Gill Tavner
1) Jane Eyre
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English
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"Jane Eyre is poor, parentless and plain. Her future looks bleak. Jane's aunt and cousin detest her. Life at Lowood School is cruel and dangerous. What inner strength can the young Jane find? Seeking adventure and independence, Jane sets out alone. Is her new master, Mr Rochester, all that he seems? What secret does he keep locked in the third storey, where strange laughter haunts the nights? In her search for affection, Jane faces horror, cruelty,...
2) Oliver Twist
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English
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This book retells the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.
4) Bleak House
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This is a retelling of the story of Esther, the illegitimate child of Lady Dedlock and Captain Hawdon, who is the ward of Mr. Jarndyce and lives with him at Bleak House.
6) Emma
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English
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This is a retelling of the story about a self-assured young lady whose unpredictable behavior is ruled by romantic fancy as she rearranges the lives of marriageable townspeople.
8) Jane Eyre
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English
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An orphaned young Englishwoman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
10) Frankenstein
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English
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In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events.