A classic retelling

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A tale of two cities

An adaptation of the classic novel about a young Englishman who gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.
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The call of the wild

An adaptation of the classic story of Buck, a half-St. Bernard/half-Scotch shepherd, that is abducted and taken to the Klondike where it reverts to the wild and becomes a leader of a pack of wolves.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Huck tells of his adventures travelling down the Mississippi on a raft with an escaped slave.
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The scarlet letter

2000
An adaptation of the classic novel in which Hester Prynne, a woman convicted of adultery in seventeenth century in Boston, is forced to wear a scarlet "A" as a visible sign of her sin.

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

2000
An adaptation of the classic novel in which Huck, fleeing his murderous father, and Jim, an escaped slave, pilot their raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom.

Stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe

2001
Presents adaptations of seven short horror stories, and three long poems by American gothic author Edgar Allen Poe, and includes a brief critical introduction.

The tales of O. Henry

2001
Presents information about the life of American author O'Henry, and features adaptations of nine short stories, including "The Gift of the Magi." Includes vocabulary notes.
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