The Old Curiosity Shop (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

The Old Curiosity Shop (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

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. It is a shifting kaleidoscope of events and characters as the story reaches its tragic climax, an ending that famously devastated the

The Old Curiosity Shop: A Tale (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

The story of Little Nell and her 'tragedy of sorrows,' told in a blend of realism and fairy-tale The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or

The Old Curiosity Shop (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Little Nell Trent's childhood is over. Her grandfather's mind is failing, his dark secret saddens and distracts him, and he has nobody to care for him but Nell. The grotesque Daniel Quilp is causing trouble. What plans does he hatch with Sampson and Sally Brass? What use can he make of the foolish

Old Curiosity Shop (Easy Classics)(Paperback / softback)

An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all

The Pickwick Papers (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

In 1836 the 23-year-old Dickens was invited by his publishers to write a monthly something' illustrated by sporting plates. Thus the Pickwick Club was born: its supposed papers' soom outgrew their origins and became a brilliantly comic novel, still among Dicken's most popular works. About the

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

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

Pickwick Papers : Annotated Edition - Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

A brand new adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic - one of the most loved short stories ever written. In one ghostly Christmas night, cold-hearted businessman Ebenezer Scrooge learns to pity himself and to love his neighbor - but is that enough? David Edgar is one of our greatest living

A Walk with Charles Dickens through A Christmas Carol - The Good Old City (Connelly Rosamund)(Sheet map, folded)

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

Great Expectations (Dickens Charles)(Paperback / softback)

From the timeless tale by Charles Dickens. Pip is taken to meet the eccentric Miss Havisham, a recluse since her disastrous wedding day, and her beautiful adopted daughter Estella. Pip is soon dissatisfied with his humble background. Then he learns that he has `great expectations': one day, he will

Charles Dickens (Eldridge Jim)(Paperback)

Charles Dickens was a famous writer who lived in the 19th century. Discover what life was like for Charles, from spending his childhood working in a factory to finding a job as a law clerk and starting his writing

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,

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

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

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

A Walk with Charles Dickens along the Thames (Connelly Rosamund)(Paperback / softback)

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,

Great Expectations (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Barnaby Rudge (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

Hard Times (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

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