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Dr Charles Dickens
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…
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Dr Donald Hawes
Part of a series, which provides concise introductions to major writers focusing equally on their life and works. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, Charles Dickens is without doubt…
Dr Edwin Pugh
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
THIS 20 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The Omnibus of Adventure Volume Two, by Charles Dickens. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1419181335.
THIS 110 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The Schoolmaster In Literature, by Charles Dickens. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1417902205.
Charles Dickens is a much-loved author for his vast and important contributions to English literature. This collection brings together his supernatural short stories, some of which were included in his…
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This Dickens Christmas Story tells the tale of Dr. Marigold, a quack doctor who travels from town to town selling his wares. The story is full of the Dickens charm…
Dr Martina Lorenz
Die Selbstdarstellung der Dickens-Protagonisten stellt einen wichtigen Aspekt des Figurenverhaltens dar, der eine neue Interpretation nach sozialpsychologischen Erkenntnissen zulasst. Dickens schildert in seinen Romanen eine antagonistische Gesellschaft, in der den…
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Features characters that range from the iniquitous Wackford Squeers and his family, to the delightful Mrs Nickleby, taking in the eccentric Crummles and his travelling players, the Mantalinis, the Kenwigs…
Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens’ lifetime. His natural inclination towards drama and the macabre lead him into the telling of ghost tales. Twelve ghosts stories are…
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children. But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him, scare him into mending his ways, and he finds…
Traces the growth of the book’s narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. As Pip unravels truth behind his own…
Contains many Dickensian themes - poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of adversity. This book features some of the characters, such as Oliver…
John Harmon returns to England as his father’s heir. He is believed drowned under suspicious circumstances - a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity until he can evaluate Bella…
A graphic novel presenting Dickens’ tale of Pip, Miss Havisham, and the spiteful Estella.
Following the life of David Copperfield through sufferings and adversity, this book helps reader find many light-hearted moments in the company of a host of English fiction’s stars including Mr…
Old Martin Chuzzlewit, tormented by the greed and selfishness of his family, effectively drives his grandson, young Martin, to undertake a voyage to America. It is a voyage which will…
Traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. The author based his historical detail on Carlyle’s The…
Represents a city’s underworld, and the laws of corruption and delay. This novel projects these things in a vision that embraces black comedy, cosmic farce, and tragic ruin.
Presenting a tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, this novel highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life.
Unusually for Dickens, the novel is set in the imaginary industrial town of Coketown, the soulless domain of the strict Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Bounderby. Human joy is…
Mr Dombey is a proud, stern man with an ambition to gain a son and thus entitle his shipping firm Dombey and Son. This tale leads Mr Dombey through personal…
Presents a combination of the sentimental, the grotesque and the socially concerned, this novel tells the story of pursuit and courage, which sets the downtrodden and the plucky against the…
Includes illustrations by S L Fildes and Hablot K Browne (Phiz). This title features themes and motifs such as: drugs, disappearances, sexual obsession, disguise and a possible murder. It also…
Provides an account of the ‘No Popery’ riots that were instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780, and terrorised London for days. This novel tells the tale of a long…
Widely regarded as one of the classics of comic writing in English. In the century and a half since its first appearance, the characters of Mr Pickwick, Sam Weller and…
Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include…
