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This carefully crafted ebook: «The best of Charles Dickens» contains 8 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of contents : The Pickwick Papers Oliver Twist A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Bleak House Hard Times A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «A Tale of Two Cities + Great Expectations (2 Unabridged Classics)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations are two much-loved novels by Charles Dickens. Tale of Two Cities is is a novel set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The main characters – Doctor Alexandre Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton – are all recalled to life, or resurrected, in different ways as turmoil erupts. Great Expectations centers around a poor young man by the name of Pip, who is given the chance to make himself a gentleman by a mysterious benefactor. Great Expectations offers a fascinating view of the differences between classes during the Victorian era, as well as a great sense of comedy and pathos. Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Great Expectations (Unabridged with the original illustrations by Charles Green)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Great Expectations is a bildungsroman, or a coming-of-age novel, and it is a classic work of Victorian literature. It depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip. The novel was first published in serial form in Dickens' weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

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Tale of Two Cities is is a novel set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The main characters – Doctor Alexandre Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton – are all recalled to life, or resurrected, in different ways as turmoil erupts. Great Expectations centers around a poor young man by the name of Pip, who is given the chance to make himself a gentleman by a mysterious benefactor.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Hard Times: For These Times (Unabridged)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Hard Times – For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book tells the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father. When Louisa, trapped in a loveless marriage, falls prey to an idle seducer, the crisis forces her father to reconsider his cherished system. Yet even as the development of the story reflects Dickens's growing pessimism about human nature and society, Hard Times marks his return to the theme which had made his early works so popular: the amusements of the people. Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

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Este ebook presenta «Colección integral de Charles Dickens» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Las novelas y relatos cortos de Charles Dickens disfrutaron de gran popularidad en vida del escritor, y aún hoy se editan y adaptan para el cine continuamente. Dickens escribió novelas por entregas, el formato usual en la ficción en su época, por la simple razón de que no todo el mundo poseía los recursos económicos necesarios para comprar un libro, y cada nueva entrega de sus historias era esperada con gran entusiasmo por sus lectores, nacionales e internacionales. Dickens fue y sigue siendo venerado como un ídolo literario por escritores de todo el mundo. Tabla de contenidos: Cuento de Navidad David Copperfield Grandes Esperanzas Historias de Fantasmas Oliver Twist Historia en dos ciudades El grillo del hogar Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) fue un famoso novelista inglés y uno de los más conocidos de la literatura universal, quien supo manejar con maestría el género narrativo, el humor, el sentimiento trágico de la vida, la ironía, con una aguda y álgida crítica social así como las descripciones de gentes y lugares, tanto reales como imaginarios.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Dickens' Christmas Stories (20 original stories as published between the years 1850 and 1867 in collaboration with Wilkie Collins and others in Dickens' own Magazines)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Not to be confused with Dicken's well known Christmas Tales (A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man) this eBook presents a collection of 20 short stories, published in the Christmas edition of Dickens' weekly magazines «Household Words» and its successor, «All the Year Round», between the years 1850 and 1867. Charles Dickens was the publisher and editor of, and a major contributor to these magazines. He often invited other authors to contribute with stories or to write stories in collaboration with himself. Content: – A Christmas Tree – What Christmas Is As We Grow Older – The Poor Relation's Story – The Child's Story – The Schoolboy's Story – Nobody's Story – The Seven Poor Travellers – The Holly-Tree – The Wreck of the Golden Mary – The Perils of Certain English Prisoners – Going Into Society – The Haunted House – A Message From the Sea – Tom Tiddle's Ground – Somebody's Luggage – Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings – Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy – Doctor Marigold – Mugby Junction – No Thoroughfare

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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Adventures of Oliver Twist (Unabridged with the Original Illustrations by George Cruikshank)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Adventures of Oliver Twist, first published in 1838, is a story written by Charles Dickens. Orphaned at birth, Oliver Twist grows up under the loveless, relentless watch of a workhouse. He runs away with hopes for a better life in London and finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets, headed by Fagin. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. He is rescued by Mr. Brownlow but the gang kidnap him back. But Oliver discovers the identity of his parents and the gang is exposed. Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Oliver Twist + The Old Curiosity Shop (2 Unabridged Classics, Illustrated)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Oliver Twist, subtitled The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by Charles Dickens, published by in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Naïvely unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin. The Old Curiosity Shop is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1841. The plot follows the plight of a homeless thirteen year-old girl, Nell Trent, and her aged Grandfather, as they wander the countryside of England, keeping one step ahead of their horrible dwarf nemesis, Daniel Quilp. Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

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Este ebook presenta «El grillo del hogar» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. El Grillo del Hogar fue escrito por Charles Dickens en 1845 y publicado originalmente en el volumen de Cuentos Navideños. En este relato es posible encontrar como elemento principal un grillo que se transforma en hadas, dicho personaje habita en el hogar de la familia Peerybingle y forma parte de una historia que transcurre en tres días y se desarrolla en el mismo número de cantos. Dickens muestra con el humor usual lo difícil que podía ser la vida para los ingleses de baja situación económica en el siglo XIX, y cómo a pesar de la frugalidad lograban aferrarse a la posibilidad de ser felices. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) fue un famoso novelista inglés y uno de los más conocidos de la literatura universal, quien supo manejar con maestría el género narrativo, el humor, el sentimiento trágico de la vida, la ironía, con una aguda y álgida crítica social así como las descripciones de gentes y lugares, tanto reales como imaginarios.

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