Mystery of charles dickens

Mystery of Charles Dickens

A brilliant and insightful celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death.

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Mystery of Charles Dickens

A brilliant and insightful celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death.

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Mystery of Charles Dickens

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A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens Charles

This is the Penguin English Library Edition of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. 'Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!' Described by Di

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Charles Dickens

2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. This guide lets you meet the cast of from all of Dickens' classic novels and devour

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Charles Dickens

Introduce your child to the life of Charles Dickens, the great author of classic literature including Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social

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Charles Dickens

Superb, highly accessible biography of one of the giants of English literature by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A THOUSAND ACRES'Engaging and s

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Charles Dickens

Presents a colourful and informative chart packed with information about one of children's best loved authors. Children with a passion for reading wil

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Charles Dickens' London

A photographic local journey around London exploring the myriad of places connected to Charles Dickens.

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Screening Charles Dickens

Highlights the most popular adaptations of each Charles Dickens book, spanning from the films of the silent era through the 21st century. The survey a

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Oliver Twist - Dickens Charles

Charles Dickens's second novel is the tale of a young orphan who faces the gruelling conditions of a Victorian workhouse before finding himself sucked into the criminal underworld of London. Teeming with unforgettable characters such as the villainous Fagin, the virtuous Nancy and the brutal Bill Sikes, Oliver Twist combines dark humour, elements of melodrama and social p...

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Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

<p>Charles Dickens's second novel is the tale of a young orphan who faces the gruelling conditions of a Victorian workhouse before finding himself sucked into the criminal underworld of London. Teeming with unforgettable characters such as the villainous Fagin, the virtuous Nancy and the brutal Bill Sikes, Oliver Twist combines dark humour, elements of melodrama and...

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Ghost Stories - Dickens Charles

Anotace: Throughout his illustrious writing career, Charles Dickens often turned his hand to fashioning short pieces of ghostly fiction. Even in his first successful work, The Pickwick Papers, you will find five ghost stories, all of which are included in this collection. Dickens began the tradition of `the ghost story at Christmas`, and many of his tales in this genre a...

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Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

<p>Regarded as one of Charles Dickens's masterpieces, Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip and his growth to adulthood. Supported by a mysterious anonymous benefactor, Pip travels to London to be educated as a gentleman and make himself worthy of the hand of the beautiful Estella, the ward of the reclusive Miss Havisham. But Pip finds life in London mo...

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS - Charles Dickens

Anotace: Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for hand-picked classics of English literature that are simplified and adapted for students in an accessible and engaging way. Great Expectations is one of Charles Dickens' most popular novels, its colourful characters and strong story inspiring numerous film and TV adaptations. Thi...

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Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

<p>Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for hand-picked classics of English literature that are simplified and adapted for students in an accessible and engaging way. Great Expectations is one of Charles Dickens' most popular novels, its colourful characters and strong story inspiring numerous film and TV adaptations. This...

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Christmas Books - Charles Dickens

<p>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 memorie...

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Hard Times - Charles Dickens

<p>The Penguin English Library Edition of Hard Times by Charles Dickens'Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else'Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his fa...

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Oliver Twist - Dickens Charles

Anotace: Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of great adversity.Oliver Twist features some of the author`s most enduring characters, such ...

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Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

<p>One of Charles Dickens's most renowned and enjoyable novels, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy who wishes to transcend his humble origins and finds himself unexpectedly given the opportunity to live a life of wealth and respectability. Over the course of the tale, in which Pip encounters such famous characters as Miss Havisham, Herbert Pock...

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Charles Dickens's David Copperfield

An ideal introduction to one of Dicken's most popular novels, this text includes autobiography, text interpretations, period illustrations, stage and

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Hard Times - Charles Dickens

<p>Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feedi...

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Christmas with Charles Dickens

This paperback will feature three Christmas-themed stories by the author, led by "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton," a tale acknowledged as

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Oxford Handbook of Charles Dickens

The Oxford Handbook of Charles Dickens is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection on Dickens's life and works that includes original chapters on all

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DAVID COPPERFIELD - Charles Dickens

Anotace: The story traces the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. In this Reader you will find: information about Charles Dickens Tags Family | Friendship | Love | Adventure David Copperfield looks back on the first twenty-five years of his life. He is only eight years old when his mother, a young pretty widow, remarries. Unfortunately Mr Murdstone is n...

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Little Book of Charles Dickens

This tribute to Charles Dickens showcases quotes from the author's writings, alongside facts about his life and achievements.

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Little Book of Charles Dickens

The author of 20 much-loved novels and novellas, Charles Dickens combined humour and pathos to explore Victorian society in all its shades. Widely praised for his rich narratives and larger-than-life characters, he was not only a celebrity author but also an admired social reformer. Moving from the refined drawing rooms of the upper classes to the horrors of the workhouse...

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Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens and Georgina Hogarth

Tells the remarkable story of Charles Dickens' relationship with his sister-in-law, his 'best and truest friend' Georgina Hogarth, who came to live wi

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Charles Dickens Other Christmas Stories

Almost everyone knows of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Few, though, know that that story was merely the first of a set of five Christmas stories he wrote between 1844 and 1848. This book contains those other Christmas stories: "The Chimes" (Toby "

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A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

Anotace: A stunningly beautiful hardback edition of the most famous Christmas story in the world - Charles Dickens` beloved book A Christmas Carol.Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present and future, Scrooge...

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Our Mutual Friend - Dickens Charles

Anotace: Complete and unabridged.One of BBC`s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.Dickens exposes the corrupting power of money in his last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend, with its expansive cast of characters and interweaving plots.Part of the Macmillan Collector`s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers...

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Major Works of Charles Dickens (Boxed Set)

2012 is the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of our greatest and most important novelists, Charles Dickens. This title includes six of hi

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Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities

Since its publication in 1859, A Tale of Two Cities has remained the best-known fictional recreation of the French Revolution, and one of Charles Dick

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A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

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Life and Lies of Charles Dickens

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Life of the Author: Charles Dickens

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Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens (Complete Collection)

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Charles Dickens: The BBC Radio Drama Collection: Volume Two

Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned novelists of all time, and this second volume of the dramatised canon of his work includes the gripping hi

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Charles Dickens: Faith, Angels and the Poor

The faith of Charles Dickens, the most influential and popular author of the Victorian era.

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Dickens Boy

By the author of Schindler's Ark and master storyteller, Thomas Keneally, a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and his adventures in the Austral

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Dickens Boy

By the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback.

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Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction

Jenny Hartley introduces Charles Dickens's life and works, looking at the vitality of his characters and the energy which surges through his writing.

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David Copperfield: 175th Anniversary Edition - Dickens Charles

Anotace: Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this irresistible 175th anniversary edition of David Copperfield.Of all my books, I like this the best - Charles DickensFull of tragedy and comedy in equal measure and based in part on the author`s own life, David Copperfield remains ...

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David Copperfield: 175th Anniversary Edition - Charles Dickens

<p>Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this irresistible 175th anniversary edition of David Copperfield.Of all my books, I like this the best - Charles DickensFull of tragedy and comedy in equal measure and based in part on the author's own life, David Copperfield remains o...

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Oliver Twist, 1. vydání - Charles Dickens

<p>The Penguin English Library Edition of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens'A parish child - the orphan of a workhouse - the humble, half-starved drudge - to be cuffed and buffeted through the world, despised by all, and pitied by none'Dark, mysterious and mordantly funny, Oliver Twist features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacher...

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A Christmas Carol, 1. vydání - Charles Dickens

<p>The Penguin English Library Edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens"Every idiot who goes around with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding"Charles Dickens's tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is haunted by three spirits and learns the true meaning of Christmas has had, along with Dickens's other Christmas writings, a la...

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A Christmas Carol (Collins Classics) - Charles Dickens

<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,' said the Spirit. 'Look upon me!' A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens' atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as...

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Great Expectations, 1. vydání - Charles Dickens

<p>The Penguin English Library Edition of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens"What do you think that is?' she asked me, again pointing with her stick; 'that, where those cobwebs are?""I can't guess what it is, ma'am.""It's a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!"Great Expectations, Dickens's funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the ...

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A Christmas Carol, 1. vydání - Charles Dickens

<p>A stunningly beautiful hardback edition of the most famous Christmas story in the world - Charles Dickens' beloved book A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present and future, Scroog...

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Oliver Twist, 1. vydání - Charles Dickens

<p>'Oliver Twist has asked for more!'</p> <p>Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. Dickens scathin...

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Oliver Twist, 1. vydání - Charles Dickens

<p>Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of great adversity. Oliver Twist features some of the author's most enduring characters, such ...

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Great Expectations/Nadějné vyhlídky - Charles Dickens

Anotace: Příběh malého Pipa začíná v bažinatém kraji Kentu. Když tam jednou o Vánocích náhodou potká uprchlého vězně, netuší, že se jeho život už brzy navždy změní. Sled úžasných událostí následujících po tomto setkání a tragický, záhadný příběh slečny Havishamové a její krásné, ale chladné adoptivní dcery Estelly činí z Nadějných vyhlídek jedno z nejoblíbenějších děl Ch...

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Our Mutual Friend, 1. vydání - Charles Dickens

<p>Complete and unabridged.One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.Dickens exposes the corrupting power of money in his last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend, with its expansive cast of characters and interweaving plots.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers....

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David Copperfield, 1. vydání - Charles Dickens

<p>Now a major film directed by Armando Iannucci, starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi and Ben WhishawDickens's epic, exuberant novel is one of the greatest coming-of-age stories in literature. It chronicles David Copperfield's extraordinary journey through life, as he encounters villains, saviours, eccentrics and grotesques, including th...

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PER | Level 3: David Copperfield - Charles Dickens

<p>David Copperfield’s happy life suddenly changes when his mother marries again. Her new husband is cruel to him and sends him away to school. When David’s mother dies, he is sent to work in London. He hates his job so he runs away. He has no money for food or for travelling. But it is the beginning of his life of adventure.</p>

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Level 2: A Christmas Carol - Dickens Charles

Anotace: zjednodušená anglická četba pro dospělé a mládež - úroveň Elementary - Scrooge je chladný, tvrdý člověk. Miluje peníze a nemá rád lidi. Ale úplně ze všeho nenávidí vánoce. O vánocích ho však navštíví několik duchů, kteří mu postupně ukáží jeho minulost, přítomnost a budoucnost. Poučí se Scrooge od duchů a změní se?Scrooge is a cold, hard man. He loves money, and...

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Level 3: Charles Dickens Book and Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack - Dickens Charles

Anotace: Charles Dickens is one of Britain`s greatest writers. His novels have been popular around the world for more than 150 years. Through his writing he fought for better conditions for children and the poor, but most of all he is remembered today for his wonderful stories and his unforgettable characters.

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PEAR | Level 3: Charles Dickens Bk/Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack - Charles Dickens

<p>Charles Dickens is one of Britain's greatest writers. His novels have been popular around the world for more than 150 years. Through his writing he fought for better conditions for children and the poor, but most of all he is remembered today for his wonderful stories and his unforgettable characters.</p>

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