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The Life of Our Lord (Alma Quirky Classics) by Charles Dickens
Category: Classics | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.
Never published in its author's lifetime and intended solely for his own children, to whom he read it every Christmas, The Life of Our Lord is an accessible and gently humorous take on the life of Jesus Christ and his teachings. Far removed from the sharp satire and social dimension of his more famous ...Show more
The Magic Fishbone by Charles Dickens
Category: Children's Books
King Watkins the First is the father of the lovely and kind-hearted Princess Alicia and a tribe of eighteen other darlings. Between their money problems, the queen's illness, and the children's boisterous doings, the king and his eldest daughter are fairly overwhelmed by responsibilities. But a chance m ...Show more
The Mill On The Floss by Charles Dickens
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Drawing on George Eliot's own childhood experiences to craft an unforgettable story of first love, sibling rivalry and regret, "The Mill on the Floss" is edited with an introduction and notes by A.S. Byatt, author of "Possession", in "Penguin Classics". Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worsh ...Show more
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is edited with an introduction by David Paroissien in "Penguin Classics". Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age, but when ...Show more
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens; Peter Washington (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
'Where is my nephew?, asked Mr Jasper, wildly. 'Where is your nephew?' repeated Neveille. 'Why do you ask me?' 'I ask you,' retorted Jasper, 'because you were the last person in his company, and he is not to be found.' The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dickens's last novel, lay unfinished at his death. Specul ...Show more
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Penguin English Library) by Charles Dickens
Category: Classics | Series: The Penguin English Library
'In the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions...I loved you madly'. Dickens' last novel is a mystery built around a presumed crime - the murder of a nephew by his uncle. Dickens died before completing the story, leaving the mystery u ...Show more
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens; Hablot K. Browne (Illustrator); Keith Carabine (Contribution by); George Cruickshank (Illustrator); Peter Preston (Intro and Notes by)
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Collection
The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of Little Nell, a beautiful and virtuous young girl who lives with her grandfather in his shop of curiosities. Her only friend is Kit, an honest young lad who works at the shop, and whom she is teaching to write. Unbeknownst to Nell, her grandfather is obsessed with t ...Show more
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens; Peter Washington (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
An unforeseeable story about life If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.-Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop The adventures of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London, that go on a journey with no destination. The novel focuses on the p ...Show more
The Old Curiosity Shop (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Category: Classics
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The Penguin Readers Level 6 : "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens
Category: Education | Series: Pearson English Graded Readers Ser.
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin's gang of thieves. By chance he also finds good new friends but can they protect him from people who rob and mur ...Show more
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser.
Charles Dickens's first published work, "The Pickwick Papers" was an instant success that captured the public imagination with its colourful characters and farcical plot. This "Penguin Classics" edition of Charles Dickens's is edited with notes and an introduction by Mark Wormald. Few first novels have ...Show more