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The byzantine legal suit of Jarndyce vs.

A bitter old miser gets visited by a bunch of gnarly ghosts on Christmas Eve and decides to stop being such a jerk to his secretary.

When the eccentric Miss Havisham and her beautiful niece Estella draw orphan Pip into the decayed luxury of their world, he begins to form desires above his station.

A richly-woven and moving tale set against the bloody and fearsome events of the French Revolution.

Presents the story of two children whose lives become bitter products of their father's educational philosophy.

An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?

Charles Dickens is known for writing the greatest of all Christmas stories -- A Christmas Carol, but few know that he wrote a number of other short stories for that holiday season.

David Copperfield traces the eponymous hero from misery in the Salem House Academy and drudgery in his stepfather's business, to his escape to Dover and an eccentric aunt where he transforms h

If there is one person to whom Lady Marlowe would rather not owe her life, it is the Duke of Buckington, a man she detests.

A thrilling story set against the background of England, India and 19th Century Hong Kong.

In order to save his ancestral home and estate, the Earl of Irchester must do the unthinkable and marry the daughter of Groon, the most notorious Usurer in the whole of 19th century London.

The war with Napoleon won, the Earl of Hellington begins another campaign, the pursuit of a pretty yet infuriating young milliner who evades all his attempts to make her his mistress.

Disguised as a French governess, Nadina Talbort is hiding in Constantinople wondering how she will get back to England.

How will Astaria choose between three cousins offered to her as husbands?

Set in India when the British defended the north-west frontier in the 1880's.