautiful new adaptation of Emma. Both humorous and heart-rending, this classic story of Emma Woodhouse's impulsive matchmaking shines brighter than ever thanks to lush artwork that highlights the wit, charm, and romance of the original novel."--Provided by publisher.
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"Romeo and Juliet is the classic tragedy of western literature. Created by William Shakespeare, it is tale of two very young lovers from Verona, Italy who defy the wishes of their feuding families, get married then, and tragically, end their own lives in the name of love. It is their deaths that ultimately help the rival families of the Capulet's and Montague's find reconciliation. Manga Classics brings an incredible new reading experience with this...
5) Jane Eyre
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In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world."--Amazon.
8) Macbeth
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Lush visuals illustrate the full original text of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the tale of a nobleman inspired to commit treason and murder in pursuit of the Scottish throne.
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"A conspiracy and a miscarriage of justice turn the gentle Edmond Dantès into an implacable agent of fate. Obsessed by vengeance and empowered by providence, the Count avenges himself on those who have wronged him-- but is this justice, or is this hubris? In the end, does even the Count know?"--Back cover.
11) The jungle book
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Manga classics volume (MC-008)
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Heavily influenced by his childhood in British-ruled India, Rudyard Kipling created some of the most well-read children's stories in western culture. Originally published as a series of short stories for magazines in the late 1800s, the Nobel Prize-winning Rudyard Kipling would eventually publish the classic The Jungle Book in 1894.
12) Hamlet
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"Distressed by his father's death and his mother's over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is faced by a spectre from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge."--Provided by publisher.
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The classic story of a boy who makes his own rules and the small Missouri town where he and his friends experience the adventures of a lifetime. Filled with schoolyard pranks, buried treasures, spooky caves, secret gangs, and grave robbers, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is entertainment of the highest order. The clever schemes of its eponymous hero--from tricking his friends into completing his chores to sneaking into his own funeral--are the stuff...
