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Hard Times
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
Mr. Gradgrind, views himself as the most practical man in Coketown. He has raised his children, Tom and Louisa, to be no-nonsense, unimaginative, and unsentimental. His friend—obnoxious,… Read More →
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
One night, the old money-lender Ebenezer Scrooge receives four visitors. The first is the ghost of his business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge of the night ahead. The next three… Read More →
David Copperfield
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
In this coming-of-age novel set in Victorian England, David Copperfield recalls his childhood, youth, and early adult years. He remembers living with his deceased mother's cruel husband,… Read More →
Oliver Twist: or, the Parish Boy's Progress
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
Raised in a workhouse for orphans, Oliver Twist never knew his mother, who died just after he was born, and he has no idea who his father could be. He escapes the workhouse and runs away to… Read More →
A Tale of Two Cities
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
After rescuing her father from prison in Paris, Lucie Manette brings him back home to London. There, she is wooed by two similar-looking men: Charles Darney is a Frenchman recently acquitted… Read More →
Great Expectations
From the Series First Avenue Classics ™
Pip is a young orphan who wants nothing more than to become a gentleman and be worthy of the beautiful but snobby Estella. So when he receives a large fortune from an unknown benefactor to… Read More →