Charles Dickens
61) Oliver Twist
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Numa pequena cidade de Inglaterra, uma jovem dá à luz um menino e morre em seguida. O pequeno órfão recebe o nome de Oliver Twist e vive os seus primeiros nove anos em instituições de caridade. Não suportando tantos maus-tratos,Oliver foge para Londres, onde inadvertidamente se junta a um bando de marginais comandado por um grande vilão: Fagin...
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In the industrial city of Coketown, Josiah Bounderby is a rich and fairly obnoxious factory owner and banker. He loves to tell everyone he meets about how he grew up in the gutter, abused by a drunken grandmother. He is friends with Thomas Gradgrind, a rich politician and an education reformer in whose school students only learn about facts. Gradgrind's own children, Tom and Louisa, also grow up in this system. The kids are forbidden to be creative...
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As a remedy to sleeplessness, Charles Dickens used to take to wandering the streets of London at night for long stretches of time. On those walks, he gained a great deal of experience of and sympathy for homeless people and what it was like to share their world, noting down his observations in the series of essays and accounts contained within this volume. The essays include: "Night walks" (1860), "Gone Astray" (1853), "Chatham Dockyard" (1863), "Wapping...
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Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is. Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to. Join Gildart Jackson in front of a cozy fire as he reads A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to you and your family.
65) Doctor Marigold
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In "Doctor Marigold", a man sells cheap items and goods from a traveling cart/home he shares with his wife and his daughter. When the daughter dies and the mother commits suicide, Marigold's fortunes turn around when he adopts a deaf-mute girl and names her after his deceased daughter. This heartwarming classic story was originally published in 1865 in the Christmas edition of "All The Year Round".
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Maravillosa fantasía edificante construida sobre un humorístico trasfondo de crítica social, esta novela breve publicada inicialmente el 19 de diciembre de 1843 pasó a ser muy pronto, y sigue siendo hasta hoy, la narración navideña más popular de todos los tiempos y lugares, como lo demuestran no solo las constantes ediciones y traducciones, sino también las numerosas adaptaciones para el teatro, el cine (ya desde 1901), los dibujos animados,...
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A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Classics brings together all five Christmas books that Charles Dickens wrote between 1843 and 1848. In addition to the title tale--one of Dickenss best-known works and a beloved classic of nineteenth century literature--it includes "The Chimes," "A Cricket on the Hearth," "The Battle of Life," and "The Haunted Man"--stories that Dickens hoped would, as he wrote, "awaken some loving an forebearing thoughts" in...
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In "Somebody's Luggage", an 1862 short story by Charles Dickens, the narrator stumbles upon some luggage left behind in the hotel where he works. Searching through it to help identify the owner, the workers find evidence of a wide variety of high-quality stories hidden away inside the luggage. When these stories are then published the mysterious author finally steps up to claim them.
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In 'The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain', Professor Redlaw nurses grievances and past wrongs done to him as he stares into the fire. Visited by a spirit who appears to him as his phantom twin, he is offered a way to 'forget the sorrow, wrong, and trouble' he has known. This intervention has consequences for the people in Redlaw's life, and leads to a resolution of his troubles. This is the last of the five Dickens Christmas Books that begin with...
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Widely considered the greatest author of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, winning universal praise as a literary genius. Dickens' novels and beloved tales not only entertained the world, but helped to improve the lives of the lower classes and fight social injustices. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Dickens' complete works, with hundreds of illustrations...
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Written in the style of a letter to a close friend, "Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy" resolves the story begun in "Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings". Full of stories of kindness and goodwill, the story reprises the issue of the parentage of an abandoned child and involves a bequest to the widow Lirriper which puts everything to right. Originally published in the 1864 Christmas issue of "All The Year Round", this story was a collaboration with other writers including...
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The Ultimate Charles Dickens Christmas features all of the Victorian storyteller's beloved Christmas tales that encapsulate the true spirit of the holidays. Beginning with the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, this special holiday edition also features Dickens' anthology Some Christmas Stories alongside his other festive short stories "The Chimes" "The Cricket on the Hearth" "The Battle of Life" and "The Haunted Man." HarperPerennial...
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Plongez dans les rues sombres et palpitantes de l'Angleterre victorienne avec "Oliver Twist" de Charles Dickens, un chef-d'œuvre intemporel de la littérature. Suivez le destin captivant d'Oliver Twist, un jeune orphelin courageux, alors qu'il affronte l'injustice, la pauvreté et la cruauté du monde qui l'entoure. Oliver, maltraité dans un orphelinat, s'échappe à Londres o il se retrouve mêlé à une bande de voleurs dirigée par l'infâme...
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Immerse yourself in Victorian times with these classic stories and timeless characters from Charles Dickens. The Selected Novels of Charles Dickens includes The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations.
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This superb collection of classic Victorian literature features the most notable works of Charles Dickens, including Oliver Twist (1839), A Christmas Carol (1843), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), and Great Expectations (1861). Considered the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, Dickens was especially known for his unusual characters, incisive social commentary, and carefully constructed plots. Over the last two centuries, his popular fiction has continued...
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Published in its entirety for the first time since 1852, this shining collection of Christmas tales was originally selected by Charles Dickens for his periodical Household Words. Each story varies in theme and tone, with scenes of romance, theft, justice, and heart-warming family reunions set alongside haunting tales and chilling ghost stories, while topics addressed range from the meaning of Christmas to disability and race. Contributing authors...
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The complete works of Charles Dickens in one collection:
•American Notes for General Circulation
•Bardell v. Pickwick
•Barnaby Rudge
•The Battle of Life
•Bleak House
•A Child's History of England
•The Chimes
•A Christmas Carol
•The Cricket on the Hearth
•David Copperfield
•Doctor Marigold
•Dombey and Son
•George Silverman's Explanation
•Going into Society
•Great Expectations
•Hard Times
•The Haunted...
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In Charles Dickens' short story, "Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings", a recently widowed landlady is called upon to bring up an abandoned child. Mrs. Lirriper and her longtime lodger, the Major, entertain the child by relating stories of their colorful fellow lodgers. Before long, the landlady and the Major are involved in their own suspenseful tale. Originally published in the 1863 Christmas issue of "All The Year Round", this story was a collaboration with...