Charles Dickens


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No library's complete without the classics! This new edition collects the greatest works of Charles Dickens, one of the most popular novelists of all time. Oliver Twist. Pip. The ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. The characters of Charles Dickens live on in our imaginations long after we've read his renowned works of social commentary and vivid storytelling. And though these novels were written more than one hundred years ago, no home library today would be complete without them. This Canterbury Classics edition of Charles Dickens collects some of his most famous and beloved works--The Adventures of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations--into a single volume. For those who've never read Dickens, it's the perfect opportunity to experience his unique and compelling writing. And for those who are already Dickens devotees, an introduction by a renowned scholar will provide additional context and food for thought.




Christmas Books


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Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy


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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy" by Charles Dickens. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.




Christmas Stories


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A World Full of Dickens Stories


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A beautifully illustrated anthology of some of Charles Dickens' greatest works retold and adapted by the incredibly talented Angela McAllister.




What-the-Dickens


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As a terrible storm rages, ten-year-old Dinah and her brother and sister listen to their cousin Gage's tale of a newly-hatched, orphaned, skibberee, or tooth fairy, called What-the-Dickens, who hopes to find a home among the skibbereen tribe, if only he can stay out of trouble.




A Tale of Two Cities Illustrated by (Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz))


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A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is the second historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. It depicts the plight of the French proletariat under the brutal oppression of t+E3he French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, and the corresponding savage brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events, most notably Charles Darnay, a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Sydney Carton, a dissipated English barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette.




Tales for Hard Times


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Follows the life and works of the popular nineteenth-century English author.




Tales from Dickens


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Tales from Dickens by Charles Dickens is an anthology of brilliant tales of realism and class hardship by the well-known 19th-century English writer. Contents: "CHARLES DICKENS 1 THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP I Little Nell 19 II The Wanderers 26 III The Search 35 OLIVER TWIST I How Oliver Came to London and What He Found There 49 II Oliver's Adventures 58 III How Everything Turned Out Right for Oliver in the End 65 BARNABY RUDGE I Barnaby's Boyhood 77 II The Mysterious Stranger and Who He Was 83 III Barnaby Gets Into Trouble 89 IV Barnaby Prospers at Last."