Charles Dickens: 1999 books

Dickens’ widely beloved A Christmas Carol and his little-known The Life of Our Lord are brought together in this reader, specially formatted into 24 readings suitable for reading during December. Experience two of the greatest Christmas stories of all time with your family. This Workman Family...

Christmas Summary Classics This series contains summary of Classic books such as Emma, Arne, Arabian Nights, Pride and prejudice, Tower of London, Wealth of Nations etc. Each book is specially crafted after reading complete book in less than 30 pages. One who wants to get joy of book reading especially...

'Clennam rose softly, opened and closed the door without a sound, and passed from the prison, carrying the quiet with him into the turbulent streets.' Introspective and dreamy, Arthur Clennam returns to England from many years abroad to find a people gripped in their self-made social and mental prisons....

Highly regarded today as one of the greatest novels in English literature, Little Dorrit presents both a scathing indictment of mid-Victorian England and a devastating insight into the human condition. Examining the many social and mental prisons which incarcerate men and women, the novel also considers...

'What dark history is this?' This is the question that hangs over Dickens's brooding novel of mayhem and murder in the eighteenth century. Set in London at the time of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, Barnaby Rudge tells a story of individuals caught up in the mindless violence of the mob. Lord George...

Beaucoup considèrent ce roman comme le chef-d'œuvre de Dickens, à commencer par son ami et premier biographe John Forster qui écrit : « La réputation de Dickens ne fut jamais aussi haute que lors de la publication de Copperfield » (« Dickens never stood so high in reputation as at the completion...

Christmas Summary Classics This series contains summary of Classic books such as Emma, Arne, Arabian Nights, Pride and prejudice, Tower of London, Wealth of Nations etc. Each book is specially crafted after reading complete book in less than 30 pages. One who wants to get joy of book reading especially...

When "Hard Times" appeared as a serial in Household Words in 1854, Dickens was about midway in his literary career. In the same year this novel appeared in an octavo volume with a dedication to Thomas Carlyle. Its purpose, according to Dickens himself, was to satirize "those who see...

Dickens utiliza para labrar su novela un narrador en primera persona, la heroína, Esther Summerson, y un narrador omnisciente. Entre los personajes memorables se encuentra el abogado Tulkinhorn, el encantador pero depresivo John Jarndyce y el infantil Harold Skimpole. La trama se refiere a una larga...

«Dickens no hizo, literariamente hablando, nunca nada mejor… La versión femenina del señor Pickwick.»G.K. CHESTERTON Al morir su marido cubierto de deudas, la señora Lirriper abre una pensión en el 81 de la calle Norfolk, en Londres, para pagar a sus acreedores e iniciar una nueva vida....

Ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur Der zweite Band der Dickens-Edition im dtv David Copperfield wird nach dem Tod beider Elternteile von seinem Stiefvater auf die Schule des brutalen Mr. Creakle geschickt. Dort verlebt er eine bedrückende Zeit und wird bereits als Zehnjähriger zur Fabrikarbeit...

Il fascino che il Natale esercitò su Dickens riguardava molti piani emotivi, compresa una profonda e struggente nostalgia della sua idilliaca infanzia. Nel settimanale fondato dallo stesso Dickens, Household Words, egli contribuì con le pagine qui pubblicate, estremamente personali, più o meno...

Il fascino che il Natale esercitò su Dickens riguardava molti piani emotivi, compresa una profonda e struggente nostalgia della sua idilliaca infanzia.Nel settimanale fondato dallo stesso Dickens,HouseholdWords, egli contribuì con le pagine qui pubblicate, estremamente personali, più o meno autobiografiche...

Starved and mistreated, empty bowl in hand, the young hero musters the courage to approach his master, saying, "Please, sir, I want some more." Oliver Twist's famous cry of the heart has resounded with readers since the novel's initial appearance in 1837, and the book remains a popular favorite...