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The Miracle Worker demonstrates the true miracle of love, compassion, and determination. Helen Keller, a young woman struck blind and deaf as a young child, finds the way out of her prison walls of silence and darkness through the love and determination of Anne Sullivan.

The cast of characters says it all: Nicholas II, the last great Tsar of Russia; Alexandra, the self-willed wife; their son, Alexis, stricken with hemophilia; and the wild-man Rasputin - fight for their lives during the Revolution.

With a heart as big as his nose, the poet-swordsman lends his words and wit to the handsome but tongue-tied Christian to win the hand of the fair Roxane. Spurned by love due to his enlarged nose, Cyrano transfers his love and poetic words for Roxane to Christian in order for him to win her love.

Sherlock Holmes is at his best when he uncovers the mystery of the horse that has disappeared: Silver Blaze. At least four or five clues are clearly exposed, but only Holmes, with his logical mind, picks up on them.

In Cry, the Beloved Country, a Zulu pastor travels in search of his son throughout a troubled and dangerous South Africa in the early 1940s. Compassionate, empathetic, and deeply moving, this tale of love and concern captures the imagination and brings to life the cost of conviction and the price of sacrifice.

Set in the fictional Scottish town of Thrums, a young minister finds himself caught between loyalty and love - the parish members' criticism and his love for a young Gypsy girl who turns out to be an educated and benevolent woman.

After a shipwreck, four men drift in a dingy upon the ocean, combating the power of waves, tides, and storms in order to survive. Stephen Crane, the author of The Red Badge of Courage, vividly describes this true, two-day nightmare of struggle, bravery, and mental anguish.

Mary Stewart was crowned queen when she was just nine months old. As a young girl, she was sent to Paris to marry the sickly King of France. After his death, she returned to Scotland to fight for her right to be queen. But ill-fated love affairs, political intrigue, and murder led her to a tragic end.

Three short stories - "My Old Man", "Up in Michigan", and "Out of Season" - are the first works ever published by Ernest Hemingway. Published in 1923 in Paris, they are the precursor of this famous author's literary masterpieces. Each story, distinctively different, demonstrates the versatility of his craftsmanship and the measure of his prodigious mind.

Roderick Usher, the last tenant of the House of Usher line, summons his friend to come to him in his darkest need. The friend finds Usher terrified of life and his impending doom. When his sister dies, the two place her in a temporary tomb and Roderick experiences the horror he had so long anticipated. Poe, in his genius, develops one of the greatest macabre stories ever written, complete with a chilling and eerie conclusion.

Quo Vadis is a monumental saga of love and courage. Set during the time of Nero and the fall of the Roman Empire, this epic story reveals both the agony and the glory of the struggling new movement called Christianity.

This tale is of the other wise man, who also saw the star and after his wanderings and hardships found the Christ Child in a very strange way.

Lizzie West falls in love but her future hangs delicately on a thin string of hope so purposefully constructed in "The Letters".

The Prime Minister and Trelawney Hope, the Secretary of State for European Affairs, come to Holmes in the matter of a document stolen from Hope's dispatch box, which he kept at home in Whitehall Terrace when not at work. If divulged, this document could bring about very dire consequences for all Europe - even war!

"I first met Antonia on what seemed to be an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America."

These are the first words, spoken by Jim, who leads us into Willa Cather's masterpiece about a spirited girl who, though down trodden by neglect and hard work, never "lost the fire of life". Every American must know Antonia, for once they do, they can never forget her.

It is the same old story of the struggle between the old and the new. This tale, portrayed in the dark detail of the eighth-century, tells of old foresters, who desire to cling to the past, and a bright, young Christian who comes to teach them about the birth of Christ.

Does love always find a way? Follow the "youngish girl" sitting next to a "traveling salesman" on the train, while on her way to meet a "secret love", uncertain as to what she might find.

Somerset Maugham, the author of Of Human Bondage, traveled to the South Pacific in order to write this memorable story based on the life of artist Paul Gauguin, a man who leaves his wife and children for the passion of art. This is a fascinating story of pride, self serving, and questionable intentions. One of Maugham's best.

This collection features "The Remarkable Rocket", "The Selfish Giant", and "The Happy Prince". The world-renowned Irish playwright, novelist, and poet is also the author of charming and thought-provoking children's stories. These three stories represent the best of Wilde's love of fairy tales and mythical writings.

This is a tale of an early Christmas. It is also a story of the healing power of divine knowledge. Only a clergyman of the caliber of Rev. Henry Van Dyke could bring a story of Christmas and a profound lesson of life in one delightful piece of fiction.