The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age, but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection, they agree to break off the engagement

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Dickens)(Paperback)

'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

Mystery of Charles Dickens (Wilson A. N. (Author))(Pevná vazba)

A brilliant and insightful celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his

The Mystery of Charles Dickens (Wilson A. N.)(Paperback)

Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best BiographyA lively and insightful biographical celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death.Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices is a charming evocation of the adventures Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins experienced on a walking tour of the north-west of

Charles Dickens - A Life (Tomalin Claire)(Paperback / softback)

Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, and a great novelist. This book paints a fresh portrait of Dickens, capturing the complex character of this great

The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens (Hartley Jenny)(Paperback)

What was it like to be Charles Dickens? His letters are the nearest we can get to a Dickens autobiography: vivid close-up snapshots of a life lived at maximum intensity. This is the first selection to be made from the magisterial twelve-volume British Academy Pilgrim Edition of his letters. From

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

In Hard Times, Dickens illustrates the condition of England through the fictional city of Coketown. Among its inhabitants are Thomas Gradgrind, the utilitarian headmaster who attempts to impose his rigid worldview on his family circle, and the uncaring businessman Mr Bounderby. Their materialist

Oliver Twist (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Charles Dickens's second novel is the tale of a young orphan who faces the gruelling conditions of a Victorian workhouse before finding himself sucked into the criminal underworld of London. Teeming with unforgettable characters such as the villainous Fagin, the virtuous Nancy and the brutal Bill

Bleak House (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Charles Dickens's masterful assault on the injustices of the British legal system 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 devoured by

Oliver Twist (Dickens Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Charles Dickens explores 19th Century London crime world through the story of Oliver Twist, an orphaned, born and raised in a workhouse. Oliver runs away, only to land in the London underworld. Dickens explores this crucible of crime, debauchery and abuse where Fagin, running a gang of pickpockets,

The Portal of the Mystery of Hope (Peguy Charles)(Paperback)

David Copperfield (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

'The most perfect of all the Dickens novels' Virginia Woolf 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 novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters

Dickens Boy (Keneally Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

By the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback. In 1868, Charles Dickens dispatches his youngest child, sixteen-year-old Edward, to Australia. Posted to a remote sheep station in New South Wales,

Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction (Hartley Jenny)(Paperback)

Charles Dickens is credited with creating some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is widely regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian age. Even before reading the works of Dickens many people have met him already in some form or another. His characters have such vitality

Great Expectations (Dickens Charles)(Paperback / softback)

A graphic novel presenting Dickens' tale of Pip, Miss Havisham, and the spiteful

Great Expectations (Dickens Charles)(Paperback / softback)

A graphic novel presenting Dickens' tale of Pip, Miss Havisham, and the spiteful

A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens's most popular and dramatic stories. It begins on a muddy English road in an atmosphere charged with mystery and it ends in the Paris of the Revolution with one of the most famous acts of

A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...' Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities portrays a world on fire, split between Paris and London during the brutal and bloody events of the French Revolution. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette

Dickens at Christmas (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Discover this selection of the best of Dickens' Christmas stories and writings in one beautiful gift edition. The ultimate Christmas present. It is said that Charles Dickens invented Christmas, and within these pages you'll certainly find all the elements of a quintessential traditional Christmas

Mugby Junction (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Published in the Christmas edition of Charles Dickens's magazine All the Year Round, Mugby Junction is the spellbinding result of a literary collaboration between some of the leading writers of the day, and contains four unforgettable contributions by Dickens himself, including 'The Signalman' - a

The Charles Dickens Collection: Deluxe 5-Volume Box Set Edition (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

This handsome slipcased collection brings together five of Charles Dickens' most iconic novels, presented in clothbound volumes with foil embossed cover designs. Readers can revel in Dickens' masterful atmospheric descriptions of Victorian London and the terror of the French Revolution as they

Christmas Carol - Barrington Stoke Edition (Dickens Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Dickens' classic story of the Christmas transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge, now available in an accessible, super-readable format with dyslexia-friendly features, for all

Martin Chuzzlewit (Dickens Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Charles Dickens's powerful black comedy of of hypocrisy and greed The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his