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 ..."
A Christmas Carol(Unabridged) (Dover Thrift Editions) by CharlesDickens Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1991 by Dover Publications Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-0-486-26865-1, ISBN: 0-486-26865-9
"In October 1843, Charles Dickens ― heavily in debt and obligated to his publisher ― began work on a book to help supplement his family's meager income. That volume, A Christmas Carol, has long since become one of the most beloved stories in the English language. As much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen wreaths, this perennial favorite continues to delight new readers and rekindle thoughts of charity and go ..."
Hard Times(1st Edition) (Oxford World's Classics) by CharlesDickens, Paul Schlicke Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953627-6, ISBN: 0-19-953627-9
"Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel. Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the wi ..."
""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 ..."
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 (Hardback Or Cased Book) by CharlesDickens Hardcover, Published 2020 by Mint Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-5132-7975-6, ISBN: 1-5132-7975-0
"First appearing in 1861, Great Expectations offers a bounty of the pleasures only this author can provide. This is the sweeping story of Pip, an orphan growing up in an England Dickens brings to tumultuous life on the page."
"‘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 Tale of Two Cities(Reprint) (Oxford World's Classics) by CharlesDickens, Andrew Sanders Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953623-8, ISBN: 0-19-953623-6
"As the the bicentennary of the French Revolution draws near, Dickens' historical novel serves as a timely reminder of nineteenth-century reactions to that great upheaval. Set between 1757 and 1793, A Tale of Two Cities views the causes and effects of the Revolution from an essentially private point of view, showing how private experience relates to public history. Dickens' characters are fictional, and their political activity is minima ..."
"Oliver Twist is a classic tale of a boy of unknown parentage born in a workhouse and brought up under the cruel conditions to which pauper children were exposed in the Victorian England. With this novel, Dickens did not merely write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality. He created a moral fable about the survival of good, a romance, and a gripping story in which he explo ..."
Oxford World's Classics(1st Edition) Bleak House (World Classics) by CharlesDickens, Stephen Gill Paperback, 976 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953631-3, ISBN: 0-19-953631-7
"Bleak House is a satirical look at the Byzantine legal system in London as it consumes the minds and talents of the greedy and nearly destroys the lives of innocents--a contemporary tale indeed. Dickens's tale takes us from the foggy dank streets of London and the maze of the Inns of Court to the peaceful countryside of England. Likewise, the characters run from murderous villains to virtuous girls, from a devoted lover to a "fall ..."