Martin Hargreaves
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Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child. Includes historical notes on the story's origins, versions from other countries, and the significance of names.
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Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
The voyages of an eighteenth-century Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, and Brobdingnag, a land peopled by giants. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
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Español
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Sumérgete en el encantador mundo de "Aventuras de Tom Sawyer" de Mark Twain, una novela clásica que te transportará a la América rural del siglo XIX. Este audiolibro sigue las travesuras de Tom Sawyer, un niño travieso y astuto que vive innumerables aventuras junto a su amigo Huckleberry Finn. Con la narrativa vivaz y humorística de Twain, te adentrarás en un mundo de juegos, misterios y desafíos mientras los niños exploran cuevas, cazan...
4) Oliver Twist
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English
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After orphan Oliver Twist asks for more food, he has to flee the workhouse and ends up on the streets of London. There he meets the Artful Dodger, who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets. When a thieving mission goes wrong, Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr. Brownlow. But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of the young orphan, determined to drag him back.
5) Little women
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English
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Louisa May Alcott's Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868) follows the lives, loves and tribulations of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. The story is based on the childhood experiences Alcott shared with her real-life sisters, Anna, May and Elizabeth. Alcott intricately explores the rich nuances of family and family relationships with each character. Avid Alcott readers often identify in themselves one of the four sisters...
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