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After Iris

2013
Twelve-year-old Bluebell Gadsby's written and video diary chronicles life in a rowdy London family, and how Zoran, the new au pair, and Joss, the troublemaking boy next door, help to pull her out of her shell and cope with the loss of her twin three years before.

Charlotte in London

2008
Charlotte keeps a journal as she and her family prepare to leave France and travel to London, where they meet famous writers and artists; and includes profiles of painters along with reproductions of their works.

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2005
When the mild mannered Dr. Jekyll takes a drug, it transforms him into the aggressive monster called Mr. Hyde.

Little soldier

2002
Taken from Africa to a foster home in London after his family is killed by an enemy tribe, Kaninda discovers the meaning of hate and the value of not hating.

Jack the Ripper

a journal of the Whitechapel murders, 1888-1889
1995
Combines fact and fiction in a black-and-white cartoon chronicle of the Jack the Ripper murders, following the case from the perspective of a Victorian Englishman.

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

and other tales of terror
2003
Presents Robert Louis Stevenson's novel about a kind and well-respected doctor who is transformed into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation, and includes two additional tales of body snatching and vampirism.

Oliver Twist

1961
In nineteenth-century England, a young orphan runs away from a workhouse, is captured by a gang of thieves, and finally escapes.

Tower of London

England's ghostly castle
2007
Chronicles the history of the Tower of London, the executions that took place there, and those who are believed to be haunting it.

David Copperfield

1981
A young boy in 19th-century London runs away from an unhappy home, finds employment in a wine factory, and becomes acquainted with a wide variety of characters in the city streets.

The Italian boy

a tale of murder and body snatching in 1830s London
2004
Reconstructs the events surrounding the murder of a young boy in London in 1831 and investigates the trade in human corpses carried out by body snatchers who would rob graves or commit murder to supply medical colleges with fresh cadavers.

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