Books by Charles Dickens

"The silence was unbroken. I looked round, and the five couriers were gone: so noiselessly that the ghostly mountains might have absorbed them into its eternal snows."Thought recently married, the honeymoon fase of a young English couple is disrupted by the bride’s haunting dreams. Every time she closes her eyes, the vision of a dark and remarkable-looking man with a mysterious air appears before her. He says nothing. He does nothing. He just looks at her. One day the bride’s husband brings home a new acquaintance, an Italian man named Dellombra. And he looks precisely as the man of the bride’s nightmares.To Be Read at Dusk is an excellent and atmospheric ghost story, written by the best in the business.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author, social critic, and philanthropist. Much of his writing first appeared in small instalments in magazines and was widely popular. Among his most famous novels are Oliver Twist (1839), David Copperfield (1850), and Great Expectations (1861).

"Halloa! Below there!"Unable to sleep one cold winter’s night, a gentleman wanders aimlessly around the countryside and comes across the dark mouth of a railway tunnel. There he spots an old signal-man, but when he calls out to him the old man is unresponsive. Managing to convince the signal-man that he means no harm, the old man invites him to his small, lonely shack. There, the gentleman learns a horrifying secret. But how well can he really trust the old Signal-Man?The Signal-Man is a masterful ghost story which has been adapted for TV and radio several times. In a Doctor Who episode from 2005 called The Unquiet Dead, the Doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston, called it "The best short story ever written."Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author, social critic, and philanthropist. Much of his writing first appeared in small instalments in magazines and was widely popular. Among his most famous novels are Oliver Twist (1839), David Copperfield (1850), and Great Expectations (1861).

"It is a grand thing to be mad"A rich, self-confessed madman meets a poor girl and, wishing to marry her, he puts on a "normal" persona and a fake smile. The girl’s family pushes her into his arms, but when the madman finds out that she is in love with someone else his true colours start to show.Similar to Joker (2019) starring Joaquin Phoenix, A Madman's Manuscript gives us an understanding of the inner workings of a seriously delusional and mentally ill person. Unnerving but very fascinating.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author, social critic, and philanthropist. Much of his writing first appeared in small instalments in magazines and was widely popular. Among his most famous novels are Oliver Twist (1839), David Copperfield (1850), and Great Expectations (1861).

"Can you suppose there's any harm in looking as cheerful and being as cheerful as our poor circumstances will permit?"Nell is a 14-year-old orphan girl who lives with her caring grandfather in his little shop of odds and ends. Though Nell doesn’t complain, she is lonely and friendless. What she doesn’t realise is that her grandfather is trying to secure her an inheritance through gambling. And when he is unable to pay his debts to the cruel moneylender Daniel Quilp, they are evicted from the shop.The heart-breaking story of Nell and Her Grandfather was an instant bestseller in Dickens’ time, and Queen Victoria called it "very interesting and cleverly written."Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author, social critic, and philanthropist. Much of his writing first appeared in small instalments in magazines and was widely popular. Among his most famous novels are Oliver Twist (1839), David Copperfield (1850), and Great Expectations (1861).

When Mr. Julius Slinkton walks into Mr. Sampson’s insurance office to fetch some forms for his friend, Sampson has a strange suspicion that something isn’t quite right. And when Slinkton continues to pop up in his life at random it’s starts to dawn on Sampson that a gruesome crime is about to be committed. Before long, Sampson’s entangled in a mess that might cost him his life.Told in the first person, Hunted Down is similar to the writing of Dickens’ friend, author Wilkie Collins, whose novel The Moonstone (1868) is considered the first modern English detective novel. With a masterful portrayal of character, intriguing mystery and insightful description, Dickens certainly excels in the detective genre.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author, social critic, and philanthropist. Much of his writing first appeared in small instalments in magazines and was widely popular. Among his most famous novels are Oliver Twist (1839), David Copperfield (1850), and Great Expectations (1861).

"How do you do, ma'am?" said the captain. "I am very glad to see you. I have come a long way to see you."Who hasn’t dreamt of finding an old bottle between rocks on a beach somewhere, and seeing it has a rolled-up letter inside it? A Message from the Sea is a fairy tale by Charles Dickens and it tells the story of an American captain who travels a long way to deliver a message he found in at bottle to a family in a small English fishing village. It’s a refreshing and happy read in which the impossible happens.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author, social critic, and philanthropist. Much of his writing first appeared in small instalments in magazines and was widely popular. Among his most famous novels are Oliver Twist (1839), David Copperfield (1850), and Great Expectations (1861).

After beating up a little boy on Christmas Eve – as you do – Gabriel Grub, a grumpy and mean-spirited gravedigger, goes to dig a grave in the churchyard. His work is interrupted when goblins come by to show him what a nasty and spiteful fellow he is.The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton is a quick and festive read which appeared in Charles Dickens’ first novel, The Pickwick Papers, Britain’s first publishing phenomenon. It’s a haunting and imaginative short story and readers familiar with Dickens will find many parallels to A Christmas Carol.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author, social critic, and philanthropist. Much of his writing first appeared in small instalments in magazines and was widely popular. Among his most famous novels are Oliver Twist (1839), David Copperfield (1850), and Great Expectations (1861).

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens depicts Ebenezer Scrooge¿s long night of visitations by the spirits of Christmas. This Holiday classic transcends its seasonal status by offering all the eerie chills of a ghost story and balancing them with a heartfelt vision of compassion, redemption, and a life well lived.

After her alcoholic husband dies in an accident Mrs. Lirriper starts taking in lodgers to make ends meet. A wide cast of delightful characters breathe new life into the house, but not everything runs smoothly. And some leave behind more than Mrs. Lirriper bargained for.Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings is a kind and sweet story; a light read that will satisfy any reader with a taste for the classics. Though not set during Christmas like A Christmas Carol (1843) before it, it is considered a holiday story and first appeared it the extra Christmas edition of the All The Year Round literary magazine.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author, social critic, and philanthropist. Much of his writing first appeared in small instalments in magazines and was widely popular. Among his most famous novels are Oliver Twist (1839), David Copperfield (1850), and Great Expectations (1861).

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood''s uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium addict, who is in love with his pupil, Rosa Bud. Miss Bud, Edwin Drood''s fiancée, has also caught the eye of the high-spirited and hot-tempered Neville Landless. Landless and Edwin Drood take an instant dislike to one another. Later Drood disappears under mysterious circumstances.

"Mugby Junction" is a set of short stories written in 1866 by Charles Dickens and collaborators Charles Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, Andrew Halliday, and Hesba Stretton. It was first published in a Christmas edition of the magazine All the Year Round. Dickens penned a majority of the issue, including the frame narrative in which "the Gentleman for Nowhere," who has spent his life cloistered in the firm Barbox Brothers, makes use of his new-found freedom in retirement to explore the rail lines that connect with Mugby Junction. Dickens''s collaborators each contributed an individual story to the collection.

Sketches by Boz is the first volume of the new Oxford Dickens. This critical edition of the collection of sixty pieces which first appeared as contributions to magazines and newspapers in the mid 1830s presents afresh his sharp and often satirical observation of social situations and London characters.

Un joven cirujano, en Londres Victoriano, espera su primer cliente. Esa tarde llovía torrencialmente y quedó realmente sorprendido cuando su asistente le informó que alguien esperaba en la puerta.Una entidad misteriosa y alta, cubierta con una pesada capa negra que escondía su figura y un grueso velo negro que no permitía ver su cara entró al despacho del joven cirujano. Era una señora devastada por tristeza y desesperación. Necesitaba la ayuda del cirujano para curar a un hombre afligido por algo desconocido, pero no podía saber qué era, ni lo podía ayudar en ese momento, sino que al día siguiente.Teniendo nada más que una dirección a la que llegar, el cirujano se encaminó a ver al hombre que la misteriosa mujer le encomendó.Reconocido como uno de los mejores escritores de la era Victoriana, Charles Dickens es recordado por sus personajes icónicos, desde el pequeño e inocente Oliver Twist a el viejo y amargado Ebenezer Scrooge. Sus cuentos han sido adaptados a la pantalla grande incontables veces, y son leídos alrededor del mundo hasta el día de hoy. Gozó de una popularidad inmensa mientras vivía, y los más grandes escritores del siglo XX alabaron su estilo realista y cómico, sus personajes extravagantes y su crítica social.

David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel''s full title is The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery. It was first published as a serial in 1849-50, and as a book in 1850. The novel features the character David Copperfield, and is written in the first person, as a description of his life until middle age, with his own adventures and the numerous friends and enemies he meets along his way. It is his journey of change and growth from infancy to maturity, as people enter and leave his life and he passes through the stages of his development. It has been called his masterpiece, "the triumph of the art of Dickens", which marks a turning point in his work, the point of separation between the novels of youth and those of maturity.

David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel''s full title is The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery. It was first published as a serial in 1849-50, and as a book in 1850. The novel features the character David Copperfield, and is written in the first person, as a description of his life until middle age, with his own adventures and the numerous friends and enemies he meets along his way. It is his journey of change and growth from infancy to maturity, as people enter and leave his life and he passes through the stages of his development. It has been called his masterpiece, "the triumph of the art of Dickens", which marks a turning point in his work, the point of separation between the novels of youth and those of maturity.

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman and Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol during a period when the British were exploring and re-evaluating past Christmas traditions, including carols, and newer customs such as Christmas trees.

An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!

Der bedeutendste Bildungsroman der englischen Literatur: Die Erzählung begleitet David Copperfield beim Erwachsenwerden von seiner Kindheit bis zum mittleren Lebensalter. Neben dem Protagonisten sind es auch viele andere Figuren – Freunde wie Feinde – die seinen Lebensweg streifen, begleiten oder beeinflussen. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) war ein englischer Schriftsteller, der es mit seinen Romanen und ikonischen Helden bereits zu Lebzeiten zu Weltruhm gebracht hat und als einer der besten Romanautoren des viktorianischen Zeitalters gilt. Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken zählen u.a. „Oliver Twist", „David Copperfield" und „Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte".

It's Christmas Eve and Scrooge is refusing to join in the festivities. A visit from the ghost of Jacob Marley warns Scrooge that three spirits will show him who he really is: but will this be enough to move his stubborn soul? This Essential Student Texts edition of Dickens's classic tale comes with accessible and informative notes.

El propio Charles Dickens escribió sobre su octava novela: "como muchos padres, tengo un hijo preferido, un hijo que es mi debilidad; este hijo se llama David Copperfield."La novela se publicó en 1850 y cuenta la historia de David Copperfield desde su infancia hasta que llega a la madurez, sobre todo, lo que experimenta y la extensa galería de amigos y enemigos que encuentra en su camino. El narrador es el mismo David, un joven sensible que, después de una infancia brutal y muchas dificultades, se convierte en un escritor famoso. ¿Suena familiar? David Copperfield es probablemente la obra más autobiográfica de Dickens. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) es el gran escritor inglés de la era victoriana. Sus novelas dominan la técnica de entretejer una trama emocionante poblada por una extensa galería de personajes con la crítica social y el humor.El propio Dickens tuvo que abandonar la escuela para irse a trabajar a una fábrica cuando su padre fue encarcelado por deudas. Durante un período de 20 años, fue editor de una revista semanal y escribió 15 grandes novelas, cinco más pequeñas y más de 100 cuentos, además de numerosos artículos. Al mismo tiempo, agitó agresivamente las reformas sociales y los derechos de los niños.

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