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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1459

The Siege of Khartoum

General Gordon’s death was a sensation and a scandal in its day.

1460

The Footprints at the Gate

What Dr Mortimer saw beside the body of Sir Charles Baskerville sent him hastily to London, to consult Sherlock Holmes.

1461

The Insect on the Leaf

Scrooge begs the Spirit of Christmas to tell him what will happen to Tiny Tim.

1462

A King-Sized Conspiracy

Rudolf Rassendyll is on holiday in Ruritania when he stumbles across a plot by the King’s brother to steal the crown.

1463

‘Please Sir, I Want Some More!’

Oliver was elected as the unwilling spokesman for all the hungry children.

1464

Presumption and Innocence

Charles Dickens chastises those who alter the plots of classic tales to push some social agenda of their own.