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The adventurous Phineas Fogg makes a bet to sail around the world in 80 days. He goes off with his manservant Passepartout, spanning the continents, visiting the world's greatest cities, crossing all the oceans, mountains and deserts, while a Scotland Yard detective follows in hot pursuit every step of the way.
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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...
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Swiss family Robinson is a story about a family who overcomes disaster with love, courage, and ingenuity. Shipwrecked and stranded, the family adapts to a primitive way of life by building their own home, planting crops, and surviving encounters with wild animals, snakes, and the forces of nature.
5) Black beauty
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The life of a sweet-tempered colt takes unexpected turns when he leaves the English countryside to become a working horse.
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"Gulliver's Travels is Jonathan Swift's timeless tale of a shipwrecked Englishman who washes ashore on a strange and distant land to find himself a giant among the tiny citizens of Lilliput. Share Gulliver's wonder at the world of the Lilliputians, his entanglements at their royal court, the dangers he faces and the grand adventure he experiences in his struggle to return home to his beloved England"--Container.