Charles Dickens - Classics 5

Summary The novel begins as John Jasper leaves a London opium den.The next evening, Edwin Drood visits Jasper, who is the choirmaster at Cloisterham Cathedral. Edwin confides that he has misgivings ……続きを見る

Oliver Twist, subtitled The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endure……続きを見る

The classic Dickens novel. According to Wikipedia: "Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812 1870), pen-name "Boz", was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous……続きを見る

Our Mutual Friend is a satiric masterpiece about money. The last novel Dickens completed, and perhaps his most angry, it sounds all the great themes of his later work: the innocence and venality of ……続きを見る

The classic Dickens novel. According to Wikipedia: "Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812 1870), pen-name "Boz", was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous……続きを見る

"BLEAK HOUSE - Top Classic Novels" This edition included NEW illustrations + Free AudioBook Links + Clickable Table of Contents for both the list of included books and their respective chapters. Nav……続きを見る

Summary Gathered round the fire at the Maypole Inn, in the village of Chigwell, on a foul weather evening in the year 1775 were John Willet, proprietor of the Maypole, and his three cronies. One of ……続きを見る

Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly instalments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast……続きを見る

Valahol, egy nagyvárosban, amelyet több oknál fogva is okosabb lesz nem megnevezni, s amelynek kitalált nevet sem akarok adni, a számos egyéb középület között van egy olyan, melynek a párját ősidők ……続きを見る

Après avoir fait connaissance des frères Cheeryble et de leur commis, les temps changent pour Nicolas, et son nouvel emploi lui procure toute satisfaction. Sa soeur ainsi que sa m&egr……続きを見る

One of Charles Dickens' light-hearted short works, satirising events in and around Rugby railway station. 続きを見る

Plot Summary Martin Chuzzlewit was raised by his grandfather and namesake. Years before, Martin senior takes the precaution of raising an orphaned girl, Mary. She is to be his nursemaid, with the u……続きを見る

Charles Dickens’s satirical masterpiece, The Pickwick Papers, catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 1836–37. It recounts the rollicking adventures of the mem……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as mat……続きを見る

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Synopsis Sir Leicester Dedlock and Honoria, Lady Dedlock (his junior by more than 20 years) live at his estate of Chesney Wold. Unknown to Sir Leicester, Lady Dedlock had a lover, Captain Hawdon, be……続きを見る

Like many of Dickens' novels, this book was a social critique. It follows the tale of Paul Dombey, the owner of a successful shipping company as he attempts to turn his sickly son into a worthy air ……続きを見る

The story traces the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David is born in England in 1820. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother ……続きを見る

No Christmas story has gained such universal regard as Mr. Dickens's Christmas Carol. The frequency with which the author has lately read that story to delighted audiences in America, as well as in ……続きを見る

On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, a boy around the age of six, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting his mother's, father's and younger brothers' graves. The convi……続きを見る

American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America in January to June 1842. He traveled mainly on the east coast and Great Lakes area of bo……続きを見る

Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens upbringing was a mix……続きを見る

"Dom-bey and Son"...Those three words conveyed the one idea of Mr. Dombey's life. The earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were made to give them light. The hopes of M……続きを見る

The Pickwick Papers was Dickens' first published novel and the first ever publishing phenomenon with illegal copies, theatrical performances and merchandise. It follows the travels of Mr Pickwick an……続きを見る

`I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is DAVID COPPERFIELD,' wrote Dickens of what is the most personal, certainly one of the most popular, of all his novels. Dickens wrote t……続きを見る

It is set among the marshes of Kent and in London in the early to mid-1800s.From the outset, the reader is "treated" by the terrifying encounter between Pip, the protagonist, and the escaped convict……続きを見る

Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens……続きを見る

Plot Summary On Christmas Eve, around 1812,Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and si……続きを見る

A financial scandal straight out of today's headlines makes this tale as relevant as Trollope's "The Way We Live Now", but this novel is rich too with Dickens' own experience of debtor's prison and ……続きを見る

Hard Times is a classic novel written by Charles Dickens and first published in 1854. Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. ……続きを見る