Charles Dickens
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The Battle of Life: A Love Story is a novella by Charles Dickens, 1st published in 1846. It's the 4th of his five «Christmas Books», coming after The Cricket on the Hearth, followed by The Haunted Man & the Ghost's Bargain.
The setting …
The Battle of Life: A Love Story is a novella by Charles Dickens, 1st published in 1846. It's the 4th of his five «Christmas Books», coming after The Cricket on the Hearth, followed by The Haunted Man & the Ghost's Bargain.
The setting …
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…'Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the …
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…'Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the …
Probably the best-known of all Dickens' works, Oliver Twist was originally published as a serial, and sought to bring the public's attention to various contemporary social evils, including the workhouse, child labour and the recruitment of …
Probably the best-known of all Dickens' works, Oliver Twist was originally published as a serial, and sought to bring the public's attention to various contemporary social evils, including the workhouse, child labour and the recruitment of …
In this story, Dickens narrates the hair-raising experiences of a professor. As the protagonist dwells on his past sorrows and mistakes, a phantom visits him. It offers him a bizarre escape from painful recollections of yesteryear by offering to erad…
In this story, Dickens narrates the hair-raising experiences of a professor. As the protagonist dwells on his past sorrows and mistakes, a phantom visits him. It offers him a bizarre escape from painful recollections of yesteryear by offering to erad…
"A Christmas Carol" is a novella by Charles Dickens. It was first published in London by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. «Carol» tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebene…
"A Christmas Carol" is a novella by Charles Dickens. It was first published in London by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. «Carol» tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebene…
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney …
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney …
"The Chimes" is Charles Dickens 1844 novella that concerns the disillusionment of Toby «Trotty» Veck, a poor working-class man. When Trotty has lost his faith in Humanity and believes that his poverty is the result of his unworthiness he is visi…
"The Chimes" is Charles Dickens 1844 novella that concerns the disillusionment of Toby «Trotty» Veck, a poor working-class man. When Trotty has lost his faith in Humanity and believes that his poverty is the result of his unworthiness he is visi…
A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' most loved books – a true classic and a Christmas time must-read. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journe…
A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' most loved books – a true classic and a Christmas time must-read. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journe…
The Cricket on the Hearth is a novella by Charles Dickens, written in 1845. It is the third of Dickens' five Christmas books, the others being A Christmas Carol (1843), The Chimes (1844), The Battle of Life (1846), and The Haunted Man (1847). Jo…
The Cricket on the Hearth is a novella by Charles Dickens, written in 1845. It is the third of Dickens' five Christmas books, the others being A Christmas Carol (1843), The Chimes (1844), The Battle of Life (1846), and The Haunted Man (1847). Jo…
Hard Times is unusual in several respects. It is by far the shortest of Dickens' novels, barely a quarter of the length of those written immediately before and after it. Also, unlike all but one of his other novels, Hard Times has neither a pref…
Hard Times is unusual in several respects. It is by far the shortest of Dickens' novels, barely a quarter of the length of those written immediately before and after it. Also, unlike all but one of his other novels, Hard Times has neither a pref…
ch die Nase reibend, von Zeit zu Zeit sich umsehend, um Tom zu drohen, daß er ihn das nächste Mal verhauen werde, worauf Tom höhnisch lachte und seelenvergnügt nach Hause schlenderte. Und sobald er den Rücken gewandt hatte, hob der andere einen Stein…
ch die Nase reibend, von Zeit zu Zeit sich umsehend, um Tom zu drohen, daß er ihn das nächste Mal verhauen werde, worauf Tom höhnisch lachte und seelenvergnügt nach Hause schlenderte. Und sobald er den Rücken gewandt hatte, hob der andere einen Stein…