Ebenezer Scrooge is rich and mean. At Christmas, he is visited by three ghosts, who show him his past, present and future. Scrooge realises it is better to be generous and happy than mean and miserable.
The Miserable Mill is the fourth novel of the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. It is to be released in paperback under the name The Miserable Mill; or, Hypnotism! The novel tells the story of the Baudelaire orphans continuing their adventure, but this time being sent to live with the owner of Lucky Smells Lumbermill; yet Count Olaf appears again with a new plot and disguise.
Amazon.com Editorial Review Some people say Anna Karenina is the single greatest novel ever written, which makes about as much sense to me as trying to determine the world's greatest color. But there is no doubt that Anna Karenina, generally considered Tolstoy's best book, is definitely one ripping great read. Anna, miserable in her loveless marriage, does the barely thinkable and succumbs to her desires for the dashing Vronsky...
Requesting a new dummy when her old one loses its head, young ventriloquist Amy receives Slappy, a strange, used dummy that moves of its own accord and disrupts things with the intent of making Amy's life miserable.
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Les Miserables
Les Misérables (literally "The Miserable Ones"; usually pronounced; French pronunciation: [le mizerabl(e)]), translated variously from the French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, or The Victims , is an 1862 French novel by author Victor Hugo and is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty-year period in the early 19th century, starting in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion.
