Charles Dickens
6) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In tracing the parish boy's progress, Dickens did not write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality, he created a story about the survival of good, and the exploitation of violence.
8) Oliver Twist
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.
9) Scrooge
Author
Series
Classics illustrated deluxe volume 9
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
93 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor-these form a series of events that change the orphan Pip's life forever, as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting novel depicts Pip's education and development...
12) Oliver Twist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Director Roman Polanski offers a slightly darker version of the classic Charles Dickens tale. After living in poor conditions, Oliver runs away to the streets of London. There he meets a gang of pickpockets and soon Oliver's life is changed forever.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009], c1988
Edition
20th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oliver is a homeless kitten who roams the streets of New York City. There, he is taken in by a gang of homeless mutts who survive by stealing from others. During one of these criminal acts, Oliver meets a wealthy young girl named Jenny Foxworth. This meeting will forever change his life.
Series
Publisher
Hollywood's Attic
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A musical interpretation of the play A Christmas carol, by Charles Dickens. Therein, a misanthropic miser learns the true meaning of Christmas.
Publisher
Vci Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Confronted by the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future, the miser Scrooge must choose whether to live out his days despised and unhappy or change his ways.