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Adam and Charles Trask are raised by their stern father to become soldiers. But even as boys, they are at war. Adam's gentle passivity enrages the competitive Charles, who is sure his father favors Adam. Cathy Ames is beautiful but amoral; she...

The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama recounts his experiences as a lawyer working to assist those desperately in need, reflecting on his pursuit of the ideal of compassion in American justice.

With their estate entangled in an interminable legal case, the young wards of the court Richard Carstone and Ada Clare are taken into the benevolent care of the kindly John Jarndyce. Ada's companion, the gentle and good-hearted Esther Summerson,...

The young hero excapes from his London orphanage to live with a gang of thieves. A kindly old gentlemen rescues him and he is kidnapped again by villains.

The classic story of an orphan named Pip. Pip's life was stricken with tragedy as a small boy being orphaned with the loss of his mother, father and siblings. Pip forms a relationship with the odd Miss Havisham and her lovely adopted daughter...