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Running away to sea brings adventure and wealth, but then come shipwreck and a desperate struggle for survival.

'Your little cousin cannot help being dull and stupid.' At the tender age of ten, Fanny Price moves from her poor family home to live with her wealthy cousins at Mansfield Park. Settling into this proud family is only the first of many challenges she will have to face.

Jane Eyre is poor, parentless and plain. Her future looks bleak. Jane's aunt and cousin detest her. Life at Lowood School is cruel and dangerous. What inner strength can the young Jane find?

'Send the brat home? Oh no we won't! Her mother must have met some rich man - we can make a load of money out of this.'

When Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to sell a house, he little expects the horrors that await.

What could be worse than falling in love with your enemy?

'On this machine, I intend to explore time ...'

No one would have believed that planet Earth was being watched by creatures more intelligent than humankind.

'You must hear my tale. You must hear my terrible, terrible tale.'

An escaped convict threatens to eat young Pip's heart for breakfast. The ghostly Miss Havisham invites Pip to her eerie home. A mysterious benefactor makes him suddenly wealthy. Pip's life will never be the same again.

Nick Carraway's mysterious neighbour Gatsby gazes across the dark bay at a distant green light.

'Today is Wednesday 2nd October. If I am back in this very room in the Reform Club on Saturday 21st December by eight forty-five in the evening, I win.

'Bah, humbug! Fools wishing me a Merry Christmas should be forced to sit on cushions stuffed with holly leaves or boiled with their own Christmas puddings.'

With a hungry, timid request of 'Please, sir. I want some more', orphan Oliver Twist takes his first step on a terrifying journey.

A storm, a shipwreck, an enchanted island ...