Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens da, con su Cuento de Navidad, forma a nuestras ideas sobre la Navidad. La historia se centra en un solitario avaro, Ebenezer Scrooge, al que una serie de visitantes fantasmales le enseñan el verdadero significado de la festividad y le dan una segunda oportunidad. Una historia plagada de ternura y redención humana.
En el libro no solo se rescatan las tradiciones que llegaron hasta la sociedad victoriana sino que se consolidan las...
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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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Under a pseudonym Timothy Sparks, the then 24 years old Dickens wrote a pamphlet entitled Sunday Under Three Headsin which he defended the people's right to pleasure, opposing a plan to prohibit games on Sundays. The pamphlet was dedicated (without permission) to the Bishop of London. It was published by Chapman and Hall on Friday, 8 July 1836. The full title is Sunday Under Three Heads. As it is; As Sabbath Bills would make it; As it might be made....
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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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Originally published in Boston in 1898 as a small format gift book, complete with its own box, Holly Berries from Dickens seemed to promise a Christmas book of a sort. It isn't. At least not directly. Something quite different awaits inside. These holly berries comprise over 120 quotations from just over 20 works by Charles Dickens including his Christmas stories and the author himself. Presented as a series for each day from Day 1 to Day 31, some...
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Three of Dickens's most compelling orphan protagonists-Oliver Twist, Pip, and Esther Summerson-in three of his greatest novels. Perhaps no writer in the English language is more closely associated with orphaned characters than Charles Dickens. The trials and dangers for children without parental protection play a significant part in nearly all his work, as both a source of highly entertaining melodrama and pointed social criticism. Oliver Twist: Having...
8) 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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Three tales that showcase the nineteenth-century novelist's famous flair for suspense and plot twists.
This volume includes three titles by Victorian England's greatest storyteller.
Hunted Down: The manager of a life assurance office finds his suspicions growing after becoming acquainted with a mysterious gentleman in this rare detective story by Charles Dickens.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood: In this unfinished puzzler-the basis for the Broadway...
10) On London
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Dickens' London is a thing of legend. The sense of place was of the utmost importance for Dickens, and nowhere is more synonymous with his name than London. The most splendid of all his characters, the city was the subject of scrupulous research: Dickens spent several hours a day exploring its streets and inhabitants. The pieces collected here reveal London to be the primary inspiration for one of the geniuses of English literature.
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The following book is a collection of short stories inspired by the Canadian wildlife and natural wonders, written by Reverend Egerton Ryerson Young. The same cast can be found in most of the stories featured in this book, such as the minister Mr. Hewitt and John Herald Fitzgerald, a successful game-warden who is entertaining his cousin at his estate for the season.
12) Mugby Junction
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En 1865, Charles Dickens sufrió un accidente cuando descarriló el tren en el que viajaba. Un año después, vivió una mala experiencia con el servicio de la estación de Rugby, donde tuvo que quedarse durante un día entero. Fue a partir de estos sucesos que Dickens decidió, junto con sus colaboradores Charles Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, Andrew Halliday y Hesba Stretton, escribir una serie de relatos repletos de humor negro que encuentran su punto...
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Publicado originalmente na forma de folhetim entre 1849 e 1850, "David Copperfield" é o romance mais autobiográfico de Charles Dickens. Mas não só: nas palavras do grande escritor, que inspirou outros gigantes da literatura ocidental como Tolstói, Kafka, Woolf, Nabokov e Cortázar, este é seu "filho predileto".
Nele, acompanhamos a jornada do herói, nascido na Inglaterra dos anos 1820: órfão de pai desde o nascimento, David Copperfield pertence...
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"Journey through the heart of London and Paris during tumultuous times. Discover love, honor, and heroism in Dickens' timeless masterpiece."
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Dive into Charles Dickens' most celebrated historical novel, painting a vivid portrait of a world in upheaval, where destinies intertwine and where love and sacrifice become the ultimate redemption.
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Experience the gripping narrative that brings to life the...
16) Calle sin salida
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Londres, 1835. Una elegante mujer detiene a una empleada del orfanato, cuando esta sale de trabajar al anochecer. Necesita saber el nombre que le han puesto a un niño que han recogido pocos días antes a las puertas de esa institución. Con el paso del tiempo, la identidad del joven Walter Winding dará lugar a equívocos y a amores imposibles...
Esta novela constituye el fruto más destacado de la amistad y la colaboración literaria entre dos...
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. . . .
As its title promises, this brief chapter establishes the era in which the novel takes place: England and France in 1775. The age is marked by competing and contradictory attitudes-"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"-but resembles the "present period" in which Dickens writes. In England, the public worries over religious...
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Christmas is a magical time when we all remember the wonder of the world in the imagination of the child. Revisit timeless favorites in Classic Christmas Stories for Children.
Short stories from Hans Christian Andersen, Margery Williams Blanco, Susan Coolidge, Francois Copper, W.H. Corning, Charles Dickens, Ruth Sawyer Durand, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Ruth Lamb, F.E. Mann, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Clement C. Moore, Beatrix Potter, Katherine Pyle...
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"The Big Book of Christmas: Classic Stories and Poems - Illustrated" is a grand compilation that assembles a treasure trove of holiday tales and poems from a remarkable array of authors. This extensive collection includes 100 classic works, each thoughtfully illustrated, to immerse readers in the magic and wonder of the Christmas season.
This anthology spans a rich tapestry of Christmas literature, including timeless favorites such as "The Gift of...
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Cozy up with your favorite Christmas stories and discover new wintry tales with this keepsake holiday anthology.
Just in time for the holidays, A Classic Christmas Treasury gathers together many of the season's classics and introduces new, diverse stories from around the globe in one decorative holiday volume. This cheerful, collectible treasury of stories, poems, and carols makes a wonderful gift any time of the year and reminds us that simple...