Books by Charles Dickens

Nel 1850, appena otto anni dopo la creazione del Detective Branch di Londra, Charles Dickens dedica vari articoli al tema dell’indagine poliziesca, pubblicandoli sulle riviste Householde Words e All the Year Round (di cui è direttore). Le tecniche di investigazione dell’epoca, ancora relativamente nuove, rivelano in "Giù con la marea" una raffinatezza che dimostra l’estrema modernità della Scotland Yard del tempo. Dickens ci racconta di una nottata trascorsa in prima persona su un’imbarcazione della polizia fluviale, descrivendone i metodi con grande rigore giornalistico. Al centro del racconto c’è l’incontro con il casellante di Waterloo Bridge, un uomo con molte cose da raccontare...Questo audiolibro è stato realizzato in collaborazione con Edizioni Clichy.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) nasce a Portsmouth, figlio di un modesto impiegato della Marina Britannica. A causa dell’incarcerazione del padre (1824), è costretto, giovanissimo, a lavorare in una fabbrica di lucido da scarpe. Scampato a questa dura esperienza, nel 1827 entra in uno studio legale, per poi affermarsi come stenografo e cronista. Esordisce nel 1836 con "Sketches by Boz" (una raccolta di impressioni urbane) e col romanzo satirico "Il circolo Pickwick", grazie al quale ottiene grandissima fama. Considerato il più sensibile narratore dell’Età Vittoriana, è autore di molti romanzi a sfondo sociale. Fra i suoi capolavori più noti, si possono citare "Oliver Twist", "Tempi difficili", "David Copperfield" e "Cantico di Natale", oggetto di innumerevoli riadattamenti per il cinema, l’animazione e il fumetto.

The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Nell,a young girl of thirteen An orphan, who lives with her grandfather in his shop of curiosities.Her grandfather loves her dearly,she lives a lonely existence with almost no friends her own age. Her only friend is Kit, a boy employed at the shop, who, she is teaching to write. Secretly obsessed with ensuring that Nell does not die in poverty as her parents did, her grandfather attempts to make Nell a good inheritance through gambling at cards. He keeps his nocturnal games a secret, but borrows heavily from the evil Daniel Quilp, a malicious, grotesquely deformed, hunchbacked dwarf moneylender. In the end, he gambles away what little money they have, and Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of the shop and evict Nell and her grandfather. Her grandfather suffers a breakdown that leaves him witless,they go to the Midlands of England, to live as beggars.A4 Easy Read Size

Dombey and Son features many Dickensian themes, such as arranged marriages, child cruelty, betrayal, deceit, and relations between people from different British social classes.

When Barnaby and his mother's peaceful village life is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious stranger, they flee to London. On their way, they encounter a group of rioters who trick Barnaby into joining them.

Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Clennam encounters her after returning home from a 20-year absence, ready to begin his life anew.The novel satirises the shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors' prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable to work, until they repaid their debts. The prison in this case is the Marshalsea, where Dickens's own father had been imprisoned. Dickens is also critical of the lack of a social safety net, the treatment and safety of industrial workers, as well the bureaucracy of the British Treasury, in the form of his fictional "Circumlocution Office". In addition he satirises the stratification of society that results from the British class system.

Nicholas Nickleby; or, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens's third novel.The novel centres on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies. Nicholas Nickleby is Charles Dickens's third published novel. He returned to his favourite publishers and to the format that was considered so successful with The Pickwick Papers. The story first appeared in monthly parts, after which it was issued in one volume. The style is considered to be episodic and humorous, though the second half of the novel becomes more serious and tightly plotted. Dickens began writing Nickleby while still working on Oliver Twist and while the mood is considerably lighter, his depiction of the Yorkshire school run by Wackford Squeers is as moving and influential as those of the workhouse and criminal underclass in Twist.

Scrooge is visited by three spirits. The Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge's youth, the Ghost of Christmas Present reveals the Cratchits' struggle, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come harrows Scrooge with dire visions of the future.

Samuel Pickwick suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" should make journeys to places remote from London and report on their findings to the Pickwick Club. This results in one of the most famous legal cases in English literature.

Gdy umiera ojciec Nicholasa, na chłopaka spada odpowiedzialność za utrzymanie rodziny. Bohater nawiązuje kontakt z ekscentrycznym wujem, sprowadza się z bliskimi do Londynu i rozpoczyna pracę w szkole. Dziewiętnastowieczne brytyjskie mieszczaństwo nie jest jednak wspierającym środowiskiem dla osób w gorszej sytuacji finansowej. Powieść napisana w charakterystyczną dla Dickensa mieszanką czułości i ironicznego dystansu. Moralitet miesza się tu z romansem, a pozytywistyczna refleksja z sensacyjnymi przygodami. W filmowej adaptacji książki z 2002 r. wystąpiła Anne Hathaway, zaś w 1985 r. na jej podstawie powstał australijski film animowany.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) - dziewiętnastowieczny angielski powieściopisarz, najwybitniejszy wówczas przedstawiciel powieści społeczno-obyczajowej. Czuły na niesprawiedliwość społeczną, precyzyjnie opisywał życie uboższych sfer i portretował ekscentryków w konwencji groteski i karykatury. Wywodził się z rodziny, która popadła w nędzę, bardzo wcześnie podjął pracę zarobkową w fabryce pasty do butów, uznanie w środowisku literackim zapewniła mu powieść "Klub Pickwicka".