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Lights, camera...and ACTION! In the history of cinema, some of the most memorable silver screen gems started with a great book. From Emily Bronte's classic Wuthering Heights, made into a magnificent film staring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon in 1939, to the 2005 version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley, Dover has the original novels for you to enjoy. And we've also included many of your kids' favorite stories too. They'll love reading Pinocchio, Black Beauty and many more.

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Recommendations...

Pride and PrejudicePride and Prejudice 
by Jane Austen
One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, an effervescent tale of rural romance transformed by Jane Austen's art into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country life.


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Anne of Green GablesAnne of Green Gables 
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
A precocious and talkative 11-year-old comes from an orphanage to live on a Canadian farm, where she transforms the lives of an elderly couple with her fanciful chatter and endearing ways.


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The War of the WorldsThe War of the Worlds 
by H. G. Wells
Imaginative, highly readable account of hostile invaders from Mars who use deadly heat rays to decimate all life in their path. Energetic, intense, and strikingly original.


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The Romance of Tristan and IseultThe Romance of Tristan and Iseult 
by J. Bédier, Hilaire Belloc
This immortal tale concerns the doomed love between a knight and a princess — one of the great romances of medieval literature, along with that of Lancelot and Guinevere.


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Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAdventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Join Huck and Jim as their boyhood adventures along the Mississippi River lead them into a world of excitement, danger, and self-discovery. Humorous narrative, lyrical descriptions of the Mississippi valley, and memorable characters.


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The Adventures of PinocchioThe Adventures of Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
Exciting tale about the naughty puppet that turns into a loving and obedient little boy after a series of harrowing experiences. 30 new illustrations. Abridged.



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Anna KareninaAnna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy, Louise and Aylmer Maude
A tumultuous tale of passion and self-discovery in 1870s Russia chronicles a society woman's adulterous affair and a landowner's unconventional quest for a meaningful existence.


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Anne of Green GablesAnne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
Beloved novel tells the story of 11-year-old Anne Shirley, an endearingly talkative and precocious orphan who comes to live on a farm on Canada's Prince Edward Island. 6 new illustrations. Abridged.



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Anne of Green GablesAnne of Green Gables
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
A precocious and talkative 11-year-old comes from an orphanage to live on a Canadian farm, where she transforms the lives of an elderly couple with her fanciful chatter and endearing ways.



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Around the World in Eighty DaysAround the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
An eccentric Englishman accepts a challenge to circle the globe with unprecedented speed. Exotic locales, seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and comic relief provide a fantastic blend of adventure, entertainment, and suspense.


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BeowulfBeowulf
by R. K. Gordon
Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and history into a powerful narrative. Genealogies.



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Black BeautyBlack Beauty
by Anna Sewell
Beloved classic tells the moving story of a horse's experiences at the hands of many owners, revealing much about human conduct and the social ills of the time. Abridged.



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Black BeautyBlack Beauty
by Anna Sewell
Deeply moving tale of a horse and his experiences at the hands of many owners — some sensitive and gentle, others thoughtless and cruel. For animal lovers of all ages. Unabridged.



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The Call of the WildThe Call of the Wild
by Jack London
A classic novel of adventure, drawn from London's own experiences as a Klondike adventurer, relating the story of a heroic dog caught in the brutal life of the Alaska Gold Rush. Note.



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Captain BloodCaptain Blood
by Rafael Sabatini
Physician and country gentleman Peter Blood is forced to turn from medicine to piracy in this swashbuckling classic brimming with stolen treasure, adventure on the high seas, and romance.



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A Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
This engrossing tale relates Ebenezer Scrooge's ghostly journeys through Christmases past, present, and future and his ultimate transformation from a harsh and grasping old miser to a charitable and compassionate human being.


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Classic Movie Posters: 16 Art StickersClassic Movie Posters: 16 Art Stickers
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Twenty years of cinematic favorites! These sticker reproductions spotlight such all-time favorites as Gone with the Wind, King Kong, A Night at the Opera, Citizen Kane, The Sheik, and 11 other films.


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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s CourtA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
by Mark Twain
Hank Morgan finds himself transported back to England's Dark Ages, where he is immediately captured and sentenced to death at Camelot. His quick wit saves his life and turns him into a celebrity.


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Death in VeniceDeath in Venice
by Thomas Mann
Celebrated novella of a middle-aged German writer's tormented passion for a Polish youth met on holiday in Venice, and its tragic consequences. New translation with extensive commentary.


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DraculaDracula
by Bram Stoker
A horror romance as deathless as any vampire, this blood-curdling tale carries readers from mystery-shrouded Transylvania to 19th-century London in the frantic hunt for the blood-sucking Count Dracula.



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EmmaEmma
by Jane Austen
In one of Austen's finest novels, a lively young heiress takes up matchmaking and creates comic confusion for a social-climbing parson, a chatterbox spinster, an enigmatic Romeo, and others in a 19th-century English village.


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FrankensteinFrankenstein
by Mary Shelley
The story of Victor Frankenstein's monstrous creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. With the author's own 1831 introduction.



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FrankensteinFrankenstein
by Mary Shelley
The horror classic about a gifted inventor whose experiment with creating new life goes horribly wrong. Abridged for young readers. 22 illustrations by Thea Kliros.



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HamletHamlet
by William Shakespeare
The quintessential Shakespearean tragedy, whose highly charged confrontations and anguished soliloquies probe depths of human feeling rarely sounded in any art. Reprinted from an authoritative British edition complete with illuminating footnotes.



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