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Tales of Mystery and 978-1-405-86254-7
Imagination*
War of the Worlds, The* 978-1-405-86524-1
World Folktales
978-1-405-86252-3
Wuthering Heights*
978-1-405-86521-0
1-405-86245-9
1-405-86256-4
1-405-86522-9
1-405-86254-8
1-405-86524-5
1-405-86252-1
1-405-86521-0
Contemporary
Death on the Nile*
1-405-88250-6
Originals
Story of the
Internet, The*
Level 6 — 3,000-Word Vocabulary Classics
Anna Karenina*
Crime and Punishment*
Great Expectations*
Les Miserables*
advanced
978-1-405-86529-6
978-1-405-88262-0
978-1-405-86528-9
978-1-405-86527-2
1-405-86529-6
1-405-88262-X
1-405-86528-8
1-405-86527-X
Madame Bovary*
Moonstone, The*
North and South*
Oliver Twist*
978-1-405-86531-9
978-1-405-88268-2
978-1-405-86781-8
978-1-405-86525-8
1-405-86531-8
1-405-88268-9
1-405-86781-7
1-405-86525-3
978-1-405-88271-2
1-405-88271-9
Snow Falling on Cedars* 978-1-405-88273-6
1-405-88273-5
Tom Jones*
978-1-405-88275-0
Woman in White, The* 978-1-405-88276-7
1-405-88275-1
1-405-88276-X
Contemporary
Saving Private Ryan
*British vocabulary and spelling.