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'His characters are marvellous, his insights wonderful ... You don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better' Ruth RendellThe Old Curiosity Shop was an instant bestseller that, even while it was criticized for its sentimentality, captured the hearts of the nation with its portrayal of little Nell Trent, who is thrown into a terrifying world when her beloved grandfather is unable to pay his debts to the loathsome Quilp. Alongside the pathos of the innocent, tragic Nell are some of Dickens's greatest characters: the ne'er-do'well Dick Swiveller, the mannish lawyer Sally Brass, the half-starved 'Marchioness' and the lustful Quilp himself, a creation of demonic power and cruelty. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Norman Page

Penguin Classics presents the audiobook adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop, read by Alex McCowen.The tale of Little Nell gripped the nation when it first appeared in 1841. Described as a "tragedy of sorrows", the story tells of Nell uprooted from a secure and innocent childhood and cast into a world where evil takes many shapes, the most fascinating of which is the stunted, lecherous Quilp. Blending realism with non-realistic genres such as fairy-tale, allegory, and pastoral, the tale of Nell's tragedy contains some of Dickens most memorable comic and grotesque creations, including the dwarf Daniel Quilp, Dick Swiveller and Kit Nubbles.Part of a series of abridged, vintage recordings taken from the Penguin Archives. Affordable, collectable, quality productions - perfect for on-the-go listening.

'His characters are marvellous, his insights wonderful ... You don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better' Ruth RendellThe Old Curiosity Shop was an instant bestseller that, even while it was criticized for its sentimentality, captured the hearts of the nation with its portrayal of little Nell Trent, who is thrown into a terrifying world when her beloved grandfather is unable to pay his debts to the loathsome Quilp. Alongside the pathos of the innocent, tragic Nell are some of Dickens's greatest characters: the ne'er-do'well Dick Swiveller, the mannish lawyer Sally Brass, the half-starved 'Marchioness' and the lustful Quilp himself, a creation of demonic power and cruelty. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Norman Page

With illustrations by Edward Landseer, Daniel Maclise, Clarkson Stanfield, Frank Stone, Richard Doyle, John Leech and John Tenniel, and with a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.In these five long stories, written specifically for Christmas, Dickens combines his concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional seasonal lore.A Christmas Carol, the first of the selection, has become a touchstone of English festive fiction and an enduring favourite internationally. Repeatedly adapted, parodied, staged and filmed, this richly influential tale is powerfully vivid and moving.The other stories, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man, blend whimsy, sentiment, comedy, satire, the didactic and the fantastic, developing resourcefully the theme of individual and social regeneration.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of Charles Dickens" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:NovelsOliver TwistThe Pickwick PapersNicholas NicklebyThe Old Curiosity ShopBarnaby RudgeMartin ChuzzlewitDombey and SonDavid CopperfieldBleak HouseHard TimesLittle DorritA Tale of Two CitiesGreat ExpectationsOur Mutual FriendThe Mystery of Edwin DroodChristmas NovellasA Christmas CarolThe ChimesThe Cricket on the HearthThe Battle of LifeThe Haunted ManShort Story CollectionsSketches by BozSketches of Young GentlemenSketches of Young CouplesMaster Humphrey'' ClockReprinted PiecesThe Mudfog PapersPearl-Fishing (First Series)Pearl-Fishing (Second Series)Christmas StoriesOther StoriesChildren''s BooksChild''s Dream of a StarHoliday RomanceStories About Children Every Child Can ReadDickens''s ChildrenPlaysThe Village CoquettesThe Strange GentlemanThe LamplighterIs She His WifeMr. Nightingale''s DiaryNo ThoroughfareThe Frozen DeepPoetryThe Loving Ballad of Lord BatemanThe Poems and Verses of Charles DickensTravel BooksAmerican NotesPictures From ItalyThe Lazy Tour of Two Idle ApprenticesOther WorksSunday Under Three HeadsA Child''s History of EnglandMemoirs of Joseph GrimaldiThe Life of Our LordThe Uncommercial TravellerContributions to "All The Year Round"Contributions to "The Examiner"Miscellaneous PapersEssays & ArticlesA Coal Miner''s EvidenceThe Lost Arctic VoyagersFrauds on the FairiesAdelaide Anne ProcterIn Memoriam W. M. ThackeraySpeeches of Charles Dickens: Literary and SocialLetters of Charles DickensCriticismCHARLES DICKENS by G. K. ChestertonDICKENS by Sir Adolphus William WardTHE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by John ForsterMY FATHER AS I RECALL HIM by Mamie D.Charles Dickens (1812-1870), an English writer and social critic, created some of the world''s best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Novels of Charles Dickens: 20 Illustrated Classics in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Table of Contents:NovelsOliver TwistThe Pickwick PapersNicholas NicklebyThe Old Curiosity ShopBarnaby RudgeMartin ChuzzlewitDombey and SonDavid CopperfieldBleak HouseHard TimesLittle DorritA Tale of Two CitiesGreat ExpectationsOur Mutual FriendThe Mystery of Edwin DroodA Christmas CarolThe ChimesThe Cricket on the HearthThe Battle of LifeThe Haunted ManCriticismAppreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles DickensThe Limitations of Dickens by Henry JamesThe Puzzle of Dickens''s Last Plot by Andrew LangDavid Copperfield by Virginia WoolfBiographiesCharles Dickens by G. K. ChestertonThe Life of Charles Dickens by John ForsterDickens'' London by M. F. MansfieldCharles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world''s best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE GREATEST DICKENS CLASSICS (Illustrated Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Our Mutual Friend - explores the conflict between doing what society expects of a person and the idea of being true to oneselfThe Pickwick Papers - To extend his researches into the quaint and curious phenomena of life, Samuel Pickwick suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" should make journeys to places remote from London and report on their findings to the other members.Oliver Twist is an orphan who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal, Fagin…A Christmas Carol tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after visitations by the ghost of his former business partner and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.David Copperfield is a fatherless boy who is sent to lodge with his housekeeper''s family after his mother remarries, but when his mother dies he decides to run away…Hard Times is set in the fictional city of Coketown and it is centered around utilitarian and industrial influences on Victorian society.A Tale of Two Cities depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same period.Great Expectations depicts the personal growth and development of an orphan nicknamed Pip in Kent and London in the early to mid-19th century.Bleak House – legal thriller based on true events.Little Dorrit – criticize the institution of debtors'' prisons, the shortcomings of both government and society.COLLECTED LETTERSTHE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by John Forster

This carefully crafted ebook: "DICKENS''S LONDON" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:NovelsThe Pickwick PapersOliver TwistNicholas NicklebyThe Old Curiosity ShopBarnaby RudgeMartin ChuzzlewitDavid CopperfieldLittle DorritA Tale of Two CitiesGreat ExpectationsOur Mutual FriendShort StoriesSketches by BozThe Beadle. The Parish Engine. The Schoolmaster.The Curate. The Old Lady. The Half-pay CaptainThe Four SistersThe Election for BeadleThe Broker''s ManThe Ladies'' SocietiesOur Next-door NeighbourThe Streets – morningThe Streets – nightShops and their TenantsScotland YardSeven DialsMeditations in Monmouth-StreetHackney-coach StandsDoctors'' CommonsLondon RecreationsThe RiverAstley''sGreenwich FairPrivate TheatresVauxhall Gardens by DayEarly CoachesOmnibusesThe Last Cab-driver, and the First Omnibus cadA Parliamentary SketchPublic DinnersThe First of MayBrokers'' and Marine-store ShopsGin-shopsThe Pawnbroker''s ShopCriminal CourtsA Visit to NewgateThoughts about PeopleA Christmas DinnerThe New YearMiss Evans and the EagleThe Parlour OratorThe Hospital PatientThe Misplaced attachment of Mr. John DounceThe Mistaken MillinerThe Dancing AcademyShabby-Genteel PeopleMaking a Night of ItThe Prisoners'' VanThe Boarding-houseMr. Minns and his CousinSentimentThe Tuggses at RamsgateHoratio SparkinsThe Black VeilThe Steam ExcursionThe Great Winglebury DuelMrs. Joseph PorterA Passage in the Life of Mr. Watkins TottleThe Bloomsbury ChristeningThe Drunkard''s deathSketches of Young GentlemenSketches of Young CouplesMaster Humphrey''s ClockSunday Under Three HeadsCharles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world''s best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

This carefully crafted ebook: "CHARLES DICKENS Ultimate Collection" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:NovelsOliver TwistThe Pickwick PapersNicholas NicklebyThe Old Curiosity ShopBarnaby RudgeMartin ChuzzlewitDombey and SonDavid CopperfieldBleak HouseHard TimesLittle DorritA Tale of Two CitiesGreat ExpectationsOur Mutual FriendThe Mystery of Edwin DroodChristmas NovellasA Christmas CarolThe ChimesThe Cricket on the HearthThe Battle of LifeThe Haunted ManShort Story CollectionsSketches by BozSketches of Young GentlemenSketches of Young CouplesMaster Humphrey'' ClockReprinted PiecesThe Mudfog PapersPearl-Fishing (First Series)Pearl-Fishing (Second Series)Christmas StoriesOther StoriesChildren''s BooksChild''s Dream of a StarHoliday RomanceStories About Children Every Child Can ReadDickens''s ChildrenPlaysThe Village CoquettesThe Strange GentlemanThe LamplighterIs She His WifeMr. Nightingale''s DiaryNo ThoroughfareThe Frozen DeepPoetryThe Loving Ballad of Lord BatemanThe Poems and Verses of Charles DickensTravel BooksAmerican NotesPictures From ItalyThe Lazy Tour of Two Idle ApprenticesOther WorksSunday Under Three HeadsA Child''s History of EnglandMemoirs of Joseph GrimaldiThe Life of Our LordThe Uncommercial TravellerContributions to "All The Year Round"Contributions to "The Examiner"Miscellaneous PapersEssays & ArticlesA Coal Miner''s EvidenceThe Lost Arctic VoyagersFrauds on the FairiesAdelaide Anne ProcterIn Memoriam W. M. ThackeraySpeeches of Charles Dickens: Literary and SocialLetters of Charles DickensCriticismCHARLES DICKENS by G. K. ChestertonDICKENS by Sir Adolphus W. WardTHE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by John ForsterMY FATHER AS I RECALL HIM by Mamie DickensCharles Dickens (1812-1870), an English writer and social critic, created some of the world''s best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Children''s Tales from Dickens – The Great Classics & The Wonderful Stories for Children (Illustrated Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Stories About Children Every Child Can Read:Trotty Veck and MegTiny TimThe Runaway CoupleLittle DorritThe Toy-Maker and His Blind DaughterLittle NellLittle David CopperfieldJenny WrenPip''s AdventureTodgers''Dick Swiveller and the MarchionessMr. Wardle''s Servant JoeThe Brave and Honest Boy, Oliver TwistNovels:Oliver TwistNicholas NicklebyThe Old Curiosity ShopMartin ChuzzlewitDavid CopperfieldGreat ExpectationsChristmas Novellas:A Christmas CarolThe ChimesThe Cricket on the HearthChildren''s Books:Child''s Dream of a StarHoliday RomanceDickens''s ChildrenChristmas StoriesA Christmas TreeThe Poor Relation''s StoryThe Child''s StoryThe Schoolboy''s StoryNobody''s StoryThe Christmas GoblinTom Tiddler''s GroundA Child''s History of EnglandCharles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world''s best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

Charles Dickens is well-known for his rich literary style and his ability to capture the essence of 19th-century London. In ''A Dickens Boxed Set'', readers can delve into a comprehensive collection of Dickens'' work, including 20 novels and over 200 short stories, plays, poems, and articles. This collection offers a deep dive into the Victorian era, exploring themes of social injustice, poverty, and the human experience through Dickens'' vivid storytelling and well-developed characters. The intricate plots and compelling narratives showcased in this boxed set provide readers with a glimpse into the complexity of Dickens'' storytelling and his enduring impact on literature. With a mix of genres and formats, this collection highlights the versatility and creativity of one of the most beloved authors in literary history. Charles Dickens, a prolific author of the 19th century, drew inspiration from his own experiences and observations of Victorian England. His works often reflect his concerns about social issues and the plight of the poor, showcasing his deep empathy and understanding of human nature. Dickens'' unique blend of humor, drama, and social commentary has solidified his place as a master storyteller and a significant figure in English literature. For readers who appreciate classic literature and historical fiction, ''A Dickens Boxed Set'' is a must-read. This extensive collection provides an immersive experience into the world of Charles Dickens, offering a diverse range of works that showcase his talent and legacy. Whether you are a longtime fan of Dickens or new to his work, this boxed set offers a comprehensive look at the author''s enduring impact on literature and society.In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology''s overall scope without giving away essential twists.- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.

In ''The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)'', readers are treated to a comprehensive collection of the author''s beloved novels, short stories, and sketches, all accompanied by stunning illustrations. Dickens'' signature style of social commentary, vivid characters, and intricate plots are on full display, showcasing his mastery of storytelling during the Victorian era. From the timeless classic ''Great Expectations'' to the heartwarming ''A Christmas Carol'', this anthology offers a deep dive into the works of one of English literature''s most celebrated authors. The inclusion of illustrations adds an extra layer of richness to the reading experience, bringing Dickens'' world to life in vivid detail. Fans of classic literature and students of English literature will find this collection a valuable addition to their library. Charles Dickens, known for his firsthand experience with poverty and social inequality, was driven by a desire to shed light on the hardships faced by the marginalized in society. This empathy and awareness are reflected in his writing, making his works not only entertaining but also thought-provoking. Those interested in exploring the complexities of human nature and societal issues through the lens of a master storyteller will find ''The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)'' a rewarding read.In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology''s overall scope without giving away essential twists.- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.