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    The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde : [based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson]
    Frankenstein
    Beauty and the Beast Board
    FRANKENSTEIN
    The count of Monte Cristo
    Pollyanna
    • The count of Monte Cristo

      • 50 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Edmond Dantes is a clever young seaman, but he has enemies who tell lies about him. On the day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, Edmond is thrown into prison. There he meets a man who tells him about some treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Will Edmond escape from prison and find the treasure? And will he see Mercedes again? -- from p. 4 of cover.

      The count of Monte Cristo2010
      4.3
    • Pollyanna

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      As soon as Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her strict and dutiful maiden aunt, she begins to brighten up everybody's life. The 'glad game' she plays, of finding a silver lining in every cloud, transforms the sick, the lonely and the plain miserable - until one day something so terrible happens that even Pollyanna doesn't know how to feel glad about it.

      Pollyanna2010
      4.5
    • Victor Frankenstein dreams of doing what his scientific peers called impossible; creating life from death. As lightning flashes across the sky, his creature stirs. But will it be the perfect being he imagines, or a monster?

      Frankenstein2008
    • Frankenstein is the story of an eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Victor undertakes an unconventional experiment, succeeds in creating a living being but with horrifying results. Written by Mary Shelley when she was young, this story is the first science-fiction novel to achieve cult status, and is a bone-chilling read. Victor Frankenstein, born into an affluent Swiss family, seeks knowledge and goes on to explore new fields in science. He ends up creating a ghastly being and hastily abandons it. But his creation, longs for his companionship. The creature is feared and hated by everyone because of its monstrous appearance. It is soon filled with hatred for his creator when he realizes why he is abhorred by the society. He then decides to seek him with terrible vengeance and things go spiraling down from there. This conflict between the creator and his creation and its irrevocable consequences form the central theme of Frankenstein

      FRANKENSTEIN2008
      4.1
    • Beauty and the Beast Board

      • 24 pages
      • 1 hour of reading

      A gorgeous board book retelling the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast for younger children, with beautiful illustrations by Victor Tavares. When Beauty's father steals a rose from the garden of an enchanted castle, he makes a fearsome enemy. Only Beauty can save her father - but what lies in store for her at the castle of the monstrous Beast?

      Beauty and the Beast Board2007
      3.9