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Oliver Twist by Venturaa
Venturaa
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Dealing with burglary, kidnapping, child abuse, prostitution and murder Oliver Twist is one of Charles Dickens darkest works. The novel introduces famous and endurable characters in the form of the vile Fagin, hateful Bill Sykes, and the brooding Monk balanced on the brighter side by the hero Oliver Twist and The Artful Dodger. The tale also takes the corrupt and incompetent institutions of 19th-century England to task for making worse the very problems they set out to cure. Oliver Twist is classic Dickens with memorable characters, evocative descriptions, melodrama and a plot thick with coincidence. Please enjoy reading Oliver Twist, another masterpiece of English literature. This story is for the ones who haven't read Charles Dickens's novel ( Oliver Twist ) It's a Copy of story!
Great Expectations (1861) by CharlesDickens
CharlesDickens
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On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive older sister and her kind, passive husband Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. The next day, soldiers recapture the convict while he is engaged in a fight with another convict; the two are returned to the prison ships from which they escaped...
You Just May Be The One [Michael Nesmith] by heartpunker123
heartpunker123
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Marilyn Rose Torgerson, an ordinary college student living in Southern California, finds an antique pocket watch. Soon realizing this vintage piece of jewelry is a time device, it transports her to the alternate universe of the Monkees television show. Marilyn learns to adapt in a different time period, meeting all kinds of characters, including a handsome Texan with a wool hat by the name of Michael Nesmith. Stuck with hard decisions, Marilyn must make important choices in her life that could affect her whole life: Return to her time period of the present and live a normal life, or, stay in the alternate universe and be with the one she loves. **Disclaimer** This story is dedicated in the loving memory of Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Michael Nesmith.