Charles Dickens - Libros y biografía

Sullo sfondo di una Londra del primo industrialismo, a seguito della prematura morte del padre, Nicholas Nickleby, seppur in tenera età è costretto ad arrangiarsi per permettere il sostentamento dell'intera...

The story traces the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David was born in Blunderstone, Suffolk, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, in 1820, six months after the death of his father....

"David Copperfield" è il titolo dell’ottavo romanzo del grande scrittore inglese Charles Dickens pubblicato nel 1850. Il romanzo "David Copperfield" racconta infatti la storia travagliata di un ragazzo...

Hard Times is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens. The book surveys English society and satirises the social and economic conditions of the era. First published in 1854. And now republish in ebook format....

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks amongst the most famous works...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is Charles Dickens's first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success...

La Canzone di Natale è un romanzo breve e una delle più belle e fantastiche storie sul Natale. Narra della conversione del tirchio e squallido Scrooge che durante la notte di Natale riceve la visita di...

Il "Canto di Natale" ("A Christmas Carol: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In"), noto anche come "Cantico di Natale", "Ballata di Natale" o "Racconto di Natale", è...

Oliver Twist, subtitled The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures...

« Un chant de Noël » (« A Christmas Carol »), également publié en français sous les titres « Cantique de Noël », « Chanson de Noël » ou « Conte de Noël », est le premier et le plus célèbre des contes...

I do not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from this Book, in the first sensations of having finished it, to refer to it with the composure which this formal heading would seem to require. My...

MARLEY was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and...

"A Christmas Carol" is a novella by Charles Dickens. It was first published in London by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. "Carol" tells...

John Harmon, discovers that he has inherited a fortune after the death of his father. To claim the inheritance the only condition is to marry Bella Wilfer, a woman he does not know. A fortuity allows...

“Pensate alle gioie presenti - ognuno ne ha molte - non alle disgrazie passate - tutti ne hanno qualcuna. Riempite di nuovo il bicchiere con volto radioso e cuore pago. Mi ci gioco la testa che i vostro...

"Little Dorrit" is a novel written by Charles Dickens, published serially from 1855 to 1857 and in book form in 1857. The novel attacks the injustices of the contemporary English legal system, particularly...

"Oliver Twist", publié en 1837, est l’une des œuvres les plus connues de Charles Dickens. Ce roman paru en trois volumes constitue, à travers l’histoire de l’orphelin éponyme, une critique de la nouvelle...

Le jeune Martin Chuzzlewit est amoureux de Mary, orpheline recueillie par son grand-père, le riche Martin Chuzzlewit senior. Mais avant que Martin junior puisse épouser Mary, son grand-père souhaite que...

The Old Curiosity Shop By Charles Dickens CHAPTER 1 Night is generally my time for walking. In the summer I often leave home early in the morning, and roam about fields and lanes all day, or even escape...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTORY, CONCERNING THE PEDIGREE OF THE CHUZZLEWIT FAMILY As no lady or gentleman, with any claims to polite breeding, can possibly sympathize with the Chuzzlewit Family without being...

A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843.The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. Carol tells the story...

Pubblicato tra il 1860 e il 1861, è il secondo lavoro di Dickens scritto completamente in prima persona. Uscito inizialmente a puntate sulla rivista 'All the Year Round' di cui era direttore, è un romanzo...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a novel that is itself the subject of one of literature’s most enduring mysteries. The story recounts the troubled romance of Rosa Bud and the book’s eponymous character,...

Come numerosi romanzi fondamentali della letteratura europea dell'Ottocento, anche 'Oliver Twist' vide la luce nella sua prima edizione in qualità di romanzo a puntate sulla rivista inglese 'Bentley's...

Mugby Junction" is an intriguing composite of tales. it contains one of Dickens' most celebrated ghost tales, "The Signalman," as well as short stories by Charles Collins, Hesbah Stretton, Andrew Halliday,...

A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. Carol tells the story...

Unanimemente considerato uno dei grandi capolavori della letteratura inglese, questo è il primo romanzo di Charles Dickens. Pubblicato nel 1836 a fascicoli, è un affresco di un'Inghilterra ancora non...

Sur la route de Douvres, un vendredi de l’année 1775, la malle-poste montait péniblement la côte de Shooter’s Hill… Soufflant, suant, trébuchant, les chevaux avançaient lentement sur le sol boueux… Par...

Le jeune Martin Chuzzlewit est amoureux de Mary, orpheline recueillie par son grand-père, le riche Martin Chuzzlewit senior. Mais avant que Martin junior puisse épouser Mary, son grand-père souhaite que...

Le narrateur, durant une promenade, rencontre, près d'un tunnel, un signaleur du chemin de fer, homme instruit et consciencieux qui lui dit recevoir, avant des accidents sur la voie ferrée, la visite...