{"product_id":"charles-dickens-and-friends-9780744598384","title":"Charles Dickens and Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive lively retellings of classic Charles Dickens novels in lively comic-strip format.  Marcia Williams presents this note to readers before the tales begin: When I was a child  I liked short books with lots of pictures. So  I dont think I would ever have read Dickens  if it hadnt been for one teacher: Miss Duncan. She was very strict  taught English and did not like fidgets! I was always a fidget - except when she read Dickens aloud. My desk would fade from sight and I would be in Victorian England  sharing the trials of little Oliver Twist  or shaking in my boots with Pip  I have reread the stories many times since. The characters feel like friends to me now - just as they did to Dickens. The tales that I have chosen to re-imagine for you here are my five favourites. I hope that you will enjoy reading them as much as I have enjoyed bringing them to life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45272451416117,"sku":"ByrdShop_0744598389","price":62.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780744598384.jpg?v=1780479595","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/charles-dickens-and-friends-9780744598384","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}