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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a sprawling adventure that follows young Nicholas journey across England to defend his familys honour and regain their lost fortune. After the death of Nicholas father, the Nickleby family is on the brink of collapse, and they must rely on their treacherous uncle Ralph to survive. Nicholas is sent to work at a Yorkshire school but quickly learns that it is run by belligerent ghouls. After a violent confrontation, Nicholas and his friend Smike flee the school and embark on a marvellous misadventure to rescue Nicholas family and find love. While remaining true to Dickens celebrated social criticism, this novel also portrays the authors incredible comedic abilities as the protagonists find themselves in many accidentally absurd situations. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a drama teeming with humour, romance, revenge, and murder. The storys narrative scope and memorable cast of characters make it the perfect read for fans of Shakespeare, and it was adapted into a film starring Anne Hathaway and Charlie Hunnam in 2002.

Little Dorrit is a highly personal novel by Charles Dickens that many critics state is one of his finest later works. The story revolves around Amy Dorrit, a kind-hearted young woman who resides in Marshalsea prison as her family cannot afford to pay their debts. Amy and her familys fortune changes as Arthur Clennam, a wealthy businessman, takes an interest in her family while attempting to solve a mystery about his lineage. Little Dorrit is a sprawling family saga that involves unrequited love, blackmail, and a timeless rags-to-riches story with a twist. Dickens celebrated social satire is displayed in this tale as he criticises the cruel prison system of Victorian England which his father spent many years in, unable to work or repay his debts. While this is a darker novel than Dickens early work, it still entertains through its cast of comical characters and lyrical prose. A thrilling novel that is equally poignant and entertaining, Little Dorrit is still as relevant today as when it was written and is a must-read for fans of Dickens and The Shawshank Redemption.

«Digamos, para comenzar, que Marley estaba muerto. De eso no hay duda... Tan muerto como el clavo de una puerta» Así empieza Canción de Navidad, un relato de fantasmas que cuenta la inquietante noche que en la víspera de esta festividad pasa el miserable y tacaño anciano Ebenezer Scrooge a consecuencia de la visita del espectro de su antiguo socio, Jacob Marley., quien hace desfilar ante él la visión de los espíritus de las Navidades pasadas, presentes y futuras. Las emociones y las reflexiones que este recorrido remueve en Scrooge acabarán obrando en su existencia una feliz transformación. Traducción de Santiago Rodríguez Santerbás

Carlos Dickens autor de excepción de la época victoriana, inició un género en la novela inglesa, independiente de influencias extranjeras, que tuvo considerable ascendiente sobre los demás novelistas europeos, con varios temas realistas, de preferencia humoristicos, cuando presenta la vision de la vida en lo que tiene de risible, con los detalles graciosos que a cada paso presenta la existencia.De este genial escritor puede afirmarse que su misma vida, tan llena de vicisitudes y de emociones, le suministraria los materiales que darian origen a los protagonistas de sus novelas; pero su personalidad es mas asombrosa que la de sus personajes, por mas que todos estan en el en potencia, con sus amores y sus odios, con sus sufrimientos y alegrias, reflejos de sus propias aventuras y del conocimiento de la gente, costumbres y sucesos.

David Copperfield features Dickens most popular protagonist and is often described as the authors masterpiece. The novel follows the life of the titular hero, who battles hardship and villainous characters as he attempts to achieve his dreams of becoming an author and finding true love. It is a panoramic novel, as Copperfield embarks on a marvellous journey across England and Europe, encountering many memorable characters and humorous situations along the way. Dickens drew from his own life experiences to create a deeply personal and poignant novel that has been embraced and adored by readers around the globe for generations. David Copperfield expertly blends comedy and tragedy, creating an entertaining and compelling story that is suitable for readers of all ages and preferences. This classic novel was adapted by the creator of Veep into the critically acclaimed movie The Personal History of David Copperfield starring Academy Award-nominated actor Dev Patel in 2019.

Our Mutual Friend illustrated Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend, written in the years 186465, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, quoting from the character Bella Wilfer in the book, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life."[1]Most reviewers in the 1860s continued to praise Dickens skill as a writer in general, though not reviewing this novel in detail. Some found the plot too complex, and not well laid out.[2] The Times of London found the first few chapters did not draw the reader into the characters. However, in the 20th century reviewers have found much to approve in the later novels of Dickens, including Our Mutual Friend.[3] In the late 20th and early 21st century, some reviewers suggested that Dickens was experimenting with structure,[4][5] and that the characters considered somewhat flat and not recognized by the contemporary reviewers[6] were true representations of the Victorian working class and key to understanding the structure of the society depicted by Dickens in this novel.

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 Dickenss 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 worlds 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.

The Battle of Life Charles Dickens - The only one of the five Christmas Books that has no supernatural or explicitly religious elements. (One scene takes place at Christmas time, but it is not the final scene.) The story bears some resemblance to The Cricket on the Hearth in two aspects: it has a non-urban setting and it is resolved with a romantic twist. As is typical with Dickens, the ending is a happy one.

Bleak House Charles Dickens - Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20 episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and is told partly by the novels heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. At the centre of Bleak House is a long-running legal case in the Court of Chancery, Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which came about because a testator wrote several conflicting wills. In a preface to the 1853 first edition, Dickens claimed there were many actual precedents for his fictional case. One such was probably the Thellusson v Woodford case in which a will read in 1797 was contested and not determined until 1859. Though the legal profession criticised Dickenss satire as exaggerated, this novel helped support a judicial reform movement which culminated in the enactment of legal reform in the 1870s.

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens - Originally published in 1844, Charles Dickens thought The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit to be his best work, even though it was one of his least popular novels. A tale of greed and selfishness, it tells the story of Martin Chuzzlewit, who goes to work for the architect, Seth Pecksniff; an odious man who uses the money of his students without really teaching them anything. Theres also Tom Pinch, an innocent and kind hearted man who was fallen foul of Pecksniffs greed. The backdrop to all this is the relationship young Martin wishes to have with Mary Graham - a relationship which his grandfather is seemingly against.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Best of Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities + Great Expectations + David Copperfield + Oliver Twist + A Christmas Carol (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A Tale of Two Cities: A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. Great Expectations: 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. David Copperfield: David Copperfield is the common name of the eighth novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a novel in 1850. Many elements of the novel follow events in Dickens own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of his novels. Oliver Twist: Oliver Twist is notable for Dickens unromantic portrayal of criminals and their sordid lives. The book exposed the cruel treatment of many a waif-child in London, which increased international concern in what is sometimes known as "The Great London Waif Crisis": the large number of orphans in London in the Dickens era. A Christmas Carol: The tale has been viewed by critics as an indictment of 19th-century industrial capitalism. It has been credited with restoring the holiday to one of merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a period of sobriety and sombreness.

Olivers mother dies when he is born and he is brought up in a workhouse. His first years are cold and lonelyand then he runs away to London. But he falls into the hands of Fagin and the terrifying Bill Sykes. They try to turn Oliver into a criminal. Will he escape to find a better life?