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Oliver Twist es una novela que capta desde el primer momento la atención del lector y la mantiene hasta su última página. Una trama excelentemente urdida, personajes inolvidables, buenos y malvados, drama, tension, amenazas y peligros, aventuras y peripecias, y un final inesperado y feliz son los ingredientes que hacen de ella una obra sin edad, objeto de numerosas adaptaciones y llevada al cine por Roman Polanski.

Dickens's heavily autobiographical novel describing a young man's rise in the world is a classic coming-of-age story. David Copperfield, the narrator, is orphaned at a tender age and raised first by his brutal stepfather (who halts his schooling and sends him to work in a factory--as did Dickens's own father), then by a kindly aunt. He trains for a career in law, but eventually becomes a writer. An ill-advised marriage brings him considerable unhappiness, but not long after his wife's death he is reunited with his childhood sweetheart. A sprawling portrait of life in Victorian England, DAVID COPPERFIELD is perhaps Dickens's most popular work, and it contains many of the characters--Mr. Micawber, Uriah Heep, Betsey Trotwood, Steerforth, and Little Emily--who gave Dickens his reputation as the finest literary portraitist of his age.

George Woodcock proposes that this story was written at a point of crisis in Charles Dickens's life. The three main characters become projections of Dickens himself. The title suggests the basic dichotomy on which the novel rests: the choice between changing society and changing oneself.

Publicada junto con "Cántico de Navidad", este pequeño cuento es una muestra más del talento de Charles Dickens."Aunque se ha hablado mucho de la sobriedad de los estómagos lacedemonios, de seguro que no hubieran podido resistir el sistema de alimentacion a que nos sujetaba el respetable doctor Glumpler en su colegio; de seguro que se hubieran insurreccionado..."

Oliver Twist is an orphan who was born in a workhouse. After an unhappy apprenticeship, Oliver runs away to London where he falls in with thieves, headed by Fagin. He is rescued by Mr Brownlow but the gang kidnap him back. Oliver discovers the identity of his parents and the gang is exposed.

The classic tale by Charles Dickens of tight-fisted, cold-hearted Scrooge who undergoes a transformation at Christmas. The ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future guide Scrooge to a better knowledge of what Christmas truly means.

A mysterious benefactor provides Philip Pirrip with the chance to escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by his expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. His expectations prove to be unfounded, however, and he must return home penniless.

Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of humanity' Mr Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimized weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognize the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery.

Tr.: P. Grolier

In this novel, Dickens describes one boy growing up in a world which is by turns magical, fearful and grimly realistic. In a book which is part autobiographical, the novelist transmutes his life-experience into a series of comic and sentimental adventures.

Paru en décembre 1843, "Un chant de Noël" est le premier et le plus célèbre des contes écrits par lauteur britannique Charles Dickens."Un chant de Noël" se déroule dans lAngleterre victorienne. Ebene

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Based in part on the authors own life, David Copperfield is the epic story of a young mans journey of self-discovery - from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to his vocation as a successful novel

La violencia de las multitudes fascinaba y angustiaba a Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge es el resultado de ese interés y de sus reflexiones sobre la propiedad y los fanatismos religiosos. La novela se publico por entregas en 1841 en el semanario Master Humphrey's Clock. Los personajes son la esencia de Dickens y uno de los destacables en esta novela es el aprendiz de cerrajero, Sim Tappertit, un hombrecillo que estaba convencido de tener una magnifica estatura, de poseer un talento extraordinario y un notable atractivo para las damas y de estar destinado a hacer grandes cosas en la vida.

Il Canto di Natale (A Christmas Carol: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In), noto anche come Cantico di Natale, Ballata di Natale o Racconto di Natale, e un romanzo breve di genere fantastico del 1843 di Charles Dickens (1812-1870), di cui e una delle opere piu famose e popolari. È il piu importante della serie dei Libri di Natale (The Christmas Books), una serie di storie che include anche Le campane (The Chimes, 1845), Il grillo del focolare (The Cricket on the Hearth, 1845), La battaglia della vita (The Battle for Life, 1846) e Il patto col fantasma (The Haunted Man, 1848).Nota: gli e-book editi da E-text in collaborazione con Liber Liber sono tutti privi di DRM; si possono quindi leggere su qualsiasi lettore di e-book, si possono copiare su piu dispositivi e, volendo, si possono anche modificare.Questo e-book aiuta il sito di Liber Liber, una mediateca che rende disponibili gratuitamente migliaia di capolavori della letteratura e della musica.

"David Copperfield" e il titolo dellottavo romanzo del grande scrittore inglese Charles Dickens pubblicato nel 1850.Il romanzo "David Copperfield" racconta infatti la storia travagliata di un ragazzo che, da una vita agiata, si ritrova povero e diseredato costretto ad arrangiarsi con lavori umili. La storia e ispirata alla stessa vita dellautore: e considerato infatti il piu autobiografico dei suoi scritti.Si tratta di un romanzo di formazione in quanto racconta la storia della vita di David dallinfanzia fino alla maturita e alla sua crescita interiore. È inoltre considerata anche unindustrial novel in quanto ambientato dellepoca della Rivoluzione Industriale, denunciando la situazione di sfruttamento di bambini ed adolescenti che lavoravano nelle fabbriche ricevendo bassissimi compensi.