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The Turn of the Screw
A young governess is sent to care for two beautiful orphans in a country house, but the spirits of the dead servants who had cared for the children previously, return to haunt them.
- Coauthors
  
  James, Henry
- Publisher
  
  Mackin Classics
- Date of Publication
  
  2012
- Subjects
  
  Children-England-Fiction
  
  Ghost stories
  
  Governesses-England-Fiction
  
  Governesses-Fiction
- Topic / Genre
  
  FICTION / Classics
  
  FICTION / Ghost
- Categories
  
  Classics
  
  Supernatural
- Languages
  
  English
- Interest Grade Level
  
  11 - Adult
- More
  
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Silas Marner
Silas Marner is a grumpy weaver who is obsessed with making a lot of money. After he is accused of theft his fiancee leaves him, and he has little use for other human beings especially those who are religious. Later someone steals a large bag of cash he has kept in his home making his life more miserable. As the years pass, Silas adopts a young girl Eppie whose mother has died in a drunken stupor, and he becomes a compassionate human being again.
- Coauthors
  
  Eliot, George
- Publisher
  
  Mackin Classics
- Date of Publication
  
  2012
- Subjects
  
  Domestic fiction
  
  Family life-Fiction
  
  Father-daughter relationship-Fiction
  
  Fathers and daughters-Fiction
  
  Foundlings-Fiction
  
  Orphans-Fiction
  
  Weavers-Fiction
- Topic / Genre
  
  FICTION / Classics
  
  FICTION / Historical
- Categories
  
  Classics
  
  Historical Fiction
- Languages
  
  English
- Interest Grade Level
  
  10 - Adult
- Reading Grade Level
  
  9.7
- More
  
  Text-to-speech
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
A long poem in which a sailor recounts the terrible fate that befell his ship when he shot down an albatross.
- Coauthors
  
  Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
- Publisher
  
  Mackin Classics
- Date of Publication
  
  2012
- Subjects
  
  English poetry
  
  Sailors-Poetry
- Topic / Genre
  
  FICTION / Classics
  
  POETRY / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Categories
  
  Classics
  
  Language Arts
- Languages
  
  English
- More
  
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My Antonio
When Antonia arrives in Nebraska from the European province of Bohemia with her family, she is unprepared for the dangers and challenges she must face on the farm with its unproductive soil.
- Coauthors
  
  Cather, Willa
- Publisher
  
  Mackin Classics
- Date of Publication
  
  2012
- Subjects
  
  Czech Americans-Fiction
  
  Domestic fiction
  
  Family life-Fiction
  
  Farm life-Fiction
  
  Farmers' spouses-Fiction
  
  Married women-Fiction
  
  Nebraska-Fiction
  
  Western stories
  
  Wives-Fiction
  
  Women immigrants-Fiction
  
  Women pioneers-Fiction
- Topic / Genre
  
  FICTION / Classics
  
  FICTION / General
  
  FICTION / Historical
- Categories
  
  Classics
  
  General Fiction
  
  Historical Fiction
- Languages
  
  English
- Interest Grade Level
  
  9 - Adult
- Reading Grade Level
  
  6.9
- More
  
  Text-to-speech
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King Lear
A vain king leaves his land to his two least loving daughters and pays a terrible price.
- Coauthors
  
  Shakespeare, William
- Publisher
  
  Mackin Classics
- Date of Publication
  
  2012
- Subjects
  
  Aging parents-Drama
  
  Britons-Drama
  
  Fathers and daughters-Drama
  
  Fathers-daughter relationship-Drama
  
  Inheritance and succession-Drama
  
  Kings and rulers-Drama
  
  Lear, King (Legendary character)-Drama
- Topic / Genre
  
  DRAMA / Shakespeare
  
  PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General
- Categories
  
  Art and Music
  
  Language Arts
- Languages
  
  English
- Interest Grade Level
  
  11 - Adult
- More
  
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