Charles Dickens
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
82) Oliver!
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Thirtieth anniversary tribute edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned.
Author
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Martin Chuzzlewit is the story of two Chuzzlewits, Martin and Jonas, who have inherited the characteristic Chuzzlewit selfishness. It contrasts their diverse fates of moral redemption and worldly success for one, with increasingly desperate crime for the other. This powerful black comedy involves hypocrisy, greed and blackmail, as well as the most famous of Dickens's grotesques, Mrs Gamp.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1987.
Physical Desc
xviii, 877 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A boy grows to maturity in the affairs of the world and of the heart, surrounded by some of the author's most memorable characters. However, will David find happiness with the faithful Agnes Wickfield, whom he has known since childhood? Threatened by Uriah Heep, her father's clerk, the security of her own future is in question.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1987.
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
xviii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this novel, Dickens creates the Victorian industrial city of Coketown, in northern England, and its unforgettable citizens, such as the unwavering utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the factory owner Josiah Bounderby. The result is this famous critique of capitalist philosophy, the exploitative force that Dickens believed was destroying human creativity and joy. This edition includes new notes to the text.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (approximately 330 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Dickens tells Oliver's story of being born in a workhouse and raised on a child farm until he is given work as a coffin maker's apprentice. Oliver is mistreated by the coffin maker's wife, and he escapes to London where he meets the Artful Dodger and Fagin, who are pickpockets.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1987.
Lexile measure
1210L
Physical Desc
xxii, 878 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Set amid the teeming bustle of Victorian England, Dombey and Son is Dickens's story of a powerful man whose coldhearted neglect of his family causes his professional and personal downfall.
100) Oliver & company
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Twentieth anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oliver is a homeless kitten who roams the streets of New York City. There, he is taken in by a gang of homeless mutts who survive by stealing from others. During one of these criminal acts, Oliver meets a wealthy young girl named Jenny Foxworth. This meeting will forever change his life.