Charles Dickens: 1999 books

Come numerosi romanzi fondamentali della letteratura europea dell'Ottocento, anche 'Oliver Twist' vide la luce nella sua prima edizione in qualità di romanzo a puntate sulla rivista inglese 'Bentley's Miscellany', nel 1837. In congiunzione con le illustrazione che ne arricchivano le pagine, altra...

Originally published in installments, Dickens’s Dombey and Son presents a cavalcade of life in mid-nineteenth-century Britain, tracing the fortunes and eventual downfall of a powerful London shipping firm and its proud owner, Paul Dombey. The immense cast of inimitable Dickens characters includes Dombey’s children, his employees, and various legitimate and illegitimate relations.

Dickens’s last completed novel, Our Mutual Friend has been called one of his most gratifying works. The story centers on the inheritance gained by ownership of a dust-heap. The would-be heir, John Harmon, is found dead in the Thames and the fortune falls into the hands of Mr. Boffin, a kind but lowly...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Contents The Old Curiosity Shop -- Oliver Twist -- Barnaby...

Dickens ambienta questo capolavoro nella prima metà dell'Ottocento e sceglie come protagonista Amy, figlia del vecchio Dorrit, uomo carcerato che sta scontando la sua pena per reati finanziari. Costui, vedovo, vive nel ricordo nostalgico di un passato che lo vedeva appartenere all'agiata classe borghese....

La vicenda di questo splendido romanzo di Dickens – uno dei migliori per coerenza e compattezza costruttiva e per maestria stilistica – ruota intorno a un’illusione che segna irreparabilmente la vita di Pip, il protagonista, un ragazzo del popolo: abbagliato dalle «grandi speranze», lungo...

Pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1854, quest'opera di Dickens racconta gli enormi cambiamenti che la società inglese stava subendo alla metà dell'Ottocento, sotto la piena influenza della Rivoluzione Industriale. In questo caso sotto la lente d'ingrandimento del grande autore finiscono le pressioni,...

Come gran parte della produzione di Dickens, anche questo romanzo fu pubblicato a puntate nella primavera del 1864 in venti fascicoli. Rispetto alle altre opere più famose del grande scrittore inglese, qui una trama ricca di azione e colpi di scena viene preferita al puro racconto delle classi sociali...

Join Dickens on his night walks through London and discover the hidden night life of Victorian society. Dickens often suffered from insomnia and used his night-time wanderings to collect impressions and ideas giving him an insight into some of the hidden aspects of Victorian London. He incorporated these discoveries into many sketches and stories of this book.

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Contents Trotty Veck and his daughter Meg -- Tiny Tim...

Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens' most...

"Dom-bey and Son"...Those three words conveyed the one idea of Mr. Dombey's life. The earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were made to give them light. The hopes of Mr Dombey for the future of his shipping firm are centred on his delicate son Paul, and Florence,...

Dickens berühmte Weihnachtsgeschichte in neuer Übersetzung »Marley war tot ...« – so beginnt eine der berühmtesten und beliebtesten Weihnachtserzählungen der Weltliteratur. Doch nicht nur der Geist seines ruchlosen Partners zwingt den geizigen Geschäftsmann Ebenezer Scrooge, sein Leben...

Following the success of Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby was hailed as a comic triumph and firmly established Dickens as a 'literary gentleman'. It has a full supporting cast of delectable characters that range from the iniquitous Wackford Squeers and his family, to the delightful...