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Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: '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 unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. Beyond the…

Скачать книгу (размер 5 134 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1008) Аннотация: Yours is a 'spectable calling. To save your 'spectability, it's worth your while to pawn every article of clothes you've got, sell every stick in your house, and beg and borrow every penny you can get trusted with. When you've done that and handed over, I'll leave you. Not afore. Our Mutual Friend centres on an inheritance — Old Harmon's profitable dust heaps — and its legatees, young John…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Celebrate the bicentenary of Dickens' birth with this beautiful gift edition of Oliver Twist Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist is one of the best-loved stories ever written. The story of the young orphan is as powerful now as when it was first published over a century ago. The text in this edition has been carefully abridged so that it is accessible to younger readers and retains both the drama and…

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Bah Humbug! That's how Ebeneezer Scrooge feels about Christmas — until the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future decide to show the crotchety old miser the error of his ways. Together they travel through time, revisiting all the people who have played an important role in Scrooge's life. And as their journey concludes, Scrooge is reminded of what it means to have love in his heart, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) 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. When Oliver Twist asks for more food it changes his life for ever. He flees his dreary life in the workhouse but enters a much more dangerous place-the dark streets of London. Oliver is soon in the clutches of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Dickens' delightful Christmas writings are presented in this gorgeous new hardback edition. After reading Christmas Carol, the notoriously reculsive Thomas Carlyle was 'seized with a perfect convulsion of hospitality' and threw not one but two Christmas dinner parties. The impact of the story may not always have been so dramatic but, along with Dickens other Christmas writings, it has had a…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Hard Times--Dickens's shortest novel and one of his triumphs--tells the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father and has had lasting appeal to generations of readers.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In 1844, Charles Dickens took a break from novel writing to travel through Italy for almost a year and «Pictures from Italy» is an illuminating account of his experiences there. He presents the country like a magic-lantern show, as vivid images ceaselessly appear before his — and his readers' — eyes. Italy's most famous sights are all to be found here — St Peter's in Rome, Naples, with Vesuvius…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Charles Dickens was the most famous of many travelers of his time who journeyed to America, curious about the revolutionary new civilization that had captured the English imagination. His frank, often humorous descriptions in his 1842 account cover everything from his uncomfortable sea voyage to an ecstatic narrative of his visit to Niagara Falls. Yet Dickens is also critical of American society,…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: This is a beloved tale that will make the perfect present! Unabridged Classics are aimed at ages 10 years upwards with more than 330,000 copies sold! This is the unabridged story with insightful questions for discussion, fantastic artwork, a ribbon marker and high-quality paper. Beloved in Christmases past and sure to remain a favourite in Christmases of the future, Dickens' popular holiday tale…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events leads him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper classes but also with dangerous criminals. His desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted Estella, but…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Walker Illustrated Classics is a new series which brings together some of the best-loved stories ever told, illustrated by some of today's finest artists. These exquisitely designed books, with their magnificent words and glorious pictures, are a pleasure to read — and reread. The classics have never looked so good! Dickens' ghostly tale of Ebenezer Scrooge has become as much a part of Christmas…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: As 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,…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: One of Dickens's most haunting and bizarre novels, The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of 'Little Nell' and her persecution by the grotesque and lecherous Quilp. This edition uses the Clarendon text, the definitive edition of the novels of Charles Dickens, and includes the original illustrations, five appendices of deleted passages, and details of Little Nell on stage. '...holding her solitary…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Thanks to its colorful cast of characters and gritty portrayal of street life in Victorian London, Dickens' Oliver Twist has captured readers' hearts for more than 150 years. Today's children will love it too. Oliver, a poor orphan, escapes the miserable workhouse where he was born only to fall into the clutches of a band of pickpockets led by the odious Fagin. Yet no amount of cruelty can…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 726 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 928) Аннотация: The quintessential novel from England's most beloved novelist, David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful author.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 620 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 515) Аннотация: В серии Penguin Popular Classics вышли самые известные произведения классика английской литературы Чарльза Диккенса: David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, Hard Times. Издание полностью на английском языке. Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения.

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: This illustrated edition of the yuletide classic features 12 full-color plates plus 18 black-and-white drawings. The timeless appeal of Rackham's evocative illustrations form the perfect complement to the master storyteller's wise and witty prose. Dickens's immortal tale still sends a message that strikes the reader's heart and soul.

Скачать книгу (размер 6 562 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1288) Аннотация: At the court of Chancery, the interminable law suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce rolls on and on, encompassing so many diverse characters in its thrall like the fog that smothers the great city of London, including Esther Summerson, the heroine of the novel and one of Dickens' more feisty and characterful leading ladies. We are drawn in and fascinated by the complex set of relationships at all levels…