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Dumas' tale of swashbuckling and heroism follows the fortunes of d'Artagnan, a headstrong country boy who travels to Paris to join the Musketeers - the bodyguard of King Louis XIII. Here he falls in with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, and the four friends soon find themselves caught up in court politics and intrigue.
6) White Fang
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White Fang is halfdog, halfwolf and the only animal in the litter to survive extreme cold and desperate hunger. This is a story about a fiercely independent creature of the wild, where each day becomes a fight to stay alive. The author also wrote The Call of the Wild.
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Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success will be beset with disappointment.
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Stevenson's classic tale of buccaneers, a treasure map, and a hunt for buried gold introduced the character of Long John Silver and brought moral ambiguity into children's books. This edition celebrates the ultimate book of pirates and examines its innovations and unrivalled place in literary history.
11) The borrowers
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The Borrowers have lived in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They owned nothing, borrowed everything, and thought human beings were invented just for their use. Until one of the Borrowers made friends with a human.
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From the children's nursery carpet there falls a mysterious egg which is hatched to reveal a Phoenix who explains that the carpet possesses magic qualities. And so begins a series of fantastic adventures as the carpet transports the group to many different places.
13) Oliver Twist
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The miserable and hungry orphan Oliver Twist is forced to flee his wretched life at the workhouse and ends up alone in London. Innocent and vulnerable, young Oliver enters the terrifying street world of the poor and desperate and soon falls into the clutches of criminal mastermind Fagin and his gang of youthful pickpockets.
14) Heidi
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The story of a young girl who learns to love her life in the Alps with her grandfather. They are both unhappy when Heidi is sent away again to a family in town, but she soon manages to get home to her Alps - and to share her happiness with her new friends.
15) Moonfleet
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Young John Trenchard gets involved in the smuggling trade in the Dorset coastal village of Moonfleet. Forced to flee England with a price on his head, John little guesses the adventures and trials he will face before he sees Moonfleet again.
16) Mr Majeika
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'I really am quite useless as a wizard', says Mr Majeika. But Class Three thinks Mr Majeika is an excellent wizard, particularly when his spells go wrong.
18) Dracula
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Bram Stoker's novel became one of the masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a world of vampires and vampire hunters whilst simultaneously exposing the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and frustrated desire.
19) Just so stories
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From the 'satiable curiosity of the elephant's child to the crab who played with the sea, from the ingenious invention of the alphabet to how the rhinoceros got its wrinkled skin, these stories of strange happenings in the High and Far-Off Times brim with life, fun and magic.
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The opera ghost makes performers at the Paris Opera House nervous. When Christine disappears, a sense of dread begins to pervade. In an ever-increasing pattern of fear and violence, the Phantom of the Opera begins to strike, but always with the young singer at the centre of his macabre desires.
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