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Summary: Charles Dickens' 1850 classic epic, David Copperfield, unfolds the story of David, an optimistic and hard-working lad who's orphaned in his youth. Raised initially by his brutal stepfather, who halts David's schooling and sends him to work in a factory, David eventually finds a home with his eccentric, but kind aunt, Betsey. Later in life, David trains for a career in law, but eventually...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2009
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Summary: It's 1910 in Pownal, Vermont. At age twelve, Grace and her best friend Arthur must go to work in the mill, helping their mothers work the looms. Together Grace and Arthur write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in the mill. A few weeks later, Lewis Hine, a famous reformer arrives undercover to gather evidence. Grace meets him and appears in some of his...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2006
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Summary: The adventures of an orphan boy who lives in the squalid surroundings of a nineteenth century English workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1998