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Presents Victor Hugo's classic novel about convict Jean-Valjean who struggles to escape his past in a world of poverty and ignorance during the French Revolution; and includes explanatory notes, chronology of the author's life and work, critical analysis, timeline of important events, and an outline of key themes and plots.

Presents the classic play about an unattractive swordsman who falls in love with a beautiful woman, but courts her fora handsome but slow-witted suitor. Contains a timeline of significant events, outline of themes and plots, explanatory notes, and critical analysis.

After escaping from the island fortress where he has been imprisoned for treason, young sailor Edmund Dantes sets out to discover the treasure of Monte Cristo and seek revenge against the people who falsely accused him. Includes a selection of study aids.

A humorous retelling of the classic fairy tale "Cinderella, " in which a young girl's life changes forever in one evening thanks to a fairy godmother and a handsome prince.

The heroic young d'Artagnan and his noble compatriots Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are pitted against the master of intrigue, Cardinal Richelieu, and the quintessential wicked woman, Lady de Winter.

Brief text and illustrations describe the day-to-day life and the major political, military, cultural, and social events in the major countries of Europe during the seventeenth century.

"Crossing paths at an inn, thirteenth-century travelers impart the tales of a monastery oblate, a Jewish refugee, and a psychic peasant girl with a loyal greyhound, the three of whom join forces on a chase through France to escape persecution"--OCLC.

When teacher Eric Capadis is found dead outside a classroom window of an apparent suicide, his friend Pierre Hoffman takes over teaching Eric's middle school class. The students in the class are unnerving. Their fierce loyalty to each other and their perfect behavior along with a series of bizarre messages, has Hoffman wondering what's really going on with these kids and if perhaps Eric's death was not a suicide after all.

A graphic novel adaptation of the classic novel about nineteen-year-old French sailor Edmond Dantes who is unjustly imprisoned on his planned wedding day, and after fourteen years of solitary confinement, a daring escape, hidden riches on the island of Monte Cristo, and a new identity bring him closer to a reunion with his love, Mercedes, and revenge upon his accusers.