""Bleak House" is Charles Dickens' masterful assault on the injustices of the British legal system. This "Penguin Classics" edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Nicola Bradbury, as well as a preface by Terry Eagleton. As the interminable case of 'Jarndyce and Jarndyce' grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being dev ..."
"狄更斯(1812~1870)英国小说家,一生共创作了14部长篇小说,许多中、短篇小说和杂文、游记、戏剧、小品。《远大前程》(又名《孤星血泪》)是狄更斯最成熟的作品之一,是他比较晚期的作品。狄更斯经历了丰富的人间生活后,对人,对周围环境,对自己的生活经历都有了深刻的认识,而所有他成熟的思想认识都汇总在《远大前程》一书中。 温馨提示:多种封面随机发货Book DescriptionAn unknown 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 ..."
Master Humphrey#39;s Clock (Dover Thrift Editions) by CharlesDickens Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2020 by Dover Publications Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-486-83849-6, ISBN: 0-486-83849-8
"Characters from The Pickwick Papers are among the narrators in this charming collection of short stories, published by the author from 1840 to 1841 in a weekly periodical."
"‘Hold your noise!’ cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the side of the church porch. ‘Keep still, you little devil, or I’ll cut your throat!’So begins Charles Dickens’s 1861 bildungsroman, the story of the orphan Pip who is catapulted from the desolate Kent marshes of his childhood to become a young gentleman in London.Who is Pip’s mysterious benefactor? And what role will the troubling figures of escape ..."
"A Christmas Carol is the most famous, heart-warming and chilling festive story of them all. In these pages we meet Ebenezer Scrooge, whose name is synonymous with greed and parsimony: 'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart'. This attitude is soon challenged when the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley, returns from the g ..."
The Pickwick Papers by CharlesDickens Paperback, 736 Pages, Published 2018 by Arcturus Publishing Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-78888-191-3, ISBN: 1-78888-191-5
Great Expectations (Arcturus Paperback Classics) by CharlesDickens Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2009 by Book Sales, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-84837-319-8, ISBN: 1-84837-319-8
Oliver Twist(Reprint) (A Penguin Classics Hardcover) by CharlesDickens, Philip Horne, 查尔斯·狄更斯 Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2003 by Penguin Classics Large Print, International Edition, Antique Books, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-0-14-143974-7, ISBN: 0-14-143974-2
"Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist is a gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an introduction by Philip Horne. The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memo ..."
"Charles Dickens's Great Expectations - now a major new film from director Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter) - charts the course of orphan Pip Pirrip's life as it is transformed by a vast, mysterious inheritance. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with notes by Charlotte Mitchell, and an introduction by David Trotter. Adapted from Dickens's novel by bestselling author David Nicholls (One Day), Great Expectatio ..."
Hard Times(1st Edition) (Dover Thrift Editions) by CharlesDickens, Dover Thrift Editions Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2001 by Dover Publications Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-486-41920-6, ISBN: 0-486-41920-7
" "My satire is against those who see figures and averages, and nothing else," proclaimed Charles Dickens in explaining the theme of this classic novel. Published in 1854, the story concerns one Thomas Gradgrind, a "fanatic of the demonstrable fact," who raises his children, Tom and Louisa, in a stifling and arid atmosphere of grim practicality.Without a moral compass to guide them, the children sink into lives of desperation and despai ..."
"A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens's most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Doctor Manette was wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years without trial by the aristocratic authorities. Finally released, he is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, who despite her French ancestry has been ..."
Little Dorrit by CharlesDickens Hardcover, Published 2021 by Baker Street Press ISBN-13: 978-1-912464-34-0, ISBN: 1-912464-34-9