William Sharp

In New England in the late nineteenth-century, a fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman and his young son.

Little Nell Trent lives in the quiet gloom of the old curiosity shop with her ailing grandfather, for whom she cares with selfless devotion. But when they are unable to pay their debts to the stunted, lecherous and demonic money-lender Daniel Quilp, the shop is seized and they are forced to flee, thrown into a shadowy world in which there seems to be no safe haven. Dickens's portrayal of the innocent, tragic Nell made The Old Curiosity Shop an instant...

In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.

Tales from Grace Chapel Inn; one of the three Howard sisters, Louise, is off on a long journey with some townsfolk, and they quickly discover that the age-old practice of storytelling is a wonderful way to pass time. The travelers find that excitement, adventure and even a little bit of romance make any trip a memorable one. Meanwhile, back at home, Alice gets caught up in a good-natured competition between Fred and Vera Humbert, and soon the whole

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