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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.
Dover also publishes many movie star paper dolls. Click here to see them all.
Recommendations... A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs In this landmark novel by the creator of Tarzan, Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to the red planet, where he must elude giant green barbarians to rescue a princess. Fantasy, adventure, and science fiction combined.
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|  | Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė Written in 1847, Jane Eyre tells the tale of an orphan girl's progress from the custody of cruel relatives to an oppressive boarding school and its culmination in a troubled career as a governess. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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Pride 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. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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|  | The 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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Products in In the Movies |  |  |  | Adventures 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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|  | Around 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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|  | The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald Transparently based on the lives of Fitzgerald and his beautiful wife, Zelda, this novel follows the hedonistic pursuits of glittering socialites Anthony and Gloria Patch into moral and financial bankruptcy.
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|  | Beowulf 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 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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|  | The 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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|  | The Call of the Wild by Jack London A sturdy crossbreed canine returns to his primitive nature after being forcibly taken from pampered family surroundings and shipped to the harsh Alaskan frontier to be a sled dog.
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|  | Captain 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 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 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 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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|  | Dracula 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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|  | Emma 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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|  | Frankenstein 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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