David Copperfield
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: recitations, young men, england, character studies fiction, london fiction, great britain fiction, children, orphans, child labor, boys, stepfathers, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, great britain, autobiographical fiction, bildungsromans, men, london (england) [X], aunts, historical fiction, bildungsromane, autobiographical fiction, bildungsromans, electronic books
A Tale Of Two Cities
Presents Charles Dickens's classic novel set in London and Paris during the French Revolution and includes explanatory notes, an author chronology, a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, contemporary and modern critical analyses, discussion questions, and a list of related books and films.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 309
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1130
subjects: historical fiction, war stories, paris (france), london (england) [X], france history revolution, 1789-1799 fiction, france, war, fiction, friendship, loyalty, revenge, french, executions and executioners, fathers and daughters, lookalikes, audiobooks, french fiction, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, father-daughter relationship, audiobooks, war stories, historical fiction, man-woman relationship, war fiction, paris (france) $x history $y 1789-1799, electronic books, father-child relationship, compact discs, man-woman relationships
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
In Victorian England, young aristocrat Dorian Gray meets Sir Harry Wotton and is introduced to London's society circuit and a decadent world of self-indulgience.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 62
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: conduct of life, supernatural, portraits, great britain, london (england) [X], future life, soul, appearance (philosophy), personal appearance, didactic fiction, youthfulness, ross, tony, ill, dvds, horror, english literature, beauty, personal, england, wilde, oscar, didactic fiction, fables, gray, dorian (fictional character), paranormal fiction, aging, immortality, elderly, gothic fiction, gray, dorian
Bleak House
Opening in the swirling mists of London, the novel revolves around a court case that has dragged on for decades?the infamous Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1180
subjects: illegitimate children, guardian and ward, young women, illegitimacy, london (england) [X], england, guardian-ward relationship, inheritance and succession, bildungsromans, mystery fiction, social problems, didactic fiction, trusts and trustees, domestic fiction, didactic fiction
Our Mutual Friend
At the Boffin mansion, built on the fortune amassed from old Mr. Harmon's dust heaps, and at the Veneerings' superior dinner-table Dickens creates glorious comic satire.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1090
subjects: deception, poor families, social classes, city life, businessmen and businesswomen, inheritance and succession, disguise, london (england) [X]
Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, And Other Tales
Presents a collection of writings by Robert Louis Stevenson, including "Strange Case of Dr.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: horror tales, english, physicians, multiple personality, self-experimentation in medicine, london (england) [X], horror fiction, short stories