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Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: After a traumatic early childhood spent living in poverty in a Preston cellar, the suddenly orphaned George Silverman grows up convinced that he is at fault for all the misfortunes in his life. Hoodwinked by hypocritical clergymen and exploited by his employer, he finds himself forsaking love and facing professional ruin. One of Dickens's very last writings, 'George Silverman's Explanation' is a…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 155 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 816) Аннотация: Few writers have better captured the times they were writing in as well as Charles Dickens. Dickens' ability to observe and record human character and environment have placed him at the top table of English fiction writers alongside Shakespeare and Austen, and his titles are still as popular today as they were upon first publication. Charles Dickens was a sensation in his own time, his stories as…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: Charles Dickens' ability to observe and record human character and environment have placed him at the top table of English fiction writers alongside Shakespeare and Austen, and his titles are still as popular today as they were upon first publication. Dickens was a sensation in his own time, his stories as popular upon publication as they are now, where he sits at the summit of English…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 472) Аннотация: Handsomely produced in hardcover at a very affordable price, Barnes & Noble Signature Editions have been carefully edited and reset in a modern design for greater readability. Each volume includes an introduction, informative notes and a chronology of the writer's life and times to enable the reader to gain a deeper understanding of these enduring works.

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Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: David’s life changes for the worse when his mother dies and he is left with a cruel stepfather who sends him to work in London. But he doesn't want to work in a factory all his life, so he runs away and finds a kind relative who is willing to help him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble, hardship and cruelty. But he also finds friendship, kindness and… love.

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Set in the dark streets of 19th-century London, this unforgettable classic tells the story of Oliver Twist, a penniless orphan who lives through all kinds of hardship for many years. Find out how, in spite of adverse circumstances, he finds happiness in the end.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Pip is destined to become a village blacksmith, but a chance meeting with an escaped prisoner and the acquaintance of an eccentric old woman and a beautiful young girl change the course of his life. He is suddenly dissatisfied with his social status and wants to become a gentleman. But one day he discovers a terrible secret.

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner's own language ability. Every Penguin Reader has a range of activities in the book and accompanying Factsheet to help increase comprehension and develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: John Leech's original magnificent illustrations to A Christmas Carol have been beautifully hand-coloured by Barbara Frith. 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 'humbug'. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Psychologically the latter part of Great Expectations is about the best thing Dickens ever did. George Orwell Philip Pirrip — known more commonly as Pip — is an orphan. His visits to the mysterious Miss Havisham are his only escape from his childhood of poverty. But then an anonymous bequest changes his life for ever — until secrets from Pip's past emerge, threatening to destroy the genteel new…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure and return to again and again. Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas. It's all humbug to him. But one Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, and then by three more spirits... the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: This is the «Penguin English Library Edition» of «The Old Curiosity Shop» by Charles Dickens. 'But what added most to the grotesque expression of his face, was a ghastly smile, which, appearing to be the mere result of habit and to have no connexion with any mirthful or complacent feeling, constantly revealed the few discoloured fangs that were yet scattered in his mouth, and gave him the aspect…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: This is 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 treacherous gangmaster…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: Shows how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events — an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor.

Скачать книгу (размер 5 134 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1008) Аннотация: Chronicles David Copperfield's extraordinary journey through life, as he encounters villains, saviours, eccentrics and grotesques, including the wicked Mr Murdstone, stout-hearted Peggotty, formidable Betsey Trotwood, impecunious Micawber and odious Uriah Heep.

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood, it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. Set in fictitious Coketown, England during the Industrial Revolution of the 1850s, Dickens wished to expose…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Every idiot who goes around with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding . Charles Dickens' tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is haunted by three spirits and learns the true meaning of Christmas has had, along with Dickens' other Christmas writings, a lasting and significant influence upon our ideas about the season as a time for celebration, charity and memory. The…

Скачать книгу (размер 5 461 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1072) Аннотация: 'The earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were made to give them light'. Dombey and Son is both a firm and a family and the ambiguous connection between public and private life lies at the heart of Dickens' novel. Paul Dombey is a man who runs his domestic affairs as he runs his business: calculatingly, callously, coldly and commercially. Through his dysfunctional…