Malvina G. Vogel

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1) The three musketeers

Author

Dumas, Alexandre

Series

d'Artagnan Romance
Great illustrated classics
The Macmillan classics 19

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In seventeenth-century France, young D'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.

2) The secret garden

Author

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Series

Great illustrated classics

Appears on list

Spring Reads

Formats

Book, Audio

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Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers and invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

3) The war of the worlds

Author

Wells, H. G

Series

Great illustrated classics

Formats

Book, eBook

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As life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the earth.

4) 20,000 leagues under the sea

Author

Verne, Jules

Series

Voyages Extraordinaires
Great illustrated classics

Formats

Book, eBook

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This nineteenth-century tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century. The adventures of a French scientist and his companions who travel the seven seas as prisoners in the submarine of the mysterious Captain Nemo.

5) The Invisible Man

Author

Wells, H. G

Series

Great illustrated classics

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A quiet English country village is disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious stranger who keeps his face hidden and his back to everyone. The stranger -- a brilliant scientist -- has uncovered the secret to invisibility, but his grandiose dreams and the power he unleashes cause him to spiral into intrigue, madness, and murder!

6) The adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Author

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Series

Great illustrated classics

Formats

Book, Large Print

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Sherlock Holmes is the mastermind detective of the ages. Here, in one volume, are three of Sherlock's most celebrated cases.

7) Ivanhoe

Author

Scott, Walter

Series

Great illustrated classics

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A retelling of the adventures of the Saxon knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade.

8) Hans Brinker

Author

Dodge, Mary Mapes

Series

Great illustrated classics

Pub. Date

[1994]

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A Dutch boy and girl work toward two goals, finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.

9) The call of the wild

Author

Yamamoto, Mitsu

Pub. Date

1989

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The adventures of an unusual dog, part St.Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.