Charles Dickens
Author
Pub. Date
p2011
Description
''It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.'' It was the French Revolution. Unjustly imprisoned for years in the Bastille, Dr. Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported from France to England where they hope to return to their quiet lives. However, they are summoned to the Old Bailey in the trial of Charles Darnay, a young Frenchman falsely accused of treason. Strangely enough, Darnay bears an uncanny resemblance...
Author
Pub. Date
p2011
Description
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman and Hall and first released on 19 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visitations of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. The book was written and published...
85) Oliver Twist
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Description
A simplified retelling of the adventures of an orphan boy who lives in the squalid surroundings of a nineteenth-century English workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves.
87) Scrooged
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Modern version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with Bill Murray portraying a nasty, uncaring, unforgiving TV network president. On Christmas Eve he is visited by three ghosts who show him the error of his ways.
89) Oliver Twist
Author
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
An abridged version of the classic "Oliver Twist," the tale of a poor London orphan hoping for a better life, narrated by Wishbone the television dog, with information about the author and setting of the story, and a list of characters.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Eden Starling is the glamorous singing diva of a theatre in Victorian London. Along with her snooty cat, Chuzzlewit, Eden selfishly plans to make the entire company of theatre performers stay and rehearse on Christmas Day. Not even Eden's costume designer and childhood friend, Catherine, can talk Eden out of her self-centered tantrum. It will be up to three very unusual Christmas spirits to take Eden on a fantastical holiday journey that will open...
Pub. Date
[1991], c1989
Description
Set before and during the French Revolution in the two cities of the title, Paris and London, this is the story of a doctor who is wrongly imprisoned by the French for 18 years. He is finally rescued and reunited with his beautiful young daughter who is loved by two men. She marries one of them, and her husband's life is saved by the other.
93) An Easter carol
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
Cavis, Milward, and a music box angel named Hope must convince Uncle Ebenezzer Nezzer that Easter is about more than just candy and eggs. Inspired by Charles Dickens' 'Christmas Carol,' this is a powerful story that will remind us why we celebrate Easter
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
The time is 1843, and everyone in merry old London is getting ready for Christmas--everyone except for Ebenezer Scrooge. Mean and miserly, Scrooge thinks that the most important thing in life is business. He overworks and underpays his humble clerk, Bob Cratchit, who wants to spend more time with his ailing son, Tiny Tim. He refuses the hospitality and love of his nephew, Fred. And his response to Christmas cheer is generally "Bah, Humbug!" But this...
99) Oliver Twist
Description
This classic b7w film stars Jackie Moore as Oliver and tells the story of a boy growing up on the rough and cruel streets of London. The film uses the characters and story to make a strong social comment, attacking society's methods of dealing with the poor.
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