Charles Dickens - Libros y biografía

If you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland...

Il circolo Pickwick (1836-37) rimane senza dubbio un capolavoro letterario che fa dell’umorismo la sua scelta stilistica peculiare. La trama del romanzo funge solo da scheletro per sorreggere una costellazione...

Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress is author Charles Dickens's second novel, and was first published as a serial 1837– 39. The story centres on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold...

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...

Celeberrimo racconto che narra la conversione dell'arido e tirchio Ebenezer Scrooge visitato nella notte di Natale da tre spiriti (del passato, del presente e del futuro) preceduti da un'ammonizione dello...

David Copperfield (1850) resta uno dei libri più fortunati della produzione letteraria di Charles Dickens. La storia, di stampo autobiografico, narra la vita di David, rimasto presto orfano, e della sua...

Nella gelida notte della vigilia di Natale il vecchio Scrooge, che ha passato tutta la sua vita ad accumulare denaro, riceve la visita terrificante del fantasma del suo socio. Ma è solo l’inizio: ben...

Impoverished, an old antique dealer and his young niece Nell, leave the shop and begin their peregrination to London, which will lead them to encounter numerous bizarre characters and will end in a peaceful...

Il Circolo Pickwick di Charles Dickens, scritto nel 1836-37, è considerato un capolavoro dell’umorismo. La trama non è altro che un pretesto per rappresentare una moltitudine di personaggi appartenenti...

"A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas" (wörtlich "Ein Weihnachtslied in Prosa", oder "Eine Geistergeschichte zum Christfest’", deutsch meist "Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte") ist eine...

Charles Dickens pubblicò il romanzo La bottega dell’antiquario nel 1840. Ridotti in miseria dallo spaventoso e malvagio nano Quilp, dal suo debole avvocato Sansone Brass e dall'energica sorella di quest'ultimo,...

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...