Charles Dickens

No other author made a greater contribution to the literature of Christmas than Charles Dickens. Collected here are the five Christmas Novellas (A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain), plus twenty-three other short works on the theme of kindness and goodwill from "A Christmas Dinner" (1835) to "No Thoroughfare" (1867). Read and reread these heartwarming classics every...

La Colección Integral de Charles Dickens es una recopilación completa de todas las obras del autor, que abarcan desde sus famosas novelas como 'Grandes Esperanzas' y 'David Copperfield', hasta sus cuentos menos conocidos. Con un estilo literario detallado y profundo, Dickens aborda temas sociales como la pobreza, la desigualdad y la injusticia, manteniendo al lector cautivado con su prosa rica y emotiva. Este compendio es una ventana a la sociedad...

"This is not the republic of my imagination," Charles Dickens noted ruefully of his 1842 visit to the United States. His American Notes forms a stinging reproof of the country's embrace of slavery, its corrupt press and woeful sanitary conditions, and its citizens' offensive manners. Written with the author's customary observational powers and incisive wit, this volume offers a fascinating glimpse of 19th-century America. Dickens was not entirely...

Der kleine Oliver Twist wächst im Waisenhaus einer Kleinstadt auf. Die Kinder werden von ihrem Betreuer schlecht behandelt und bekommen zu wenig zu essen. Als Oliver alt genug ist, flüchtet er nach London in ein neues Leben. Auf den Straßen der Großstadt sucht er Anschluss. Über die Mitgliedschaft in einer Jugendbande gerät er immer weiter ins kriminelle Milieu. Der Roman "Oliver Twist" von Charles Dickens wurde sofort nach seinem Erscheinen...

A short book with a strong social and moral message.

"A new heart for a New Year, always!"- The Chimes: A Goblin Story, Mark Twain

The Chimes novel focuses upon the pressing necessity for a middle-class change of heart and the development of a social consciousness as correctives for the "Condition of England.".
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Recollections of the author's childhood.

Everybody hates the refreshment room at the junction, it's terrible. But the staff is convinced that they're running a great operation. When their boss returns from abroad to report that in French refreshment rooms they actually accommodate the guests as best they can, serve them edible food and are nice in general, the staff is shocked.And so unfolds The Boy at Mugby, one of eight short stories in Mugby Junction written by Charles Dickens and a handful...

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...

A young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned.

Contains four novels by English author Charles Dickens that addresses the issues of materialism and indifference, poverty and opulence and includes "Great Expectations," "Hard Times," "A Christmas Carol," and "A Tale of Two Cities."