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The Call of the Wild, by Jack London

The Call of the Wild, by Jack London

The Call of the Wild is an adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story takes place in Yukon, Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush in the 1890s. Sled dogs were in high demand back then. Jack London spent almost a year in the Yukon, and his observations form much of the material for the book. The story was published in parts in the Saturday Evening Post in 1903, followed by a book form publication later that year. The book's great popularity and success made a reputation for London. As early as 1923, the story was adapted to film, and it has since seen several more cinematic adaptations.

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Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens - Noble Objects

Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist is a classic book by Charles Dickens. The author poured his own youthful experience of Victorian London, exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.  Masterminded by the loathsome Fagin, the underworld crew features some of Dickens' most memorable characters, including the vicious Bill Sikes, gentle Nancy, and the juvenile pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger. It is Dickens' second novel. It is dark and biting, yet balanced with the main character’s innocence and charm.  Often cited as the first Victorian novel to feature a child protagonist, it was developed as a social commentary and a call for improving the conditions of London's destitute and orphan children. And it was immensely successful in both.  The famous cry of the heart - "Please, sir, I want some more"- has resounded with generations of readers of all ages.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain

Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer while he and his family were living in Hartford, Connecticut. The novel has been in turn praised and censored, but its impact on American literature is undeniable, and so it is one of the most collectible novels of the 19th century. Beyond the fact that The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is fun to read, there is another reason for the novel's contemporary popularity: It introduces the character of Huck Finn who, with the publication of Twain's 1884 novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn would become one of the greatest characters in American literature.

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