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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Mark Twain
AdventureComing-of-AgeAmerican History
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Around the World in Eighty Days: Adapted for Young Readers
By Jules Verne
AdventureHistoricalWonder
14+
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Lew Wallace
AdventureHistoricalChallenge Read
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Don Quixote: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
AdventureHumorSatire
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Gulliver's Travels: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Jonathan Swift
AdventureSatireFantasy
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Journey to the Center of the Earth: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Jules Verne
AdventureScience FictionFantasy
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Kidnapped: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Robert Louis Stevenson
AdventureHistoricalComing-of-Age
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Kim: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Rudyard Kipling
AdventureComing-of-AgeHistorical
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Tarzan of the Apes: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
AdventureSurvivalAnimal
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Mark Twain
Coming-of-AgeAdventureHumor
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The Call of the Wild: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Jack London
AnimalSurvivalAdventure
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The Three Musketeers: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Alexandre Dumas
AdventureHistoricalFriendship
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The Time Machine: Adapted for Modern Readers
By H. G. Wells
Science FictionAdventureSatire
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Treasure Island: Original Story Adapted for Modern Readers
By Robert Louis Stevenson
AdventureMysterySea
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Jules Verne
AdventureScience FictionSea
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Frankenstein: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Mary Shelley
GothicScience FictionChallenge Read
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Arthur Conan Doyle
MysteryDetectiveShorter Read
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The Call of Cthulhu: Adapted for Modern Readers
By H. P. Lovecraft
GothicMysteryChallenge Read
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Victor Hugo
GothicHistoricalSociety
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Arthur Conan Doyle
MysteryDetectiveShorter Read
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The Phantom of the Opera: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Gaston Leroux
GothicMysteryRomance
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Arthur Conan Doyle
MysteryDetectiveShorter Read
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The Scarlet Letter: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
HistoricalSocietyGothic
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Wuthering Heights: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Emily Brontë
GothicRomanceChallenge Read
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Alice in Wonderland: Adapted for Young Readers
By Lewis Carroll
FantasyHumorShorter Read
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Andersen's Fairy Tales: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Hans Christian Andersen
FantasyFairy TalesFamily
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Bulfinch's Mythology: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Thomas Bulfinch
MythologyFantasyChallenge Read
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Grimms Fairy Tales: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Jacob Grimm
FantasyFairy TalesShorter Read
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Adapted for Modern Readers
By L. Frank Baum
FantasyFriendshipComing-of-Age
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A Christmas Carol: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Charles Dickens
FamilyHistoricalVictorian
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A Tale of Two Cities: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Charles Dickens
HistoricalRevolutionChallenge Read
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Anna Karenina: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Leo Tolstoy
HistoricalRomanceSociety
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Adapted for Young Readers
By Benjamin Franklin
HistoricalAmerican HistorySociety
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Great Expectations: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Charles Dickens
Coming-of-AgeHistoricalSociety
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Les Misérables: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Victor Hugo
HistoricalSocietyRevolution
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Oliver Twist: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Charles Dickens
HistoricalComing-of-AgeSociety
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Pride and Prejudice: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Jane Austen
RomanceHumorRegency
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Sense and Sensibility: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Jane Austen
RomanceFamilyRegency
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The Great Gatsby: Adapted for Modern Readers
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jazz AgeSocietyRomance
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The Sun Also Rises: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Ernest Hemingway
Jazz AgeSocietyChallenge Read
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Walden: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Henry David Thoreau
NatureSocietyChallenge Read
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Anne of Green Gables: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Lucy Maud Montgomery
FriendshipFamilyComing-of-Age
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Little Women: Adapted for Modern Readers
By Louisa May Alcott
FamilyFriendshipComing-of-Age
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