Maurice Greiffenhagen – illustratör

A runaway bestseller on its publication in 1887, H. Rider Haggard’s She is a Victorian thrill ride of a novel, featuring a lost African kingdom ruled by a mysterious, implacable queen; ferocious wildlife and yawning abysses; and an eerie love story that spans two thousand years. She has bewitched readers from Freud and Jung to C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien; in her Introduction to this Modern Library Paperback Classic—which includes period illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen and Charles H. M. Kerr—Margaret Atwood asserts that the awe-inspiring Ayesha, “She-who-must-be-obeyed,” is “a permanent feature of the human imagination.”

Introduction and Notes by Dinny Thorold, University of Westminster.Illustrated by F. Walker and Maurice Greiffenhagen.Unusually for Dickens, Hard Times is set, not in London, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment. This is the soulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the heartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby.However human joy is not excluded thanks to 'Mr Sleary's Horse-Riding' circus, a gin-soaked and hilarious troupe of open-hearted and affectionate people who act as an antidote to all the drudgery and misery endured by the ordinary citizens of Coketown.Macaulay attacked Hard Times for its ‘sullen socialism’, but 20th-century critics such as George Bernard Shaw and F.R. Leavis have praised this book in the highest terms, while readers the world over have found inspiration and enjoyment from what is both Dickens’ shortest completed novel and also one of his important statements on Victorian society.

This carefully crafted ebook: "FRED M. WHITE Ultimate Collection: 77 Detective Novels & 240+ Short Stories (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:The Crimson BlindThe Ends of JusticeBy Order of the LeagueThe Island of ShadowsPowers of DarknessBlackmailThe Weight of the CrownA Shadowed LoveMy Lady BountifulA Golden ArgosyThe Cardinal MothThe Corner HouseThe House of SchemersThe Lord of the ManorThe Slave of SilenceThe Yellow FaceThe Nether MillstoneThe Midnight GuestA Fatal DoseA Daughter of IsraelTregarthen''s WifeThe Five KnotsThe Edge of the SwordThe Lonely BrideCraven FortuneThe Law of the LandThe SundialNettaA Queen of the StageThe Scales of JusticeA Crime on CanvasThe Golden RosePaul QuentinA Front of BrassHard PressedThe White GloveA Mummer''s ThroneThe Secret of the SandsThe Man Called GilrayThe House of MammonA Royal WrongA Secret ServiceThe Sentence of the CourtThe Mystery of the RavenspursThe DayAmbition''s SlaveThe Seed of EmpireThe Salt of the EarthThe Lady in BlueThe Case for the CrownThe Wings of VictoryThe Mystery of the Four FingersThe Leopard''s SpotsThe Honour of His HouseThe Man who was TwoThe Mystery of Room 75The Councillors of FalconhoeThe Mystery of CrocksandsThe Turn of the TideThe Green BungalowThe Devil''s AdvocateThe Golden BatThe Price of SilenceThe House on the RiverThe Shadow of the Dead HandThe King DiamondThe Riddle of the RailThe Grey WomanQueen of HeartsOn The Night ExpressThe Phantom CarA Clue in WaxFound DeadThe Man Who KnewA Broken MemorySecret of the RiverThe Blue DaffodilShort Story SeriesThe Doom of LondonThe Gipsy TalesThe Master CriminalThe Real DramaThe Romance of the Secret Service FundThe Adventures of Drenton DennFrederick White (1859–1935), mostly known for mysteries, is considered also as one of the pioneers of the spy story.

This carefully crafted ebook: "FRED M. WHITE Premium Collection: 60+ Murder Mysteries & Crime Novels; Including 200+ Short Stories (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:By Order of the LeagueThe Midnight GuestA Fatal DoseThe Island of ShadowsThe Crimson BlindTregarthen''s WifeBlackmailThe Weight of the CrownA Shadowed LoveMy Lady BountifulA Golden ArgosyThe Cardinal MothThe Corner HouseThe Ends of JusticeThe House of SchemersThe Lord of the ManorThe Slave of SilenceThe Yellow FaceThe Nether MillstoneThe Five KnotsThe Edge of the SwordThe Lonely BrideCraven FortuneThe Law of the LandThe Mystery of the Four FingersThe SundialNettaA Queen of the StageThe Scales of JusticeA Crime on CanvasThe Golden RosePaul QuentinA Front of BrassHard PressedThe White GloveA Mummer''s ThroneThe Secret of the SandsThe Man Called GilrayThe House of MammonA Royal WrongA Secret ServiceThe Sentence of the CourtPowers of DarknessThe Mystery of the RavenspursThe DayAmbition''s SlaveThe Seed of EmpireThe Salt of the EarthThe Lady in BlueThe Case for the CrownThe Wings of VictoryThe Leopard''s SpotsThe Honour of His HouseThe Man who was TwoThe Mystery of Room 75The Councillors of FalconhoeThe Master Criminal (True Crime Tales)The Doom of LondonThe Gipsy TalesThe Real DramaThe Romance of the Secret Service FundThe Adventures of Drenton Denn…Frederick White (1859–1935), mostly known for mysteries, is considered also as one of the pioneers of the spy story.

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 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: "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: "WILLIAM LE QUEUX Ultimate Collection: 100+ Spy Thrillers, Detective Mysteries, Adventure Classics, Historical Novels, War Stories & Crime Tales (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:NovelsThe Great War in England in 1897The Invasion of 1910Guilty BondsZoraidaThe TemptressThe Great White QueenDevil''s DiceWhoso Findeth a WifeThe Eye of IstarIf Sinners Entice TheeThe Bond of BlackThe Day of TemptationThe Veiled ManThe Wiles of the WickedAn Eye for an EyeIn White RaimentOf Royal BloodHer Majesty''s MinisterThe Under-SecretaryThe Seven SecretsAs We Forgive ThemThe Sign of the StrangerThe Hunchback of WestminsterThe Closed BookThe Czar''s SpyBehind the ThroneThe Pauper of Park LaneThe Mysterious Mr. MillerWhatsoever a Man SowethThe Great Court ScandalThe Lady in the CarThe House of WhispersThe Red RoomSpies of the KaiserThe Great God GoldHushed Up! A Mystery of LondonThe Death-DoctorThe Lost MillionThe Price of PowerHer Royal HighnessThe White LieThe Four FacesThe Sign of SilenceThe Mysterious ThreeAt the Sign of the SwordThe Mystery of the Green RayNumber 70, BerlinThe Way to WinThe Broken ThreadThe Place of DragonsThe Zeppelin DestroyerSant of the Secret ServiceThe Stolen StatesmanThe Doctor of PimlicoWhither Thou GoestThe IntriguersThe Red WidowMademoiselle of Monte CarloThis House to LetThe Golden FaceThe Stretton Street AffairThe Voice from the VoidShort Story CollectionsStolen SoulsThe Count''s ChauffeurThe Bomb-MakersThe Gay TriangleHistorical WorksRasputin the Rascal MonkThe German Spy System from Within...William Le Queux (1864-1927) was an Anglo-French writer who mainly wrote in the genres of mystery, thriller, and espionage, particularly in the years leading up to World War I. His best-known works are the invasion fantasy novels "The Great War in England in 1897" and "The Invasion of 1910."

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.